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The shrinking buffer: Climate change and the fragility of food

Carbon Tracker Initiative
This report examines immediate threats to global food security from a record El Niño, geopolitical conflicts, and fertiliser shortages. It highlights how climate change erodes long-term resilience through thermal limits and simultaneous crop failures, urging policymakers and investors to address systemic risks to inflation, economic growth, and financial stability.
Research
3 November 2026

Regulating finance for biodiversity: An assessment for the Global Biodiversity Framework, 2026

This report assesses financial regulations across eleven jurisdictions against Global Biodiversity Framework targets. It identifies a significant implementation gap, finding no jurisdiction requires full alignment of financial flows with biodiversity goals. Recommendations include integrating biodiversity into monetary policy, implementing binding double materiality disclosures, and establishing mandatory portfolio-alignment targets.
Research
13 October 2026

How exchanges can integrate nature into markets: An action plan

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
This report provides an action plan for stock exchanges to integrate nature-related considerations into capital markets. It outlines a framework—establish, activate, enable, and educate—to help market participants manage dependencies and risks while mobilising capital for nature-positive outcomes and resilient economies.
Research
19 October 2026

Building bridges for sustainable supply chains: A partner workshop focused on timber and cocoa in Ghana

ISEAL Alliance
This report summarises a June 2026 workshop regarding Ghana’s national timber and cocoa sustainability systems. It examines digital traceability, governance, and interoperability between national frameworks and voluntary standards. Key recommendations include strengthening data quality, ensuring sustainable financing, and aligning national systems with international climate standards to improve market recognition.
Research
17 October 2026

Status of coral reefs of the world: 2025

International Coral Reef Initiative
This seventh GCRMN assessment reveals a 9.5% relative decline in global hard coral cover since 2009, driven by intensifying marine heatwaves. While reefs show recovery potential, shortening disturbance intervals threaten long-term resilience. The report provides a critical evidence base across 123 countries to inform global conservation policy.
Research
14 January 2026

Scaling green technologies and youth employment in African tech startups: The Nigerian solar mini-grid sector

APRI – Africa Policy Research Institute
This report examines the nexus between green technology and youth employment within Nigeria's solar mini-grid sector. It identifies significant growth potential, noting that youth comprise 82% of the workforce. However, systemic barriers in finance, policy coherence and technical skills persist. Recommendations include targeted funding and integrated policy frameworks.
Research
1 March 2026

Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold

This research identifies a critical global warming threshold for the Amazon forest between 3.7 and 4.0°C. However, combining warming of 1.5–1.9°C with 22–28% deforestation triggers a near system-wide transition. The study emphasises the necessity of limiting warming to 1.5°C and halting deforestation to prevent ecological collapse.
Research
6 May 2026

Unlocking private finance for nature as infrastructure: A public-private partnership

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
This report proposes reframing ecosystems as 'nature as infrastructure' (NAI) to mobilise private capital. It advocates for public-private partnerships for nature (PPPNs) using guarantees, insurance, and biodiversity credits. Recommendations include integrating natural capital into sovereign accounting and reforming global subsidies to close the nature financing gap.
Research
1 February 2025

Climate policy risks, market volatility, and credibility: Evidence from the US transition climate policy and textual analysis

This study examines how US transition climate policy risks affect stock market returns and volatility. Utilising textual analysis and GARCH-X models, it reveals that these policies often lack credibility, negatively impacting clean energy firms while favouring carbon-intensive ones. Effective climate transition requires more robust, credible policy frameworks.
Research
5 May 2026

US states’ largest companies quiet on climate policy

InfluenceMap
InfluenceMap research finds 67% of the largest US state-headquartered companies are unengaged in climate policy. Despite corporate climate goals, major firms, utilities, and trade associations often remain silent or actively oppose state-level energy transitions and climate legislation in key regions like New York and California.
Research
1 July 2026

The golden triangle under microscope: AI, cybersecurity and data privacy as one board conversation

Embera Partners
This report explores the 'golden triangle' of AI, cybersecurity, and data privacy for corporate boards. It highlights emerging 2026 threats like autonomous agent deception and quantum data harvesting. The document provides a 24-KPI dashboard and ten critical questions to ensure integrated oversight and regulatory compliance across diverse sectors.
Research
10 September 2026

Squeezed dry: Pricing pressure in the global fashion industry

Public Eye
This research examines the intense pricing pressure within the global fashion industry, specifically focusing on cotton T-shirts. It reveals that sourcing prices have declined in real terms over two decades, driving poverty wages. The report recommends adopting bottom-up pricing models and minimum price targets to ensure a just transition.
Research
6 May 2026

The Greenshouting guide: For brands, creators, and communicators who want to speak up with courage and clarity

B Lab
The Greenshouting Guide provides a strategic framework for brands to communicate sustainability initiatives with transparency and courage. It contrasts 'greenhushing' and 'greenwashing' with 'greenshouting,' providing a 'Seven Dials' methodology for authentic storytelling. Supported by global legislative insights and diverse case studies, it advocates for credible, evidence-based collective action.
Research
1 January 2025

Turning climate strategy into action: How telecom leaders can build the business case for carbon reduction measures

Carbon Trust
This GSMA handbook provides telecommunications practitioners with frameworks to develop robust business cases for carbon reduction initiatives. It covers feasibility screening, financial appraisal through cash flow analysis, and scenario building to account for climate risks. The report also details methods for incorporating non-financial strategic benefits into investment decisions.
Research
28 April 2026

Australia’s iron ore sector at a crossroads – Business as usual or time to embrace green iron?

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Australia’s iron ore sector faces headwinds as Chinese demand declines and competition from projects like Simandou rises. With export revenues forecast to fall, the report identifies a AU$300 billion green iron opportunity. Australia must pivot to high-grade ores and hydrogen-based ironmaking to maintain long-term market prosperity.
Research
23 April 2026

Solving for Scope 3: From data to action

Bureau Veritas
This report examines the transition from Scope 3 disclosure to progress, driven by global regulations like CSRD and SB 253. It highlights the limitations of spend-based accounting and advocates for activity-based life cycle assessments. By integrating granular data into financial frameworks, organisations can achieve cost-effective, ROI-driven decarbonisation.
Research
14 August 2026
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