Eleanor Gibbon, MA (Cantab)

Whichever party wins the upcoming Election, the transition to net-zero is going to have to factor in their plans. But, in the short-term it will be costly and require co-ordination. This briefing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and written by Patricia Sanchez Juanino analyses the current policy framework and looks at the options available to effectively handle the green transition. #ClimateChange #GeneralElection2024

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We have just published our latest Insights Briefing, hashtag #CredibleContributions: Bolder Plans for Higher Climate Ambition in the Next Round of NDCs. Success in the low-carbon transition to date has been driven by industry’s response to ambitious government targets – accelerating deployment and driving down costs. This paper highlights the need for government and industry collaboration to raise ambition in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions – the “NDCs 3.0” due at COP30 to limit the impact of climate change. Read the full analysis: https://lnkd.in/eQfdmpgj

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Success in the low-carbon transition to date has been driven by industry’s response to ambitious government targets – accelerating deployment and driving down costs. As a result, industry can help government be confident that progress towards a net-zero economy is both technically and economically possible – the technology is in place, commitments are being made, and the focus must now be on deployment. Now is a critical period for governments to commit to more ambitious NDCs and stronger links between targets and supporting policies at the national level. NDCs can and must turn ambition into action and policymakers should feel confident in their ability to set and deliver on more ambitious targets. Read our latest insights briefing on #CredibleContributions here: https://lnkd.in/eQfdmpgj

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This report by Post Carbon Institute provides pragmatic steps that individuals and communities can take to build resilience. These include creating a local, circular economy, living a low-carbon lifestyle, engaging in local politics, and fostering social cohesion. Access our summary of this report for free and use our AI tool to chat with the report here https://ow.ly/j9CN50RoJJC #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #ESGLibrary #changefinance4good #Altiorem #polycrisis

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🌍 Celebrating Manager's Insights ✨ 🌍 Our core thesis: There are outstanding domain experts across sectors/geographies, and their voices need to be amplified. At SoHo Global Climate Fund, we’ve reviewed over 1,000 funds covering energy, mobility, food & ag, circularity, biodiversity, and carbon. We regularly share insights that are moving the needle—collaboration is critical for the entire industry’s success! Today, we spotlight Hatch Blue, an aquaculture-based fund that focuses on data-driven technologies across the supply and consumer chain. 🐟 Why Aquaculture? Our food production is at a critical industrial and environmental inflection point. Accounting for over 25% of GHG emissions, protein consumption is expected to double by 2050 – with seafood (contirbuting 45% of animal protein) expected to be one of the fastest growing forms of protein production. Yet, compared to other forms of animal protein (which have a far greater carbon footprint) – aquaculture remains a relatively misunderstood and underinvested market. Despite this lack of market attention, aquaculture has been a beacon of consistent returns: “In a short span of 3 decades (1990-2020), the production quantities (of sustainable seafood) grew from ~20 million tonnes to ~120 million tonnes.” 🌊 Hatch Blue: exploiting the market (with data 👨‍💻 ) Combining its various data platforms and private research, Hatch Blue has comprehensive insights into an array of market and industry trends, allowing it to make impactful, innovative investment decisions. The research team has produced timely insights across the production chain: -Evolution of species/aquaculture production value -International export/import trends in Europe, Asia -Analysis of production and trade value of various forms of Salmon, Seaweed 🌎 Our take: Our fund managers – Kevin Teng and Frank T. Troise – share a similar belief about the future of aquaculture. With a clear consumer shift towards sustainable protein and an already growing market – aquaculture remains one of the most viable (and important) climate investments. 

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We look forward to the expert dialogue on the disproportionate impact of climate change on young children taking place at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB60) on June 4. ECDAN partners submitted a statement to inform the discussion urging action to address the needs of young children in climate plans and actions. The evidence is startling: ● More than 1.7 million premature deaths among children under five are caused by pollution and toxic substances annually (WHO, 2017).  ● Children born in 2020 will experience, on average, twice as many wildfires, 2.8 times as much exposure to crop failure, 2.6 times as many drought events, 2.8 times as many river floods, and 6.8 times more heatwaves across their lifetimes, compared to a person born in 1960 (Save the Children, 2021).  ● More than 43 million children have been displaced due to weather-related disasters over the last six years, causing more humanitarian crises around the world (UNICEF, 2023) and more. ECDAN partners urge the UN Climate Change Secretariat to leverage this expert dialogue to ensure the unique and specific impacts of climate change on the world’s youngest children are better understood and recognized and early childhood policies and services are integrated into adaptation, mitigation, loss, and climate financing strategies. More on the statement: https://lnkd.in/ecVU9nyD #SB60 #climateaction #climatechange

