Our Scans · (LF.13) Climate Action · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

• [New] American regulators are steadily tightening disclosure of climate risk and impact, so US green fintech firms must measure and report with care. TechBullion
• [New] The U.S. Corporate Climate Responsibility Act mandates companies with annual revenue $1 billion to reach 40% renewable electricity consumption by 2030; non-compliant enterprises lose all federal tax incentives. Solar Panel Production Equipment and Machinery-Lithium
• [New] Declining oxygen interferes with biological and chemical processes that help regulate Earth's climate while threatening organisms ranging from microbes to fish and sharks. SciTechDaily
• [New] Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, threatening aquatic life and weakening the natural processes that help regulate Earth's climate. ScienceDaily
• [New] Tweet Gas expansion is inconsistent with the Paris Agreement goals: 1.5 °C scenarios published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change see global gas consumption declining by 55% between 2020 and 2050 and unabated gas power generation by 87%. IISD
• [New] In 2026, regulators are sharpening their focus on private credit exposures, climate-related credit risk, and model governance for AI-driven credit decisions. Miles Education
• [New] XDI has released a global analysis indicating that numerous planned data centers are increasingly vulnerable to physical climate risks. ETDatacenters
• [New] By 2300, Greenland's ice sheet could cause a whopping 40% of AMOC weakening on top of the declines projected by some climate models if we continue to cook the planet. Live Science
• [New] Runoff from Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet could severely disrupt currents in the Atlantic Ocean that regulate the global climate. Live Science
• [New] The US Government, through FEMA, offers a National Risk Index Score that ranks the relative likelihood and severity of 14 specific types of acute climate-related risk events by US county and Census Tract. Ardmore Banking Advisors, Inc
• [New] While guidance so far has only been issued for the largest US banks, in Europe and Asia, strict financial regulation based on climate-related credit risk for all banks is already in place. Ardmore Banking Advisors, Inc
• [New] Climate-fuelled disasters are expected to cost the Australian economy more than $40 billion a year by 2050. Australian Conservation Foundation
• [New] Middle East and Africa are projected to witness steady growth due to the increasing adoption of water-efficient farming technologies, controlled environment agriculture, and climate-resilient agricultural practices in response to harsh climatic conditions. Market Data Forecast
• [New] Known as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn, the 1910 conflagration is still the largest forest fire in U.S. history, but climate change and the expansion of people into once-wild areas are increasing the risk of damaging blazes. Scientific American
• [New] Rising climate variability is driving more frequent and severe water-related disasters, which account for the majority of natural hazards globally. UN Water Conference Academic Hub
• [New] While individual weather patterns will always vary from year to year, long-term observations continue to show rising temperatures across the UK climate. Met Office
• [New] A Met Office study highlights how UK heatwaves could become longer and hotter due to escalating climate trends, with an estimated 50-50 chance of seeing 40 °C again in the UK in the next 12 years. Met Office
• [New] Combined with the ongoing rising temperatures from the climate crisis, a super El Nino could spell major disruption of weather patterns and ocean circulation worldwide. Times of San Diego
• [New] Panama remains a climate-linked supply chain risk. Olimp
• [New] Climate change poses well-documented, systemic and material investment risks to the global economy. Office of the New York City Comptroller Mark Levine
• [New] New York City's public pension funds are national leaders in mitigating climate risk in their portfolios. Office of the New York City Comptroller Mark Levine
• [New] Climate change could reduce crop yields by 10-25% by 2050 without adaptation measures, creating urgent demand for climate-resilient crop varieties and farming technologies. Persistence Market Research
• [New] 2026's El Nino will almost certainly become the strongest ever recorded, an analysis by a prominent climate researcher has warned. Live Science

Last updated: 27 July 2026