Today, I learned about a very interesting project put together by Data For Good and éclaircies: https://www.carbonbombs.org
It explains the concept of #carbonBombs and provides transparent data and visualization about the world's biggest #fossil fuel extraction projects, and their links with #companies and #banks !
It comes with maps, graphs and figures that highlight the 425 fossil fuel projects around the world that will generate more than 1 gigatonne of CO₂ emissions during their lifetime.
Can't Buy My Silence, a group that campaigns for legal changes related to misuse of nondisclosure agreements, estimates that 95 per cent of civil suit settlements in Canada now include one. Those cases range from lawsuits over bad investment advice to insurance claims, real estate disputes, building construction defects, sexual harassment cases and more.
"In the exercise, undertaken over several months in 2023, the central bank aimed to understand how lenders would manage the risks of rising temperatures and changing external policies.
"Participants suggested that climate-related risks are highly uncertain and challenging to measure," the report said."