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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. I think we’ve got to be very careful about the LNG argument,” he told the Globe and Mail. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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Guest Post: Why Governments Must Encourage More Investment in Green Infrastructure, Now!

ESG Today

By: Chris Lewis, Global Infrastructure Leader at EY At COP27 in November last year, there was an overwhelming consensus that the target of lowering global temperatures by 1.5 ° C – as outlined in the historic Paris Agreement – is now at risk of not being met, unless the world acts now.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

Yet the pace and scale of their reductions is in the realm of what every company and country must do by 2030 to keep the faith of the Paris Agreement. Read article. But not all GHG reductions are equal. dollars) through 2030. Top Company Profile. Making the cut. BY Naomi Buck.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Delaying those actions “would lock in high-emissions infrastructure, raise risks of stranded assets and cost escalation, reduce feasibility, and increase losses and damages.” This article is republished from The Energy Mix. Read the original article. The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C We need to be very clear on that.

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Investors Search for Answers

Chris Hall

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. For investors and companies with assets within those key biodiversity areas, this raises the issue of stranded assets.

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Energy Transition Accelerator

Chris Hall

The idea to utilise voluntary markets is “a good one”, as it’s “part of the principle of ‘cooperative action’ enshrined in the Paris Agreement,” Guy Turner, CEO of specialist data, analysis and advisory firm Trove Research, tells ESG Investor. . “It Discussions around Article 6.4 Discussions around Article 6.4

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community. C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . It makes no long-term sense to continue pumping money into an asset that is already destined to eventually have no value — a stranded asset.

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