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A Very African Climate Conversation

Chris Hall

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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Investment Firm Ramps up Clients' Sustainability Efforts

3BL Media

BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), which is now part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has committed to continue to prioritise engagement with companies on major environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, as well as human rights issues and executive pay.

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Investing in Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation

The fight against climate change is a story half-written, and so far, big, powerful economies have mostly been the ones to tell it. That needs to change. Yet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement is to limit long-term temperature increases to well below 2 degrees—preferably 1.5 By Maria Teresa Zappia.

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Act Naturally

Chris Hall

The EU’s Taxonomy, now live, will only cover economic activities that address climate change until at least January 2023. The US has re-signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and will bring forward new mandatory disclosure rules for public companies in 2022. Ambitious environmental programme”.

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Filling Canada’s Policy Void

Chris Hall

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. But she continues: “All investments are impact investments. It misses the bigger picture.

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Bloomberg Publishes 2021 Impact Report

3BL Media

Report highlights Bloomberg’s work to mobilize the markets to fight climate change and its company-wide efforts to boost climate action in the lead up to COP26 Glasgow. This in turn helps markets to better understand how climate can impact businesses and economies. Social Impact. SOURCE: Bloomberg.

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ESG Explainer: On the Road to Transition

Chris Hall

At COP26 in Glasgow last year, governments, businesses, and other stakeholders in the automotive industry and road transport committed to “rapidly accelerating the transition to zero emission vehicles to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Other forms of escalation are now emerging,” says Wiggs.