Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires. 'Recent years have seen record-breaking wildfire seasons across the world from Australia to the Arctic to North and South America.' (United Nations Environment Programme) >

Too Many (Loop)holes in the Net. “Net-Zero” Promises Ring Hollow Without “Zero Fossil Fuel” Pledges. (Center for International Environmental Law, Washington DC)

'Access ESG* insights on any business in Australia.' - * Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (Purpose Bureau, Sydney) >

'The IFRS Foundation is a not-for-profit, public interest organisation established to develop a single set of high-quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted accounting and sustainability disclosure standards—IFRS Standards—and to promote and facilitate adoption of the standards.' (International Sustainability Standards Board, London) >

The European energy companies failing on net zero commitments. 'This report investigates whether or not the strategies of the major EU coal- burning utilities align with the urgent need to decarbonise their fossil fuel electricity portfolios and accelerate their deployment of renewables.'(Europe Beyond Coal, Climate Action Network Europe, Berlin, Germany) >

Australian Actuaries Association has launched a Climate Index. '...tracks changes in the frequency of extreme high and low temperatures, heavy precipitation, dry days, strong wind and changes in sea level, mainly concentrating on the 99th percentile of observations.' (The Institute of Actuaries Australia, Sydney) >

'The rapid acceleration of corporate climate pledges, combined with the fragmentation of approaches means that it is more difficult than ever to distinguish between real climate leadership and unsubstantiated greenwashing.' (NewClimate Institute, Cologne, Germany) >

Deep Adaptation: 'The approach of the paper is to analyse recent studies on climate change and its implications for our ecosystems, economies and societies, as provided by academic journals and publications direct from research institutes.' (Professor Jem Bendell - Revised 2nd. Edition) >

Over 700 Groups Call for an International Plastics Treaty. 'Despite a doubling of voluntary initiatives and national regulations over the last five years, plastic continues to leak into the environment at alarming rates. There is an urgent need to amplify current efforts through a more coordinated and ambitious approach. (The Center for International Environmental Law, Washington DC) >

Actions against climate change: BNP Paribas publishes its second “Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures” 'BNP Paribas publishes today its second annual report dedicated to describing its approach, analysis and management of the risks and opportunities related to climate change.' (BNP Paribas, France) >