Never before has climate change been so apparent to the global population. As heat waves, wildfires, floods, and every imaginable extreme weather event continues to shake the foundations of modern society we are rapidly reaching a breaking point. As Europeans and Americans flock to the beaches and leave the fans and AC running 24/7 in an attempt cool down during the second major heat wave of the year it can be easy to forget the true source of the heat and how issues such as this are a daily battle for many areas of the global South. As climate change clashes with war, limited socio-economic development, pandemics, racial inequality, gender inequality, ineffective/inefficient governments and greenwashing across industry and agriculture it can be difficult to see any possible future for our planet.

Cop26 has proven, once again, to be a disappointment for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). As leaders, politicians and activists convened in Glasgow (UK) for the United Nations Climate Change Conference the initial utopian images of green energy, reduced plastic and a world dedicated to stopping the oncoming crisis morphed into a less promising picture. For those in the know, the inner political cogs had been whirring for some time and not all for the benefit of the climate…

CFO/COO Emily Robinson of Pico Analytics will discuss the climate crisis and its solutions with the National Liberal Club’s Sustainability Forum on the 26th of January.

CFO/COO Emily Robinson of Pico Analytics will discuss the climate crisis and its solutions with the National Liberal Club’s Sustainability Forum on the 26th of January.

Flows into European sustainable funds have more than doubled in Q2 of 2020 to €54.6bn, following growth of investor interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments. This has, encouragingly, been helped by the initiatives to “build back better” in the wake of COVID-19, and consequent restructuring of investments.

The essential components necessary for accountability and sustainability in the lithium-ion battery supply chain could be provided by blockchain. Because, by nature, it is a decentralized, distributed and public digital ledger –