Mangrove deforestation threat to farmed Shrimp Investments.

The annual get-together for policy makers, civil society and businesses to announce systems to mitigate the current climate crisis ended at the Madrid COP25 with no self-congratulatory proclamation.

The SEC has proposed to increase the minimum investment threshold investors must achieve before they can engage companies they own and ask how their corporate strategies address business risks related to environmental change.

On Monday 4 November 2019, the U.S. government formally notified the United Nations that it would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, which supports nearly 200 nations globally to reduce their emissions, while helping economies with fewer resources create opportunities to decrease their impacts.

On Sunday 27 October 2019, Argentina elected left-leaning Alberto Fernández as its president, defeating former President Macri by 48% to 40%. Fernández’s coalition government will start on 10 December, further exacerbating Argentina’s fiscal and monetary crisis.