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The Climate Change Committee has just released it's latest Progress in Reducing Emissions Report to Parliament. It finds that we need urgent action if we are to meet our climate goals. The good news is that people in the UK are crying out for strong climate leadership and voters have backed a government with climate ambition. The government has the opportunity to restore confidence and build excitement around the potential for climate action to improve all our lives. A new climate story can power the urgent action the Committee calls for from the government. A story that’s all about making lives better. Climate action is good for our homes, our jobs, our health, our neighbourhoods and our economy. We know that many people think favourably about heat pumps and EVs, but need more support and information from trusted experts, people working directly with the new technology, like mechanics and engineers. Great communication that puts people in the picture is essential if we are to speed up action to meet our climate commitments. Read the report 👉 https://lnkd.in/emz5WzM5

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ICYMI: Recently at Bonn Climate Change Conference, the Net Zero Tracker co-hosted an event delving into the pivotal role that the private sector must play in bolstering ambitious and credible NDCs ahead of #COP30, alongside Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), CDP, Climate Chance and InfluenceMap.  Here are some key takeaways below: -Katherine Quinn, CISL, examined the role of businesses in facilitating the tripling renewables goal, and the importance of these targets being incorporated into NDCs (as existing targets represent less than half of what is needed in terms of tripling renewables by 2030). -Net Zero Tracker’s Sybrig Smit discussed the urgent need to boost the integrity of climate commitments  as well as well as the need for private companies to actively contribute to the conversation on the regulatory landscape needed to deliver ambitious NDCs, and indeed what these regulations would look like, and how they would be executed. -Climate Chance’s Tania Martha Thomas unpacked the confusion so widespread around the subject of net zero standards, the positive momentum of support for convergence on standards and highlighted the need for the disclosure of comparable data. -CDP’s Tatiana Boldyreva continued the discussion on disclosures, noting that only 10% of companies which disclose to CDP have set renewable energy targets, but that the trend is moving in the right direction. Thanks again to Dylan Tanner at LINK InfluenceMap for moderating this panel, and asking the key questions to enable this discussion.

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✨NEW Climate Comms Resource✨ Beyond ‘trusted messengers’ – new insights on trust & influence in #climatecommunications 🌱🗣️ This Climate Outreach report is designed to help #climatecommunicators explore the concept of trust, and be much better equipped to build it. It emphasizes moving beyond relying solely on trusted messengers to foster social cohesion and #climateaction. Key findings suggest the need for diverse and inclusive narratives, recognizing social identity, and leveraging community networks. The report advocates a multifaceted approach to climate communication to address the complexities of information dissemination and public engagement in climate action. Read it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eK_wx8yM #climatecomms #climatechange #climateemergency #climatestorytelling

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Prioritising #ClimateAction can be tough as a small business, especially when it feels like your to-do list just keeps growing. The SME Climate Hub helps us access free support and guidance in our climate action journey.  This #EarthDay, get involved and learn more about the community now: https://bit.ly/4cS1iH0  #bcorp #bcorporation #bcorps #goodbusiness #goodbusinessesdogood #goodbusinesspractices #good4business

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The Bonn Climate Change Conference has come to an end for another year. Next week, we will be sharing our reflections but, in the meantime, you can review the key outcomes in this new article from Carbon Brief: https://lnkd.in/ebnFPiBv

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📺 You can now watch back our webinar on new insights on #trust and influence in climate communications. 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4mNwE-N Working with Climate Barometer, we delved into who and how people trust, and the role of trusted messengers in #ClimateCommunications and #BehaviourChange. 📖 Read the new research here: https://lnkd.in/eP64AZ5F Thanks to the European Climate Foundation, who funded this research, Climate Barometer, for their expertise and advice throughout this project and More in Common for their contributions to the empirical research. #BritainTalksClimate

