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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

To boot, Enel managed to deflate its carbon bubble almost exclusively by retiring high-carbon assets. Most of these reductions were made from 2015 to 2021 when Enel shut down some 40 of its 50 coal power plants fast and furiously (from 31% of generation capacity to 6%). 17 Republic Services Inc Waste 13,862,083 2,200,930 -0.14

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

They also noted the due diligence aspects of a framework that must now be implemented by all federal departments and agencies in line with the targets in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. A government source pointed to a provision for regular reviews of the subsidy policy as an important opportunity to ratchet up restrictions over time.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8 trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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ICYMI, an Ill Wind is Blowing From the East

Chris Hall

Almost overnight, Vladimir Putin pulled off something investors have been struggling to achieve since 2015: decarbonising the business models of oil and gas majors. But will the energy giants diversify from or double down on fossil fuels in response to inevitable write-offs on stranded assets?

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

There is no waste in this model, everything is designed to last, be shared, reused, repaired, or recycled. This type of economy strives to minimize inputs and eliminate waste by closing the loop with life cycle analysis. This economy contains many diverse approaches to enhance efficiency, eliminate pollution and recycle waste. .

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Delaying those actions “would lock in high-emissions infrastructure, raise risks of stranded assets and cost escalation, reduce feasibility, and increase losses and damages.” The IPCC says reducing food loss and food waste has the least impact among a list of strategies. The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C