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Ontario and Alberta are building natural gas plants despite lower costs of renewables

Corporate Knights

There is also the risk that fossil fuel infrastructure is retired before the end of its economic lifetime and becomes a stranded asset—a liability taxpayers would likely pay for.”

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Growing Market for Properties with a Purpose

Chris Hall

Other risks in this sector, said bfinance, include energy efficiency (many properties with performance ratings below A or B “will effectively become stranded assets from 2027”), counter-party risk, taking in local authorities, government-backed bodies and charities, and inflation and interest-rate risk at a time of economic turbulence.

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Beware the Green Swan

Chris Hall

C by 2027. “I hate to say it, but global warming has surpassed 1.5°C,” C,” Thierry Philipponnat, Chief Economist at Finance Watch, tells ESG Investor , citing a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which noted a 66% chance that the annual average near-surface global temperature will exceed 1.5°C

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Priorities for Financing Early Coal Retirement in Developing Countries

Chris Hall

These plants are expected to operate for decades and risk becoming “stranded assets” if they retire early. billion for its energy transition between 2023 and 2027. These countries need more financing and alternative energy solutions, while at the same time, many have young coal fleets and new plants still under development.

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

Both measures are due to be finalised in 2025 and come into force from 2027. “The adoption of the [strategy] is a monumental development for the IMO and opens a new chapter towards maritime decarbonisation,” said IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim. “At the same time, it is not the end goal.