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The ESG Interview: Closing the Net Zero Reality Gap

Chris Hall

C warming target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, and there must be a “rapid acceleration of mitigation efforts after 2030” if there is any hope of limiting global temperature increases to 2°C. . Average annual GHG emissions during 2010-2019 were higher than in any previous decade.” . Greater collaboration

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

If you’re a company interested in climate change, zero might be the most important number. Net zero” is the lens many businesses are using to address their climate impacts. As of October 2022, more than 8,000 companies globally have made commitments to net zero under the United Nations’ Race to Zero Campaign.

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1.5°C Future Depends on Nascent Technologies – NZAOA

Chris Hall

Asset owners are calling for increased policy support and financial incentives to upscale low-carbon technologies to accelerate the net zero transition, as new research from the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) warns existing global policies are not 1.5°C-aligned. C-aligned.

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Sustainable Finance Demands More Than Just Cutting Carbon

Chris Hall

As in the rest of the private sector, where at least 20% of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies have committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, many leading investors are also focused on reducing carbon emissions. trillion from 2010-2019. Going Beyond Net Zero Emissions.

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Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) suggest that the planet is on track to be 16% over 2010 levels of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, whereas to hold warming to less than 1.5C, we need to be at 45% below 2010 levels in the next nine years.

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Three Steps to Energy Efficient Properties

Chris Hall

We outline below some of the more common initiatives being driven by landlords and tenants alike and raise some of the issues arising from them, namely electric vehicle (EV) charging point installations; photovoltaic (PV) cell installations; and net zero obligations as part of green leases. Green leases and the move to net zero.

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How the ‘Global Stocktake’ Can Accelerate Climate Action

Chris Hall

Established under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement , the Global Stocktake is designed “to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of [the Paris] Agreement and its long-term goals. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.