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Despite the many challenges in 2020, more than 3,000 companies from 21 markets across the Asia Pacific region have reported through CDP, a nearly 20% increase from 2019, with many first-time responders from China, India, and Southeast Asia. The region also accounts for more than 260 science-based targets, a 57% increase when compared to 2019. However, companies need to raise ambitions by proactively engaging with their supply chains on climate-related risks and opportunities, setting more mid- and long-term targets in line with keeping warming to 1.5°C, and look at other ways in which they can help address interconnected issues concerning climate adaptation and systemic resilience.

12th May 2021 (London): New analysis released today shows that 43% of global cities do not have adaptation plans to keep people and critical infrastructure safe from climate threats, despite the fact that awareness of climate risks has never been higher.

Despite recent, clear warnings of the devastating impacts of climate change above 1.5°C, current National government pledges still put the world on track for around 3°C of global warming this century. Such a rise would mean major risks to societies across the world, to business and to the global economy. More must be done, especially in the financial sector given no sector can operate without financial backing.

But under half of disclosing financial institutions report actions to align portfolios with a well below 2-degree Celsius world