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Fitch Incorporates Low-Carbon Transition Risks Into Credit Scores

3BL Media

The new scores reflect the UN Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) “Inevitable Policy Response Forecast Policy Scenario” (IPR FPS) that sets out predictions of significant acceleration for climate policies over the next three years. The PRI launched the “Inevitable Policy Response” initiative in 2018.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

To achieve the Agreement’s goal of net-zero emissions globally by 2050 , we must significantly boost energy efficiency and greatly accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, and toward new fuels such as green hydrogen and renewables such as wind, solar and thermal.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) Rose Stuckey Kirk, Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Verizon.