Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative. It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jam open the closing window – The UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2022 was the most sobering of the many pre-COP27 analyses published this week, highlighting the inadequacy of our efforts to tackle the causes of climate change. Current pledges will nudge global warming down from its present 2.8°C C course to 2.5°C

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Not following suit – The European Central Bank (ECB) said banks do not yet sufficiently incorporate climate risk into their stress-testing frameworks and internal models. Further, almost two-thirds of banks’ income from non-financial corporate customers stems from GHG-intensive industries.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Financial institutions still don’t have expertise to handle net zero transition, according UNEP FI-backed report. The 12-month programme launch follows increasing demand from asset owners and managers for resources and qualifications that will help them develop the relevant skills for managing the net zero transition.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference? Climate adaptation finance is also important for risk management of net zero assets, according to the UK’s Green Finance Institute. Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Increased private sector funding seen as critical to acceleration of investments to meet climate change, biodiversity and land degradation targets. . The report said delaying action “was no longer an option” in light of the impacts of climate change, species extinction and land degradation. “

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Rising recognition of the vulnerabilities of EMDEs to climate change is increasing focus on scaling blended finance opportunities. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), US$4 trillion needs to be invested in renewable energy globally every year by 2030 to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

COP27 must boost Africa’s adaptation to the physical risks of climate change, says Amal-Lee Amin, Head of Climate Change at British International Investment. Africa contributes less than 3% to global emissions but is the most vulnerable continent in the world to the negative impacts form climate change.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Following “strong feedback” on the connection between climate and nature, Faber said the ISSB plans to immediately advance work on the climate standard, making explicit connections to natural ecosystems and human capital aspects of the net zero transition. . “We

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . Steady momentum .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Targeted investments are required to save our cities from the climate-related risks flagged by the IPCC. The effects of climate change aren’t limited to distant ice caps. It’s therefore vital that cities are built or renovated to be more sustainable and resilient in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather events.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

The news is disappointing to say the least, given the group’s vital role in the net zero transition and the battle against climate change, with disagreements centring around the intended tripling of renewable energy capacities by 2030, resulting in officials issuing an outcome statement rather than a joint communique.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns. How are attitudes changing? How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. ISS ESG Issuer Level Net Zero Alignment Data can be used to identify positive and negative performing companies against individual climate related metrics.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. Smith says there needs more understanding of the progress already made aligning finance with climate risk, which is set out in Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

In March 2021, the Align project was also launched, led by the United Nation’s Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and funded by the European Commission.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Financial institutions need to segment their portfolios into transition, net zero-aligned and stranded assets and develop clear emissions reduction plans in line with recognised 2030 and 2050 targets, said Mark Carney, Founder and Co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Heading for the exit?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The practical realities of the finance sector’s climate change commitments were in focus this week. The future of his Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero was in question after media reports that major US banks were threatening to quit rather than accept legal risks that might arise from tougher membership rules.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

, hosted by Euroclima+ and presented their modelling results, as part of their collaboration with Argentina's government to develop its Long-Term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change 2020-2050. impressions on Twitter alone for #VYS2021.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Just prior to COP26, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) to improve the accuracy and public transparency of human-caused methane emissions. The signatories recognised that rapid action on methane is an essential complement to cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A 2020 World Bank report estimated the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, will need to increase by nearly 500% by 2050 – the equivalent of nearly three billion tonnes – to fulfil sufficient upscaling of clean energy technologies and energy storage solutions.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

Leading US banks and insurers will face votes at their upcoming AGMs asking for policies aligned with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero roadmap , after challenges to shareholder resolutions were rejected. . expanded the prohibition of ‘micromanagement’ by investors. . degrees Celsius.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

On 15 May, over 20 state attorneys-general sent a letter to NZIA and Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) members, asking for information on their relationship to the alliances and commitments made. Fear of breaking anti-trust laws risks shaking the foundations of GFANZ sub-alliances in the wake of NZIA exodus.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Lenovo Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain by 2050 Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain Pfizer to Offer Full Portfolio of Medicines to 1.2

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