Climate Resilience Perspectives
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Read moreReport Protecting our Planet and the Public Purse This report touches on several risks confronting public sector entities and outlines six case studies that demonstrate how governments are turning to the reinsurance market for innovative risk mitigation solutions -
Read morePerspective The Purpose Of Corporations: A Tale Of Two Theories Corporate management and investor actions have focused almost exclusively on increasing shareholder returns as the primary goal and determinant of corporate success. The doctrine is referred to commonly as the shareholder wealth maximization theory (SWM or simply “shareholder theory”). Increasingly, however, this theory is being challenged. Larry Fink, head of the largest asset manager in the world, proclaimed in his 2018 letter to CEOs that companies must “serve a social purpose.” Embedded in Fink’s statement is the idea that companies exist to fulfill many obligations. Beyond maximizing shareholder returns, firms need to create value for their employees, their customers and society at large. These statements can be described as aligning with stakeholder theory, the primary challenger to SWM. -
Read moreReport Doubling Down - Europe's Low-Carbon Investment Opportunity European private sector low-carbon investment toward a net-zero emissions future -
Read moreReport Climate Change: Three imperatives for financial services The financial services industry has a crucial role to play in the transition to a green economy and there are three ways that financial institutions can step up to take the lead. -
Read moreReport The Global Risks Report 2020 The 15th edition of the Global Risks Report, published by the World Economic Forum with support from Marsh & McLennan, provides a rich perspective on the major threats that may impact global prosperity in 2020 and over the next decade. The report draws on feedback from nearly 800 global experts and decision-makers who were asked to rank their concerns in terms of likelihood and impact. -
Read morePerspective Intensifying Confrontations and Deepening Long-Term Threats: The Prospects for 2020 and Beyond The new decade holds immense promise for societal, economic and technological advances. At the same time, as highlighted in the 2020 Global Risks Report prepared by the World Economic Forum with the support of Marsh & McLennan and other partners, the world faces intensifying confrontations between and within countries, as well as escalating long-term threats from climate change and biodiversity loss. Emerging technologies are also amplifying some short-term risks and creating new risks, for example, with the increasingly pervasive deployments of artificial intelligence. -
Read morePerspective Why it's too soon to sunset renewable energy subsidies As renewable energy becomes cost competitive with fossil fuels, subsidies are being withdrawn; but the market risks of doing so are not mitigated -
Read moreEvent Marsh & McLennan at GreenBiz 2020 Phoenix, Arizona - February 4-6, 2020 -
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Read morePerspective Deep Dive on Decarbonization of Maritime Industry Climate change is an increasingly urgent global issue that crosses sectors and geographies. Reducing Green House Gas Emissions (GHG) is at the forefront of many efforts to combat the potentially catastrophic rise in global temperatures, and an area in which shipping has a strong role to play -
Read moreReport The Burning Issue: Managing Wildfire Risk Examines the global outlook for wildfire risk in the context of climate change and urban expansions into fire-prone wildlands. -
Read moreEvent World Energy Council’s 24th Congress World Energy Council’s 24th Congress Location: Abu Dhabi Date: September 9-12, 2019 -
Read morePerspective Dynamic Resilience of Energy Systems to Extreme Weather Events: Learning from Best Practice Examples As the world transitions to a more sustainable global energy future, many people now depend on the weather more than ever before for their energy. At the same time, existing and emerging energy infrastructures are exposed to more frequent and severe weather events. -
Read moreReport World Energy Trilemma Index 2019 Annual comparative performance ranking of 128 countries’ energy systems, developed in partnership with the World Energy Council and Oliver Wyman -
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Read morePerspective Climate Change Has Claimed Its Biggest Corporate Victim What are the implications of increasing scrutiny of climate risk by financial institutions?
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