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 […]
“We have fewer than 4,000 days to address our climate crisis” Aromar Revi, UN DRR Global Platform “Leave no ecosystem behind” was, for me, the standout quote from Aromar Revi […]
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. Printable five-page summary: http://bit.ly/ib1-r1 Full 68 page report, (gdoc) open to comment: http://bit.ly/ib1-r1-discussion […]
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 of a bridge, but so do other people: […]