Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
Climate finance and carbon markets took centre stage at the 2024 UN Climate Conference (COP29), which strongly focused on increasing funding and creating effective carbon market mechanisms. COP29 was also the first ever “Finance COP,” agreeing to mobilise $300 billion of climate finance, falling short of the trillion-dollar figure demanded by developing countries.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
While agreement was reached on carbon market regulation, the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) agreement has been widely criticised, with many commentators arguing that the goal has not gone far enough to supply the funding that developing countries require to achieve their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation plans.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
This podcast to discuss the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan and how Donald Trump’s re-election could change global climate action.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
A collaboration between Howden, Boston Consulting Group and the High-Level Climate Champions, this white paper illustrates the great enabling role of insurance with real world examples across financial risk reduction and mobilisation of capital, optimisation of operational and project performance, and public policy implementation and market expansion
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Friday Reading Edition 226 (15th November 2024)
“There's potential to build a world-class captive domicile in the UK, but it will only be competitive if it has effective regulation and is implemented efficiently.”
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Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey discusses the central bank's decision to cut its benchmark interest rate to 4.75%, and the impact tariffs from the US could have on the UK economy following the re-election of Donald Trump.
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Trump 2.0 will have a massive impact on Big Tech, AI, chips and more—in Silicon Valley and beyond Text
Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
A rundown of what Trump 2.0 probably means for issues such as AI, antitrust, and semiconductors – Trump has expressed views on a variety of important tech topics, and it is also reasonable to take into account the views and motivations of key advisors including Elon Musk, who has emerged in the last few months of the presidential campaign as one of Trump’s most important and trusted allies.
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Friday Reading Edition 221 (11th October 2024)
One year on, Foreign Policy asks experts to assess the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Friday Reading Edition 217 (13th September 2024)
In the King’s Speech in July, which set out the government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session, the new Labour government announced that it intends to put forward a draft Audit and Governance Reform Bill.
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Friday Reading Edition 217 (13th September 2024)
In this episode, Dr Roger Barker, IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter, Nick Gould, Partner at Aria Grace Law, and Mary Campbell OBE, Founder and CEO of Blas and Resilient Corporates, discuss the shocking governance issues arising from the Post Office Horizon Scandal.
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