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

Corporate Knights

Those numbers left any Indigenous investor with the prospect of losing money on the deal and facing “the likely prospect of being saddled with a stranded asset,” independent economist Robyn Allan, a former president and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, told The Energy Mix at the time.

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All Systems go for Net Zero

Chris Hall

This means the companies are on a pathway to net zero, according to a third-party assessment, but that’s not necessarily the same as targeting net zero by 2050 and may not be consistent with the remaining carbon budget. It may, for example, include predictions on new forms of technology or substantial use of carbon offsets.”

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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.” By contrast, the report makes no mention of risky and controversial attempts at solar radiation management (SRM) and leaves out any reliance on carbon offsets.

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Keeping on the Straight and Narrow

Chris Hall

There are other areas in which the TPT will have to set their own expectations, spanning from reliance on carbon offsetting and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to transparency on climate lobbying. . Throwing down the gauntlet . The UK isn’t the only part of the world considering mandatory transition plans. .

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Energy Transition Accelerator

Chris Hall

The ETA will create a new class of carbon offsets that either represent investments in EMDE renewable energy projects or converted reductions in emissions from the power sector (such as coal-fired electricity). How will the ETA work? . The deal committed US$8.5

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Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore

Eco-Business

Should energy producers experience higher costs from carbon offsets, incur fines from excessive polluting, or face impairment charges on their stranded assets as they transform their energy mix, local shareholders that are dependent on steady dividend yields for their incomes may find their retirement plans affected.