by Darrel Welch | Feb 13, 2024 | Insights
The Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal is to keep the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5°C. Does this mean the target is already breached? The Paris statement contains no...
by Darrel Welch | Mar 31, 2022 | MIAC in the Press
2021 was an explosive year for equity release. It saw a borrowing boom in the sector of 24%, with annual lending growing year-on-year from £3.86 to £4.8 billion to decidedly wipe out the record previously set in 2018 of £3.94bn. These are some fascinating, and at...
by Darrel Welch | Mar 31, 2022 | MIAC in the Press
EQUITY RELEASE has emerged in the past year as one of the fastest-growing sectors in banking. Given the term of mortgages involved, it should be looking to be in the vanguard of understanding and management of environmental-related risks. In the same year as the...
by Darrel Welch | Nov 11, 2021 | Insights, Risk Management, Stress Testing
How can climate-informed stress testing support a more resilient global economy and society? This was the question that was recently discussed during the COP26 event: Climate-Informed Stress Testing for the Financial Sector, hosted by the UK Centre for Greening...