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Singapore Unveils Finance for Net Zero Action Plan 

Chris Hall

Clarity and reliability On data, definitions and disclosure it looks to make climate and sustainability data from companies more reliable and more comparable, to guard against greenwashing and enable market participants to better assess their exposure to ESG risks and opportunities.

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Member States Urged to Enforce 2024 Deadline for CSRD

Chris Hall

Although listed SMEs also fall under CSRD, an opt-out allows exemption until 2028. Arus added that any delay or prolongation of the status quo “should be out of question” arguing that it would have “severe consequences on European efforts including REPowerEU , Sustainable Finance Agenda, Green Deal, EU Climate Law.

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Article 6: Climate tool or trap?

Eco-Business

Without urgent reform, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risks enabling large-scale greenwashing and undermining global climate goals. Singapore, for example, expects its emissions to grow, peaking in 2028 , even as it scales up Article 6-based carbon credit purchases. Climate 16. Visit [link]. Like this content?

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Signals of Change – February 2024

We Mean Business Coalition

Meanwhile, new research from the IEA found that under existing policies and market conditions, global renewable capacity in electricity, transport and heat is forecast to reach 7300 GW by 2028. This growth trajectory would see global capacity increase to 2.5 128 companies are committed to improving their energy efficiency through EP100.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

In the late 20th century, US environmental policies were influenced by a mix of inflamed climate anxiety (surrounding, for example, the 1990s acid rain policies and ozone debates) and powerful, Big Oil-funded climate change denialism that hindered necessary action.

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

Expect continued growth of sustainable finance assets by these investors in 2025, especially by pension funds weighing the evolving risks of heat, floods and storms and economic transformations from climate change. By the second quarter of 2024, Morningstar estimates that net inflows had dropped to US$6.3