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If we want to compete, Canada needs a green and transition taxonomy ASAP

Corporate Knights

To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 , the Government of Canada has invested billions of dollars in practical efforts to lessen the effects of climate change and encourage clean economic growth. Together, a combined green and transition taxonomy can support a holistic approach to achieve a low-carbon transition.

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How the US Is Running Away with Green Investment

Chris Hall

In the race to net zero, Victoria Judd, Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, explains how the US is lapping the UK and EU in stimulating its green economy. The UK, meanwhile, is trailing behind in terms of green investment. A good example of this is sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) investment.

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More than a Third of Public Companies Now Reporting Scope 3 Emissions: MSCI

ESG Today

For the report, the latest edition of the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker, MSCI assessed the climate change progress of companies within the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index (ACWI IMI), and included data from its “Implied Temperature Rise” metric. Click here to access the MSCI report.

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Overshoot is Here

Chris Hall

Disorderly transition and portfolio risks loom large. 2025 will cause a fundamental re-appraisal For investors with 2030 and net zero commitments, the Stocktake / Ratchet cycle will show that success from significant company and policy engagement since 2015 has been difficult to spot. None of this will be fun.

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More Than a Pipe Dream?

Chris Hall

Green hydrogen has huge potential and multiple use cases, but cost concerns and operational risks linger. The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. Circular argument.

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The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

Corporate Knights

Budget 2023 took an approach geared to compete with the IRA’s investment package and outlined five major investment tax credits: hydrogen; carbon capture, utilization and storage; clean technology; clean technology manufacturing; and clean electricity.

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The federal government is more than $14 billion behind in climate funding

Corporate Knights

Budget 2023 took an approach geared to compete with the IRA’s investment package and outlined five major investment tax credits: hydrogen; carbon capture, utilization and storage; clean technology; clean technology manufacturing; and clean electricity.