Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. For the first time, the IMO has also agreed on an overarching objective to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by or around 2050.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2024

Question marks The UK’s CBAM will be applied to Scope 1, 2 and some third-party emissions produced by imports including iron, steel, aluminium, ceramics, cement from 2027. The UK government decided to implement a UK CBAM in order to reduce carbon leakage risk, and has further recognised that the mechanism is an important part of “delivering the (..)

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

INETTT members in Indonesia, South Africa, and Vietnam met to share lessons from their country’s Just Energy Transition Partnerships—multilateral funding agreements for the net-zero energy transition. This networking led to the inclusion of civil society, businesses, and local organizations to enhance equity in the plans.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Birol concurred with the UNFCCC’s Global Stocktake report – which last week confirmed much more action is needed to deliver on the Paris Agreement – insisting “we can speed this up if we put the right new policies in place”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2023

While the Paris Agreement does not include the international aviation industry it is clear the intention is to reach net zero by 2050. The UK domestic strategy under Jet Zero is in line with this by looking to maintain carbon emission to 2019 levels and reducing emissions to 19.3 MtCO2e by 2050.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

billion – to address some of the service and pollution issues – but Thames must also refinance £2 billion of index-linked debt by 2027, with some bonds maturing in October. They’ve also agreed to fund an eight-year transformation programme to the tune of £1.5

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

A report by the firm predicts that banks, insurers, private equity and investment managers will spend as much as US$256 million on specialist software by 2027. It also expects strong growth in technology, media and telecommunications firms’ spending on carbon management software, primarily driven by net zero pledges and competitive pressures.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

A commitment was also made to using the highest tier IPCC good practice inventory methodologies, as well as working to continuously improve the accuracy, transparency, consistency, comparability, and completeness of national GHG inventory reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The letter also seeks a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a 50 percent target for electric vehicle sales by 2030, and a renewed commitment to international climate finance. The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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ESG Today

APRIL 14, 2025

The Trump administration has been vocal about reversing the prior Biden administrations initiatives and focus on addressing climate changes, including announcing its departure from the Paris Agreement as one of President Trumps first executive orders upon taking office. In a diplomatic note sent out following the vote, the U.S.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the potential rollback of climate policies, to fears of a hostile environment for sustainable investing, to threats of the US leaving the Paris Agreement once more – speculation has been rife. The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidential office will have sent shivers down many an ESG investor’s spine.

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