Dr Nina Seega

"#COP30 wasn't just a conference—it was a preview of our climate future. Belém showed us what's at stake."

Dr Nina Seega shares her reflections on the key wins and remaining gaps in her latest Forbes piece: https://lnkd.in/eN_8ZAK3?utm_source=hootsuite

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As COP30 kicks off, CISL's Director for the Centre of Sustainable Finance, Dr Nina Seega, discusses how the conference presents an opportunity for the UK to 'lead on the world stage' on LBC

🎙️Listen here: https://youtu.be/DhIggprK-Uk?utm_source=hootsuite

Climate Action Is Doomed Unless We Rewire The Global Financial System Climate inaction is no longer an option. Here's how to rewire the global financial system to make the transition possible, orderly and attractive to businesses.

@ninaseega.bsky.social writes for @forbes.com today on the three critical shifts we must see from the financial system if we are to reduce systemic financial risk of climate inaction and unlock huge economic and financial opportunities.

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#RewiringFinance

Private Finance Is Vital For Climate Action. Here’s How To Scale It In such circumstances, the private sector must step up and, more than ever, play its part in financing the adaptation to extreme weather and the growth of clean energy.

"We are living in unprecedented times. The relative stability we have enjoyed in the western world since the end of WWII no longer exists. We can and must adapt."

Read CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance's @ninaseega.bsky.social's latest op-ed on @forbes.com
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At this historic moment of geopolitical change and economic transformation, the question for businesses is whether they will step up to shape the future - or be shaped by it.

Discover how #TransformingMarkets is critical for business's survival: cisl.shorthandstories.com/business-lea...

‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change - Carbon Brief Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures across Argentina, Brazil and the US in 2012

‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change #Climate

ESG Watch: New SEC rules under Trump turn up the heat for sustainable investors The targets of President Donald Trump’s attacks are many and various, but one area to which he has been consistently hostile is ESG, the environmental, social and governance risks that have become increasingly important to investors in recent years.

📈Director of Centre for Sustainable Finance @ninaseega.bsky.social discusses the 'head-spinning' challenges that Trump's new SEC rules are creating for investors at a time when climate change and other ESG issues are more urgent than ever in @reuters.com today.

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The furious rise of climate whiplash A phenomenon that made the recent California wildfires so damaging is spreading further afield.

The furious rise of climate whiplash

As we are waiting for #cop16 to close in Rome, there is a curious reduction in the amount of GBFF pledges from USD396mn as tallied together in Cali to USD382mn in the latest financial mechanism text. Where did the 14mn go?

NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040

⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key

THREAD + charts

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Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024 Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures

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🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it

Kicking off Building Bridges with a discussion on what happened in 2024 and thoughts on priorities for 2025…

STRIKING NEW DATA: More than a quarter of new cars sold in the UK in November were battery EVs (so much for "stalling sales")

📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)

Data from New Automotive

How climate policies reduce air pollution saving lives and money Early deaths from air pollution in US could be reduced by between 4,000 and 15,000 a year by 2035, study shows

How climate policies reduce air pollution saving lives and money #Climate

Picture of Eliot, with quote next to it: “These negotiations limped over the line with some shreds of progress, but represent baby steps forward when we need to be picking up the pace. Baku was billed as the ‘finance cop’, but countries only made minimal progress -setting a new financial target that represents little increase over what’s required to keep up with inflation.”

With #CoP29 done we’ve put out our verdict from the #CISL team who were filtering the talks and covering events.

All of this will only be possible with ambitious leadership, skilful diplomacy and a commitment to drive sustainability into every financial and economic decision in 2025 and beyond.

This will entail rewiring our financial architecture to allow public and private finance to flow seamlessly to where it is needed most. It also means aligning all financial flows with Sustainable Development Goals.

As ever, the pressure will need to stay to ensure that Baku to Belem roadmap delivers tangible results and lifts the finance goal much closer to the needs of developing countries.

An ambitious vision of the future, however, it was not.

While the final figure for the NCQG of US $300bn is lower than expectations, provisions around mobilisation of finance to LDCs and SIDs - along with the launch of a Baku to Belem roadmap to drive the figure closer to US $1.3tn per year - made it a palatable compromise.

Coming at the end of what looks like another hottest year on record, the Baku COP kicked off with an agreement on carbon markets which, while not perfect, has been a long time coming and so was seen as a positive sign.

COP29 was always going to be measured by two yardsticks: the ambition around the reset of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the amount of finance agreed to help developing countries mitigate, adapt to and compensate for losses from climate change.

COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge - Carbon Brief Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two-thirds by 2035 compared to 2005 levels.

COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org YanineQuiroz @giulianaviglione.bsky.social w/ comment from @anealencar.bsky.social Claudio Angelo

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G20 Rio declaration is out - hitting all the right notes on climate and urging leadership at #COP29. www.g20.org/en/documents...

Looking forward to new NCQG texts at #COP29 today. The progress on the new version of USD100bn goal will be one of the deciding factors of the success of this COP.

COP29 : tensions sur la finance climatique, le Bangladais Yunus déplore une bataille "humiliante" Alors que la 29e conférence climatique de l'ONU s'est ouverte lundi en Azerbaïdjan avec un appel à la coopération mondiale, les États peinent toujours à trouver un consensus sur la finance pour le cli...

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COP16 Is Turning $35 Billion Into $700 Billion Of Conservation Funding With COP16, the biodiversity COP, kicking off this week, the biggest question on the agenda is how to fund nature recovery and restoration.

My thoughts on #COP16

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Some thoughts on what’s happening and not at Davos…
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