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🌍 Green Expertise Council Weekly Insight Sharing 🌱 This week, we highlight a crucial update from the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions as they set the agenda for COP 29. The focus is on raising ambition and accelerating action to tackle climate change. As members of the Green Expertise Council (GEC), it is our collective responsibility to stay informed and contribute to these global efforts. The recent discussions in Bonn emphasize the importance of unified action and innovative solutions to meet our climate goals. We encourage all our members and followers to read and reflect on the proposed strategies and think about how we can integrate these insights into our own practices and policies. 📄 Read the full article here: Raising Ambition in Bonn: High-Level Champions Set Out Their Agenda for COP 29 Let's continue to lead by example and drive the change we want to see in the world. #ClimateAction #Sustainability #COP29 #GreenExpertiseCouncil #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalLeadership https://lnkd.in/grVnCe5e

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What do 'decent' living standards mean for people in low-income countries – including energy access and transport infrastructure – and how these are critically linked with the urgent need to reduce global carbon emissions? A new Bartlett Review podcast from The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment focuses on these critical questions - join UCL experts Professor Professor Priti Parikh FICE , Professor Jing Meng and Dr Simon Chin-Yee as they discuss what's needed to lift living standards for low-income countries in the global climate crisis, and the role that high-income nations can play. Listen in now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_yPddd4

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IETA has unveiled its Guidelines for High Integrity Use of Carbon Credits, reaffirming the crucial role of high-quality #carboncredits in helping companies achieve their climate objectives, whilst delivering a host of co-benefits. Echoing the conversations we so often have with clients, the guidelines cover the importance of measuring and disclosing #emissions, setting near-term targets, internal abatement, and using high quality carbon credits where abatement is not yet possible. Leading companies are using the #voluntarycarbonmarket to go beyond internal reductions (and decarbonizing at twice the rate of those not using carbon credits), building the price of #carbon into the business to drive greater change, and are contributing to the global transformation to a low carbon economy. Talk to us today to explore how you can seamlessly integrate carbon credits into your climate strategies and explore our Climate Action Protocol to understand the types of claims you can make. Together we can ensure a thriving future for all life on Earth. #ClimateStrategy #Sustainability

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There is great power in unity and solidarity. For those of you in the UK, you could very well follow this letter up with a letter or email to your elected officials and party members highlighting that you too expect them to not only take this seriously but put pressure on their leadership to act on this letter. See the comments for ways to advocate if you are not in the UK. #everylittlethingcounts #climateadvocacy

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Climate Finance and Social Protection: Towards a Stronger Relationship ⬇ ⭐ In STAAR Facility’s latest blog, Zac Lowndes-Bull (Pegasys Consulting) explores the relationship between climate finance and social protection interventions. The blog discusses the emergence of social protection interventions in minimising and addressing the impacts of climate change, while emphasising the need to prioritise social protection in climate finance strategies. The blog draws on findings from STAAR report “The Realities of Climate Finance for Social Protection” co-authored by Zac and provides recommendations, based on six key findings, for strengthening the use of climate finance for social protection. The key findings include: ➡ Social protection is not prevalent in national climate plans and strategies. ➡ Social protection is approached and understood inconsistently across the sources of international public climate finance. ➡ Quantified social protection goals are not widely included within national-level climate change objectives and planning. ➡ In many cases, national-level social protection systems are not linked to climate change policies and plans. ➡ There is no comprehensive assessment of the volume of climate finance going to social protection. ➡ The typical ownership model of social protection systems can limit sustained access to climate finance. 🔗 Read the blog on socialprotection.org: https://lnkd.in/e5YpKuuy. 🔗 Read the full report on socialprotection.org: https://lnkd.in/eMQgcnpZ. ' #Socialprotection | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | DAI

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New article 🗞🌎: Carbon Neutral and Net Zero: Understanding the Key Differences in Climate Goals We've all heard of these terms, but what do they actually mean? How are they different? Or are they? We've drawn upon sources, including the IPCC and United Nations, to summarise the key differences between carbon neutral and net zero. Read the article here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dZvFsJvX #climate #NetZero #carbonneutral

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Our latest FAQ, released in cooperation with Transport & Environment (T&E) and WWF European Policy Office, explains all you need to know about the EU’s Social Climate Fund (SCF) The SCF has been developed with the explicit purpose of alleviating energy and transport poverty arising from the new EU Emissions Trading System covering buildings and transport Our guide answers these need to know questions: 🤔 What is the Social Climate Fund? 💁‍♀️ Why was it established? 🤷‍♂️ Where does its money come from?  💶 How do member states receive funding? 💚 What can it be spent on? 🧐 Is there enough funding? To understand even more about the SCF and our policy recommendations to make it even more effective check out the full FAQ here: https://lnkd.in/ejiWWMEm Eleanor Scott Bernardo Galantini Mags Bird

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