The time is ripe for action: uncertainty, market volatility, and a world conflict

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Dear friends and colleagues,

You are part of this community because you probably work to advance groundbreaking ideas that will enable everyone on the planet to lead a good life—without emitting the damage that puts us all at risk.

The time is ripe for action, and to act, we need to be radically open-minded. This includes that we can be wrong, and if so, we need to encourage others to tell us so. But we can also be right, and if so, our role is to lead and lead boldly.

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1. Weekly commentary: “The time is ripe for action: uncertainty, market volatility, and a world conflict” March 6, 2022 week #10
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1. Weekly commentary, “The time is ripe for action: uncertainty, market volatility and a world conflict”?March 2022 week #10

“No great thing is created suddenly.”—Epictetus

Globalization and urbanization impact the frequency and severity of floods, cyclones, infectious disease outbreaks, and cyber-attacks that cost biodiversity and global industries enormous resources.

For the past twenty years, one of the many layers of the sustainable finance challenge is that market volatility has fallen short in most occurrences. And in the face of uncertainty, one manifestation of risk aversion is the public's readiness to overpay for insurance and other financial protection solutions against unforeseeable disasters.

Climate change, socioeconomic developments, and increased reliance on digital technologies pose risks with destructive potential that have hampered their contributions to specific catastrophe threats.?

On a global scale, these financial tools give the illusion of managing supposed processes they've developed over the years, hinging around natural order to demonstrate that they significantly reduce vulnerability and promote economic recovery in the economic realm.?But in reality, international banks are upping stakes and leaving private companies to deal with vulnerable circumstances.

Here's what you need to know more about: why, evidence and facts, and how—[Continue reading]

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2. This week by the numbers: climate change highlights and critical data

2.1—Curated articles and posts of March 2022, week #10

• [Opinion] The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari | TED—[View on YouTube]
• [Conversation] Sustainable investing too often amounts to just applying some ratings and exclusions.—[Read more on Linkedin (+ comments)]
• [Global impact] Japan may take more action in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which could significantly impact Japan's energy sector—[Read more on Reuters]

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2.2—Data of the world, Data of the world,?CO2: 3,064?days until we reach the 450ppm threshold

• CO2 levels as of?March 5, 2022 = 419.17 ppm. A year ago:?418.21 ppm. Twenty-six years ago: 360 ppm.
• CO2?emissions by region: in the second half of the 20th century we see a significant rise in emissions, particularly across Asia, and most notably, China: 10.49 billion tonnes (Worldwide: 35 billion tonnes. This is more than 40% higher than emissions in 1990)**—[More info here].
• Global CO2 emissions rebound by nearly 5% in 2021, approaching the 2018-2019 peak.—[Read more IEA]

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