Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Thierry Philipponnat, Chief Economist at Finance Watch, warns that economic modelling must evolve to prompt policymakers to take action on climate. As these perilous climate projections unfold, one might expect an inevitable upheaval in the global economy. The purpose is to evaluate the impact of climate change on the financial system.

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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.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Invesco, AP4 evaluate potential of integrating climate alignment in portfolio srategies, reflecting investor appetite to move away from purely backward-looking approach. Choosing the right method to measure portfolio emissions is crucial to investors’ alignment with the Paris Agreement, and should reflect their strategy.

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ESG Today

MARCH 14, 2024

Commenting on the updated targets, Follow This founder Mark van Baal accused the company of “backtracking” on its climate ambitions, putting the company’s future at risk “through policy interventions, disruptive innovation, stranded assets, and accountability for the costs of climate change.”

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

COP28 reminded investors of the difficulties involved in reaching inter-governmental consensus on intensifying climate action. C of warming, the Inevitable Policy Response calculates that current government policies, ie those in place pre-COP28, will only limit climate change to 1.8°C

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 30, 2019

A common message from Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of SDSN, is the critical need to articulate a clear long-term vision and not an incremental approach in order to avoid stranded assets and technology lock-in which will inhibit the energy transformation necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement goals.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

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. The private sector’s ability to accelerate the pace of net zero transition is open to question.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

In examining sustainability pressures and financial risk in the blue economy, WWF warned that if ocean resources continued to be extracted at current rates, “we increase the risk of ‘stranded assets’ materialising in portfolios, i.e. through assets suffering unanticipated or premature write-offs, downward revaluations or conversions to liabilities”.

UNEP

Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Noting that the number of court cases being brought against companies on climate-related grounds has recently topped 2,000, the report says some plaintiffs are seeking to recover the costs of climate change itself, or the expense caused by having to adapt to it. Resort to the courts. Vital role of non-execs.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

MAY 22, 2024

Good engagement supports an investor’s climate ambitions and reduces their exposure to stranded asset risks.” That end point has, in fact, already been met by a growing pool of investors. The post Options Still Open for Fossil Fuel Engagement appeared first on ESG Investor.

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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 After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. C alive, just.

COP26

Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

C, in line with the Paris Agreement goal. . “If 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.

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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. The post The “Ripple Effect” of Universal Ownership appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

The post Investors to Hold US Banks and Insurers to Account on Climate appeared first on ESG Investor.

Banking

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The idea to utilise voluntary markets is “a good one”, as it’s “part of the principle of ‘cooperative action’ enshrined in the Paris Agreement,” Guy Turner, CEO of specialist data, analysis and advisory firm Trove Research, tells ESG Investor. . “It degrees of climate change. . The deal committed US$8.5

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

Global temperatures are set to hit record-breaking levels this summer, with regions of persistent high pressure creating heat domes across several southern US states in June, posing health risks to millions of Americans.

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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. How should I respond to wider systemic risks – and opportunities – such as those presented by climate change?

UNEP

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Some companies will start acting and some won’t; there’s more risk of stranded assets.” What role should investors play? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that maritime trade volumes will triple by 2050. Encouragingly, governments are also demonstrating a willingness to work together.

Shipping

Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. For investors and companies with assets within those key biodiversity areas, this raises the issue of stranded assets.

Supply Chains

Chris Hall

JULY 20, 2022

While Group of Seven governments are announcing grand plans , asset owners in developed markets are increasingly keen to play their part in this transition. . The IEA blueprint involves unprecedented levels of change, the agency admits, and requires clear government strategies and policies. of GDP), with two ?

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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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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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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER – This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community.

COP26

Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2022

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”. Costs are rising for laggards in a number of ways.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

If an oil and gas company announces a 2050 net zero target but doesn’t show any changes to capex (for example, shifting to renewable energy) or asset valuation (to account for stranded asset risk) this could make investors and other stakeholders doubt the credibility of the company’s transition strategy,” Wartmann says. .

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Richard Matthews

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As reported by Newsweek , an NCSE survey revealed that teachers offer their students very little climate education and when they do, it is often inaccurate (60% of teachers are unaware of the scientific consensus on climate change). A total of 208 educational institutions have divested their assets from fossil fuels.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2025

That led me to connect with [former Canadian environment and climate change minister] Catherine McKenna, and she said, Mara, why dont we join forces? Because she started this initiative Women Leading on Climate in Glasgow. Men and women are worried about climate change: 46% of men, 49% of women. Women are ready.

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