Addressing the climate crisis requires us to combine innovation across finance, policy, our physical and data infrastructures. Physical vs data infrastructure It is easy to see our physical infrastructure—including energy, […]
“While these risks may form in full over time, they are becoming apparent now. Firms are enhancing their approaches to managing these risks, but face barriers to implementing the forward-looking, […]
After an 18-month industry consultation, we opened Icebreaker One at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Our focus is on bridging the gaps between finance, policy and climate […]
David Jensen at UN Environment Programme has today highlighted that 68% of the 93 environmental SDG indicators cannot yet be measured due to a lack of data. He calls for the creation […]
Who’s who in Climate, Environment, Finance, Infrastructure and Data Over the past 18 months we’ve spoken to many hundreds of people representing hundreds of organisations. One observation is that there […]
Icebreaker One private roundtable at the House of LordsWednesday, 10th July 9:30-12:00 Convened and co-chaired by: Baroness Worthington and Gavin StarksAttendees: Andy Howard, Katherine Coates, Volker Buscher, Hugh Phillips, Jonathan […]
Below is an updated description of Icebreaker One based on the feedback we’ve had over the past four weeks. It includes more specifics about what Icebreaker One will do to […]
“Leave no ecosystem behind” was, for me, the standout quote from Aromar Revi during the UN DRR Global Platform in Geneva. What he emphasised was that it’s not enough to […]
We need better ways of making money work harder to keep things safe, instead of paying for things once they have broken. A printable PDF version of this summary, and […]
“We call on policymakers and the financial sector to … collaborate to bridge the data gaps to enhance the assessment of climate-related risks” Governor of Bank of England Mark Carney, […]
We launched our first provocation & discussion paper at the 2019 UN Disaster Risk Reduction Global Platform Example social media message, if you wish to share: The time for theory […]
There are 14 calendar days to go until we touch down in Geneva. Our provocation paper has had over 20 contributors, is now in draft form and is almost ready […]
“We need to change course now” Momentum is building across multiple fronts. Last week banks came with out a statement that they face $20tn ($20,000,000,000,000) of climate risk. “We call on […]
Workshop outcomes On Wednesday 10th April participants from insurance, risk modelling, disaster risk reduction, policy, investment and infrastructure held a workshop to unpack user stories and validate economic cases for […]
Not just everyone—everything needs to get involved in fixing the future [8 minute read] An engineering company wants to measure the health (‘fitness’) of a bridge, but so do other […]
Supporters Last week we added supporters UN Environment and Arup. Please help us connect with organisations who’d like to join the discussion privately or publicly “Support the Icebreaker One discussion”. […]
We like deadlines: there are 42 days to go until the UNISDR Global Platform in Geneva, where we formally initiate the Icebreaker One discussion. Last week we: launched this icebreakerone.org website planned out a workshop […]
Within a week of launching we now have 56 people on this list. Thank you. Over the last week the working groups (below) have continued to define the scope and […]