Catherine McGuinness
@City_McGuinness
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City of London, London
Joined May 2017
More than just hot air: the UK should be the home of a carbon market that actually works
cityam.com
This year, peatland ecosystems in the Indonesian districts of Katigan and Kotawaringin Timur – covering an area roughly the size of London – will lock away the carbon emissions equivalent of two...
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Speaking at @carbon_forward conference today. High integrity carbon markets remain a vital tool to finance net zero, and the UK can help deliver them. We won’t get everything right first time, and learning from experience will be essential. Looking to #COP28 for progress.
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Next up, our panel discusses how to get the money we need into the sector as quickly as possible. It is vital councils set clear expectation on what investment is needed. "We can only achieve scale rapidly if we combine private sector money with public sector money." #3CiLondon
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Our CEO, Tracey Walsh, has led EECF for 10 years & worked for it for over 25. Having grown up on the Isle of Dogs, she's lived in the East End all her life. Read the first instalment of a series of interviews, where she talks about her early years at EECF. https://t.co/3ANhcYt61e
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📣The updated #CoreCarbonPrinciples (CCPs) from @ic_vcm have been published. The CCPs will help buyers identify and price high-integrity carbon credits, giving them confidence that they are funding projects that make a genuine impact. Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/oSJXcswN0y
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Law Society President Lubna Shuja right to say that the rule of law and justice are at the heart of Britain’s identity and our position in the international community. Migration bill ‘would rock the UK’s standing as a reliable nation’
lawgazette.co.uk
Law Society speaks out as measure aimed at tackling small-boat crossings goes before House of Commons.
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I'll be sleeping out in the cold on 16th March to highlight the problem of homelessness and raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
https://t.co/L4M1mi2zOR
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Pleased to welcome HRH The Earl of Wessex to the City of London Academy Shoreditch Park, where he met some of our great students and heard about their involvement with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.
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Great to hear @Ed_Miliband praising 3Ci, our partnership with @CPCatapult @londoncouncils and others @NetZeroAPPG event in Westminster. He talks about need for a locally led approach, particularly to decarbonise home heating. 'devolution has to be at the heart of what we do'.
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At last. Now let’s get on and forge more normal relations with the EU – relations good for people, good for trade.
FT Explainer: How the ‘Windsor Framework’ changes Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements
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Such a pleasure meeting Lemn as we admitted him to the Freedom of the City.
Writer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay OBE, an official poet of the London 2012 Olympics, says it feels like a “dream” to have been awarded the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony today. https://t.co/caV1dSNCyQ
@lemnsissay
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How can countries get the financing they need to tackle climate change? In this conversation, @DavidMalpassWBG & Annette Nazareth discuss how we can develop a market that could mobilise additional climate finance ⇩ https://t.co/XcsK26gkjd
@worldbank @IETA
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Watch our short film on why we’ve launched our ‘Tackling pensioner poverty’ Life Chances campaign with @Nip_Poplar @EastEndCares @island_advice @ToynbeeHall Read our blog about need for benefits uptake & digital inclusion by Head of Grants Allan Anderson https://t.co/jPgkOGMMvG
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We are committed to transparency and have published them in raw form after ensuring requests for anonymity have been respected. Read all comments here ⇩ https://t.co/epWzo7Llhk
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Independence for London? The case for, the case against - and that all-important choice of national anthem: https://t.co/lJ5JHeOIOz
#London @jennagldn @lse_london @City_McGuinness @nickbowes1975 @josiahmortimer
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Let’s unlock the opportunity presented by the Voluntary Carbon Market to deliver immediate climate action.
Climate change is a global issue that requires a co-ordinated global response. With UK Voluntary Carbon Markets Forum & @Clifford_Chance, we've worked to identify and help address some of the issues facing the Paris mechanisms and the VCM. Find out more: https://t.co/mz80j5S2Ox
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Great attendance at today’s launch of our taskforce report on socio economic diversity in the financial services sector - https://t.co/KrbjGEc93x. It’s now time for action. Let’s break the class ceiling.
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How can countries get the financing they need to tackle climate change? In this conversation, @DavidMalpassWBG & Annette Nazareth discuss how we can develop a market that could mobilise additional climate finance ⇩ https://t.co/XcsK26gkjd
@worldbank @IETA
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While the Voluntary Carbon Market market is growing quickly, there are significant barriers to investment, including confusion, lack of standardization and transparency, and concerns about credit quality.
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£1bn plan to move Billingsgate and Smithfield east https://t.co/IWRpbBMvhL # via @tcindex
theconstructionindex.co.uk
The City of London Corporation has approved plans to proceed with £1bn regeneration plan to move London’s historic wholesale markets to a purpose-built site in Dagenham Dock.
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