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Take Five: Is Your Cup Half-full or Half-empty?

Chris Hall

Confirmation of a January 2027 start for a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism was welcomed as providing certainty to investors over its scope. But overall, the first Labour budget for 15 years was far from an exemplar of the joined-up approach advocated by former Climate Change Committee chair Lord Deben , with the £3.4

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Institutional Investors Prepare for AGM Battle with BP

Chris Hall

BPs decision to retreat even further on its climate commitments has elicited strong criticism from a group of its institutional investors, which are concerned that the companys revised strategy isnt consistent with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming nor in line with its pledge reach net zero by 2050. billion and US$2 billion.

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Take Five: Bigger, Better, Bolder

Chris Hall

The UK, it’s worth noting, recently confirmed its CBAM plans for 2027. Given climate risk scenario analysis is widely considered to underplay the impacts of failing to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement, a logical next step for the ESAs and the ECB would seem to be new research focused on 2050.

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After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in?

Eco-Business

[link] Copy By Zhou Xiaozhu, Dialogue Earth 7 minute read June 10, 2025 On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Argentina was the first to say it might not stick with the Paris Agreement. billion originally pledged in 2022.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness. LKAB is also setting itself up as a single company to grow its DRI capacity by 30% per year over 20 years.

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Climate policy survives the EU election – for now

Corporate Knights

If the far-right National Rally (RN) wins the domestic elections scheduled for June 30 and July 7, it would claim the post of prime minister, while Macron would continue as president until 2027. She did promise not to take France out of the Paris Agreement, at least.

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Euronext to Require Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets from Suppliers

ESG Today

By 2027, its suppliers, which represent 67% of Euronext’s GHG emissions derived from purchased goods and services, will also have to set targets on their Scope 1 and 2 emissions. C compared to pre-industrial levels, as set out in the Paris Agreement. from a 2019 baseline.