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Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts

Renewable Energy World

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. C of warming.

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Canada to Phase Out Public Fossil Fuel Financing

ESG Today

The new “Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Self‑Review Assessment Framework,” – the first of its kind globally, according to the government – details a set of criteria to determine that subsidies to the energy sector must meet in order to not be considered inefficient.

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Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey

GreenBiz

Yes, but sustainable finance is far bigger than just the companies seeking capital to expand their operations or invest in clean technologies and other things. Me again: "So, the ESG data that serves as the foundation for sustainable finance is increasingly driving not just investment decisions but also management decisions.".

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COP26: Statement from the We Mean Business Coalition

We Mean Business Coalition

C within reach, and to transition to a net-zero global economy by 2050 at the latest. Support meaningful carbon pricing policies to reflect the full costs of climate change and drive clean technology innovation and investment in emission reductions, as part of a broader mix of policy instruments.

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Reflections on seven years as We Mean Business Chair

We Mean Business Coalition

In fact, the science was certain, clean technology was scaling and a green transition was clearly the best path for the economy, jobs and society. Yet all the great initiatives already underway and companies implementing bold plans were spread thin.

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Correcting Climate Imbalance

Chris Hall

However, the climate finance gap still yawns wide. To address climate change issues properly, the developing world needs more than US$2.4 As well as raising sustainable revenues, climate taxes could encourage a wider adoption of clean technologies and sustainable practices, which in turn could accelerate transition efforts.

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We’ve taken stock of corporate climate action and business knows what it needs to deliver the clean energy transition

We Mean Business Coalition

One set of actors that are most certainly moving fast are those companies at the forefront of clean technology transitions. In contrast to the global stocktake, which focusses on country-level emissions, the Corporate Climate Stocktake examines the pace of clean solutions adoption within economic sectors.