Or that red and blue are now soldiers rather than generals.
A lot of these farmers presumably owned their land prior to QE? Maybe it’s the ones who bought land after who are going to the wall. In the UK, economists say QE has been a success to the point where some say we have…
Lol: you are not Katzenberg. Neither am I. Good points. Good post.
This was quite frankly astonishing. Given that so much of our pensions and wealth are tied up in the markets, it's astonishing to hear that every Tom, Dick and Pavel is massively invested in destabilising the whole…
And sorry to answer the other question: we work with NGOs, although not necessarily advocacy NGOs.
TBH - climate silos and finance silos are difficult to merge. Different language, KPIs, incentives and concerns. We're trying though to reconcile the two! That said, banks are increasingly paying attention. The two…
Re wheat and maize, it's what happens before they're picked that is the concern. Where banks project high rates of loss, they simply withdraw from the sector - understandably. Re lettuce, I think what we will see is 2…
I think you're right, insurance and banks are both looking at a similar problem. In our approach, which is agri-specific, we work with banks to include requirements for climate smart agriculture into loan agreements.…
By technological fixes in agriculture, I simply mean greenhouses and fertigation systems. Control the environment in which plants grow more closely and thereby mitigate risks associated with weather shock. Works great…
This seems as good a place as any to tell HN about my business: We provide systems to banks to help them include activities which mitigate climate risk into credit agreements, and evidence of compliance into credit…
Or that red and blue are now soldiers rather than generals.
A lot of these farmers presumably owned their land prior to QE? Maybe it’s the ones who bought land after who are going to the wall. In the UK, economists say QE has been a success to the point where some say we have…
Lol: you are not Katzenberg. Neither am I. Good points. Good post.
This was quite frankly astonishing. Given that so much of our pensions and wealth are tied up in the markets, it's astonishing to hear that every Tom, Dick and Pavel is massively invested in destabilising the whole…
And sorry to answer the other question: we work with NGOs, although not necessarily advocacy NGOs.
TBH - climate silos and finance silos are difficult to merge. Different language, KPIs, incentives and concerns. We're trying though to reconcile the two! That said, banks are increasingly paying attention. The two…
Re wheat and maize, it's what happens before they're picked that is the concern. Where banks project high rates of loss, they simply withdraw from the sector - understandably. Re lettuce, I think what we will see is 2…
I think you're right, insurance and banks are both looking at a similar problem. In our approach, which is agri-specific, we work with banks to include requirements for climate smart agriculture into loan agreements.…
By technological fixes in agriculture, I simply mean greenhouses and fertigation systems. Control the environment in which plants grow more closely and thereby mitigate risks associated with weather shock. Works great…
This seems as good a place as any to tell HN about my business: We provide systems to banks to help them include activities which mitigate climate risk into credit agreements, and evidence of compliance into credit…