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Chapter Zero Uzbekistan: Pioneering a Green Financial Future

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that human activity is unequivocally causing our climate to change, and this is already affecting every region of the world.

In order to assist the boards in approaching climate change in a holistic way, The World Economic Forum has published guidance on How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards[1]:

You can read the full information at this link.

The role of the non-executive director (the “NED”) is to provide oversight, strategic guidance and to challenge the executive directors with the objective of improving the corporate’s operations.

What is certain is that climate change will affect every business, to a greater or lesser extent.

Efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as the market and technological shifts related to those efforts, also produce vast business opportunities.

You can read the full information about the Board toolkit through this link

Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as rising sea levels and increased frequency of extreme weather events. At the same time, policy and technology changes that seek to limit warming and reduce the associated physical impacts can also cause disruption to business. As with any form of disruption, climate change is creating and will continue to create risks and opportunities for business in a diverse number of ways.

We are in a decisive decade to accelerate action against climate change. Choices made over the next decade will impact the world for centuries to come, and business leaders must be advocates for taking action to address climate change within their organisation and beyond.