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Aligning Capital to Ambitious Climate Goals

Chris Hall

As we approach COP29, which (roughly) coincides with the fourth anniversary of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), it’s an excellent moment to reflect on progress and reaffirm the individual commitments of NZAM signatories to accelerating the transition to a net zero global economy.

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

While publicly traded companies often dominate the headlines, private companies are a much larger part of the global economy. The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement, largely by helping its customers switch to electric vehicles.

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The facts of climate progress are the antidote to pessimism

Corporate Knights

The remarkable growth in EVs in China helped make 2024 another record year for EV sales globally. Brazil is hosting the United Nations climate conference in Belm this year, the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and has made major progress in bringing Amazon deforestation to its lowest level since 2015.

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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

The shift began with the Paris Agreement in 2015, when the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was created. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission had adopted new mandatory climate disclosure rules in March 2024, citing investor demand. Keep going when you get to the end.

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‘First nail in the coffin’ for fossil fuels at COP28

Corporate Knights

“A call to transition energy systems away from fossil fuels—the first time oil and gas had been included in a COP agreement—won over those demanding strong action; but oil producers and developing countries were reassured by assertions that countries are free to follow their own paths to net zero,” Bloomberg News reports.

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Accelerating Climate Action

3BL Media

Upon the team’s return from the UAE, we sat down to gather their impressions from the historic event and hear how they plan to accelerate action in 2024. Q: At the conclusion of COP, delegates agreed to what is being called “the UAE Consensus,” an agreement that begins to lay the groundwork for transitioning away from fossil fuels.

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Over 60GW of wind energy capacity installed in 2019, the second-biggest year in history

Envirotec Magazine

“Nevertheless, we are still not where we need to be when it comes to the global energy transition and meeting our climate goals. If we are to have any chance at reaching our Paris Agreement objectives and remaining on a 1.5°C