Building the web of environmental data
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David Jensen at UN Environment Programme has today highlighted that 68% of the 93 environmental SDGs 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—the CEFID Directory
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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 […]
House of Lords roundtable summary 2019-07-10
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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 […]
IB1 update 2019-06-26 revised summary
Posted onBelow 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 […]
What will it take to leave no ecosystem behind?
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“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 […]
Executive Summary
Posted onWe 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 […]
The Icebreaker One view
Posted on“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, […]
Open discussion paper 2019-05-13
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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 […]
IB1 update 2019-04-29
Posted onThere 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 […]
IB1 update 2019-04-22
Posted on“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 […]
IB1 update 2019-04-15
Posted onWorkshop 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 […]
Icebreaker stories — an introduction
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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 […]
IB1 update 2019-04-08
Posted onSupporters 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”. […]
IB1 update 2019-04-01
Posted onWe 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 […]
IB1 update 2019-03-25
Posted onWithin 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 […]