Welcome to the first edition of the S&P Global Sustainability Quarterly. Our world-class team of writers, editors, designers, analysts, and researchers has brought together our best insights to help you understand the latest trends and measure progress toward a low-carbon, sustainable future. They’ve done this by reformulating our popular Sustainability Yearbook. The trends shaping business and finance are moving rapidly and so too must our coverage of these changes. Now, instead of waiting for an annual publication highlighting key developments, we’ll deliver our latest data, analytics, and research each quarter.

In this issue, we turn our attention to the topic of climate change as Climate Week begins in New York. Climate Week NYC is all about moving from ambitions to actions. In these pages you’ll find powerful, perceptive commentary about important climate-related issues impacting companies, countries and investors. The stories are a guide to help you make sense of the uncertainty, risks and opportunities presented by our warming planet.