Today, aviation as an industry contributes a relatively small percentage of global carbon emissions, thanks in large part to 50 years of efforts by aerospace and aviation to increase aircraft energy efficiency. Since the 1960s, aerospace manufacturers have pushed the envelope to reduce aircrafts’ fuel consumption, and those efforts continue today with unprecedented turnover to m ... Continue Reading »
Environmental
Review of Climate Change Risks on GC Capital Ideas
Here we highlight the recent stories that GC Capital Ideas has presented on managing risks associated with climate change. ... Continue Reading »
The South Asia Risks Landscape
The first step for stakeholders looking to build resilience in their region is to gain a holistic sense of the risk environment, its complexities and the way in which global and local risks intersect with one another. ... Continue Reading »
The Energy Sector’s Carbon Emissions Are Rising, Not Falling. Can COP25 Turn it Around?
This year’s U.N. Climate Change Summit, known as COP25, opened last Monday (December 2nd) in Madrid against a backdrop of mounting urgency. In the last 12 months, the U.N.’s climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has issued two special reports raising stark warnings of the risks climate change poses to food security and the oceans. ... Continue Reading »
Shipping’s Uncertain Voyage to Zero Carbon
The global marine industry is increasingly focused on reducing its carbon footprint. In fact, over the next 10 years, the only issue seen as having a greater impact is a potential global financial crisis, according to findings from the Global Maritime Issues Monitor 2019, compiled by the Global Maritime Forum in partnership with the International Union of Marine Insurance and ... Continue Reading »
How climate-resilient is your organization?
Stakeholders are looking for greater transparency on the risks and opportunities presented by climate change and the shift to a low-carbon economy. This focus is increasing with the accelerating support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) released in June 2017. However, organizations have questions about how to disclose on ... Continue Reading »
Evolving Risks Landscape: 2008—2017
Social and environmental risks have supplanted economic ones as issues of greatest concern among respondents to the Global Risks Perception Survey. The survey was completed by almost 750 members of the World Economic Forum’s global multistakeholder community and the results analyzed in the World Economic Forum 2017 Global Risks Report, which was published by the World Economic F ... Continue Reading »
Evolving Risks Landscape: 2008—2017
Social and environmental risks have supplanted economic ones as issues of greatest concern among respondents to the Global Risks Perception Survey. The survey was completed by almost 750 members of the World Economic Forum's global multistakeholder community and the results analyzed in the World Economic Forum 2017 Global Risks Report, which was published by the World Economic ... Continue Reading »
Marsh and McLennan Companies, in Collaboration With the World Economic Forum, Publish the 11th Annual Global Risks Report
Disruptive shifts in technology, geopolitics, societal expectations, and economic patterns are creating instabilities that are directly impacting events in the world today. The World Economic Forum's eleventh Global Risks Report highlights the issues that will exacerbate volatility and uncertainty over the next decade - while also presenting opportunities for governments and ... Continue Reading »
Casualty Catastrophe Risk Modeling: Part II
Casualty catastrophe occurrences have become increasingly common over the past decade. The recent 2008 financial catastrophe is the easiest to cite, due to its sheer size and the fact that it continues to unfold even today. But, there have been many others. The collapse of the "dotcom economy" led to scandals around initial public offering laddering and equity analyst conflicts ... Continue Reading »
