3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

For decades, scientists have studied the risks of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the earth’s climate. The signals of early-stage climate change are becoming unmistakably visible. As the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate adaptation stated: “Global warming, reaching 1.5°C

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The clean energy transition is happening faster than predicted, with renewable deployment rates growing in line with the International Energy Agency’s scenario for reaching net-zero by 2050. This is due to the exponential rate at which renewable technology is being adopted, coupled with accelerating climate policy ambition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Orderly path to net zero requires social and natural dimensions to be built into transition plans. . Workers, suppliers, communities and consumers should not be forgotten by institutional investors when developing net zero transition strategies. . Building blocks . Building blocks .

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2021

In its landmark Net Zero report , the IEA said that there is still a path to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert the worst effects of climate change, but to do so we have to cease oil and gas exploration immediately. If the world heeds that advice, we’ll leave a lot of stranded assets lying around.

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ESG Today

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2020, Shell announced a commitment to achieve net zero in its operations by 2050, and in 2021, the company launched its “Powering Progress” strategy , detailing how it will achieve its target to be a net-zero energy business by 2050 across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, with initiatives including investing in renewable and clean energy solutions.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

The shrivelled Rhine of 2018 became a harbinger of the devastating impact that climate change will have on the backbone of the German economy. You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon. On the face of it, it is.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Every dollar not spent in new ways to cut GHG and to stop the voracious linear economy is investing in future stranded assets. He wants us to embrace the opportunity of climate change and investing; climate risk is investment risk.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

Successful litigation forcing companies to recognise stranded assets, accelerate their net zero transition, or pay damages for their contribution to environmental and human rights harms could pose significant financial shocks in some industries, with investors paying the price.”

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2023

The guidelines released alongside the framework provide a standardized methodology to ensure that future government support is aligned with the country’s climate and energy priorities, and precludes funding of discretionary programs not aligned with the framework.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

The report warns that fossil fuel demand will peak as government policies to cut emissions, asset owners’ net-zero commitments and the rapid growth of clean energy technologies combine to transition the economy towards renewables. C, in line with the Paris Agreement goal. . “If C, Carbon Tracker found. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

The private sector’s ability to accelerate the pace of net zero transition is open to question. When it comes to gathering the collective will to tackle climate change, it is often argued that public policy actions and private sector commitments are mutually reinforcing, spurring each side to go further and faster.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

Successful litigation forcing companies to recognise stranded assets, accelerate their net zero transition, or pay damages for their contribution to environmental and human rights harms could pose significant financial shocks in some industries, with investors paying the price.”

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

A stark choice between climate stability and global devastation is the constant drumbeat from a landmark report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Already, “widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere , and biosphere have occurred,” the report says.

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Chris Hall

JULY 31, 2023

Creon Butler, Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme at think tank Chatham House, made a similar warning of a “probable sharp adjustment” this month , saying that “financial markets did not yet reflect climate risk” despite the clear severe economic and financial consequences of climate change.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

This AGM season, investors have filed numerous shareholder resolutions to accelerate finance sector action to address climate risks and meet net zero commitments. The post Investors to Hold US Banks and Insurers to Account on Climate appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

Wildfires and weak ambition The bill is progressing against a backdrop of increasing evidence of the physical risks of climate change in Canada. Thousands of people have been evacuated, with millions more exposed to air pollution caused by wildfires across the country. billion (US$4.7

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Adaptation themes will be incorporated into the network’s workstreams over the next two years. To better stimulate investment in climate resilience across Australia and New Zealand, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has developed its ‘ Road to Resilience ’ strategy.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 25, 2023

Build more investor confidence in green infrastructure projects The greatest fear that many investors have around investing in green infrastructure projects is that they become “stranded assets.” To prevent this, governments must make a long-term commitment to a green energy source such as hydrogen or nuclear.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2023

Yet, despite this uncertainty, decarbonisation is a megatrend; driven by the need to reach net zero by 2050 if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. For the economy, business and investors, decarbonisation means massive change and a need to completely re-build energy infrastructure.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Loss and damage relates to climate-related impacts which cannot be adapted to. Loss and damage is happening because we have not adequately tackled climate change, cut emissions or taken action to adapt. Will a company’s investment take it a step closer towards a net zero world, or will it be a stranded asset tomorrow?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Jose Pugas , Head of Responsible Investments and Engagement at JGP Asset Management , explains why scal ing -u p finance between the global north and south for nature-based solutions is essential to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. Brazil is the most biologically diverse country in the world.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. . It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey?

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2022

Members of the IIGCC demand improved transparency on economic impacts of climate change and associated policy action. . trillion in assets are challenging corporate audit committee chairs on their continued omission of climate risks in financial reporting ahead of the 2022 annual general meeting (AGM) season. .

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These countries need affordable, reliable and clean energy to support their socio-economic development and to mitigate climate change. This stands in contrast with China’s domestic energy policy, which is prioritizing a transition to renewable energy, peak emissions before 2030 and a net-zero economy by 2060.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

These shareholder proposals also encourage banks to be mindful of facilitating and upholding business plans that invest in the development of new assets at disproportionate risk of becoming stranded assets. Proponents of the resolutions acknowledge the near-term need for fossil fuels. US and Canadian banks need to get on board.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Investors continue to suffer from poor-quality climate-related information in company reports and other statements, particularly from firms with the highest CO2 emissions. That’s the finding of a major new report by Carbon Tracker, the independent think tank that researches the effects of climate change on financial markets.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Swedish government pension fund AP7 is a universal owner that manages around SEK1 trillion (US$968 billion) in AuM, with 90% of its assets invested in a diversified equities portfolio across more than 3,000 companies.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

According to research by MSCI, nearly half (44%) of listed companies have now set decarbonisation targets, representing an eight-percentage-point increase than was reported in the October 2022 MSCI Net-Zero Tracker , but only 17% of those targets would align with the 1.5°C

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This post originally appeared on Climate Change News. The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate. The Glasgow Climate Pact and recent pledges have kept 1.5°C Many have set science-based targets aligned with 1.5ºC, others are starting their journey to net-zero. C alive, just.

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Clean Tech Delta

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Australian philosopher Toby Ord explains in his book The Precipice how climate change and environmental damage have become an existential risk to humanity. An increasing number of countries announce net zero targets. And the USA will return to the climate table too. We are in chapter one: between 1 and 2 degrees.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These might include capex plans and their alignment with the company’s climate strategy, but also net zero commitments, as well as the policies they are or are not supporting through lobbying. This has echoes of the issue of stranded assets arising from decarbonisation of the energy supply over the past decade or so.”

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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. Examining whether legal frameworks allow the alignment of portfolios with net zero and sustainability goals was the next step.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency , the world needs to cut 90% of coal use by 2050 and phase out all unabated coal power plants by 2040 to achieve net-zero emissions and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. But while the science is clear, the logistics are not.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The UK’s net zero transition depends on huge amounts of private capital that can only be unlocked through climate policy certainty. trillion (US$1.89

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To illustrate, BlackRock, the world’s leading investment firm, with more than $7 trillion worth of assets under management, has announced that climate will play a central role in investment considerations. The sheer volume of capital on the table is game changing. More Funds Diverted to Sources of Renewable Energy.

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