Now that the Financial Times Sustainable Views covered it, time to read what the paper is all about that calls for climate reporting practices to consider and reward action within companies' spheres of influence (in addition to that on all scopes of emissions). Thanks Philippa Nuttall for highlighting the work! Kaya Axelsson Matilda Becker Claire Wigg Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford Oxford Net Zero
Editor of Sustainable Views @ Financial Times. Journalist, writer, editor: climate change, energy transition, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, sustainable finance, ESG.
A just transition can mean many things. Decarbonising transport in a just and fair way should mean massive investment in affordable, regular, reliable public transport. Simply switching out fossil fuel cars for EVs and relying on technological solutions like Sustainable Aviation Fuels won't achieve climate or social/just transition goals. 🛩 In today's Sustainable Views newsletter (thanks to Barbara Kingsolver's excellent book "Flight Behaviour" for providing the inspiration for the headline), I look at the inequalities linked to flying after the UK government approved London City Airport’s proposal to increase capacity from 6.5mn to 9mn passengers a year, citing expected socio-economic impacts as justification. 📣 “Expanding passenger numbers is likely to have minimal economic benefit, but will hurt local communities and our ability to tackle climate change,” says New Economics Foundation, insisting the decision “puts the interests of a small number of wealthy frequent flyers over the wellbeing of us all”. 🇬🇧 Also on Sustainable Views today, Dr Ana Nacvalovaite on how the UK's National Wealth Fund can become “a vehicle that can drive significant economic transformation, with environmental, social and governance principles at its core from inception”. ✍ And we look at a paper from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative calling for climate reporting practices to be expanded to encourage “big picture” action on sustainability. https://lnkd.in/ezpPEP6y