The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us | George Monbiot
Environmental records shattered as climate change 'plays out before us' | The Guardian
The Economics of the Saudi’s “take-the-money-and-run” Strategy | Huffington Post
As the Financial Times reported on 12 July, Saudi Arabia’s oil-output reached record highs in June 2016. Increasing production 280,000 barrels/day to 10.6m b/d, Saudi Arabia has once again waved off OPEC’s request not to glut the market with oil.
As it turns out, economic principles explain why the Saudis began, in late 2014, to pump crude as fast as they could - or close to as fast as possible. In fact, there is a good reason why the Saudi princes are panicked and pumping.
The Rally Is Over: Capital Is Driving The Oil Market To Lower Prices | Forbes
East And Gulf Coast Military Bases Are Seriously Facing The Rising Threat Of Climate Change | Think Progress
Renewable Energy Global Paper | Insights | DLA Piper
From Colombia to Côte d’Ivoire: how to help farmers tackle climate change? | The Guardian
Truth about Australia's coal industry and climate policy | The Saturday Paper
If Malcolm Turnbull or freshly appointed Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg stood on Queensland’s coast and saw a coal-fired power station float past, they’d notice, right? If more than half a million new cars drove past, they’d surely raise an eyebrow. Or would they? Each day, more than a million tonnes of Australian coal sails up that coast, past the Great Barrier Reef, to power stations or steel mills elsewhere, quietly fuelling climate change and bleaching the reef. Once used, the coal exported daily generates about as much carbon pollution as a 500-megawatt coal-fired power station, or 570,000 cars, in a year.
CalSTRS Enhances Corporate Governance Principles With Expanded Board of Directors Accountability Standards
Under a single minister, will energy and environment be friends or foes? | The Conversation
Small increase in energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040 | IEA
Each year an estimated 6.5 million deaths are linked to air pollution with the number set to increase significantly in coming decades unless the energy sector takes greater action to curb emissions. Air pollution is a problem felt around the world, particularly the poorest in society.
Insurers, Banks and Pensions Face Climate Change Risk: GRI | Bloomberg
Massive mangrove die-off on Gulf of Carpentaria worst in the world, says expert | The Guardian
Peabody Australia loses nearly $3b, warns of risk from parent's bankruptcy | ABC News
Sustaining sustainability: What institutional investors should do next on ESG | McKinsey & Company
Coal-fired power stations face closure to meet emissions target, says government agency | The Guardian
Coal and gas to stay cheap, but renewables still win race on costs | Bloomberg
May marks one more record hot month for the world | The Guardian
The Importance of Looking Forward to Manage Risks | Zenghelis and Stern
Companies that fail to plan for business scenarios in a low-carbon economy risk decline or even bankruptcy, according to a submission to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures published today (PDF) (6 June 2016) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at London School of Economics and Political Science.