Explainers

If you follow sustainability and climate topics, you’ve probably heard the term net zero thrown around. Still puzzled? McKinsey & Company looks at net zero.

Find out more about the FCA's TCFD-aligned reporting requirements, which companies and firms fall in scope of the rules, and plans for extending the requirements.

This document provides an overview of the key climate and energy features of the Inflation Reduction Act legislation, shares the potential shift in economics of clean energy investments and technologies it can deliver, and describes initial implications and opportunities for firms.

The Chairperson’s Guide to Decarbonization, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with Deloitte, focuses on the role of chairpersons and boards in developing a robust climate mitigation strategy.

This summary highlights the main points in the April 2022 IPCC Working Group III report, and what it means for non-executive directors.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s February 2022 report concludes that the impacts of climate change are severe, but that humanity can still avoid many of them if it seizes “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity”. This summary highlights the main points in the report, and what it means for non-executive directors.

Two leading voices on tackling climate change from UK business and academia explore the opportunities the net zero transition is presenting to organisations.

This summary highlights the main points in the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy published on 19 October 2021, and what it means for non-executive directors.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s August 2021 report shows that human activity is unequivocally driving changes to the climate at an unprecedented scale. The science indicates there is still time to limit temperature rises, but only if we act now, and with ambition.