Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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Stranded Assets 81

Stranded Assets Net Zero Climate Change 81

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

Net Zero 130

Net Zero Climate Change Stranded Assets Supply Chains 130

3BL Media

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Just as critically, transition plans are about embracing the booming new clean economy, creating new markets, and investing in the next batch of winners as this shift continues to accelerate exponentially— and avoiding being left behind with dwindling markets, outmoded business models, and stranded assets. This year, a record $1.8

Net Zero 147

Net Zero Stranded Assets Climate Change Manufacturing 147

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A study published in the journal Nature found that Canada alone will face $100 billion in stranded assets by 2036, representing 35% of the book value of oil and gas properties for all oil and gas issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Stranded Assets Net Zero Supply Chains Supply Chain 278

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 98

Climate Change Stranded Assets Banking Climate Scientist 98

3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

CDP and Planet Tracker’s High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets , May 2022 report recognizes that “Water risk is already stranding assets across major sectors of the global economy.”.

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Stranded Assets CDP Climate Change Development 130

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.

Climate Change 269

Climate Change Decarbonize Stranded Assets Paris Agreement 269

GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2021

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. In its landmark Net Zero report , the IEA said that there is still a path to limit global warming to 1.5

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Stranded Assets Net Zero Sustainability Professional Regenerative 475

3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

DESCRIPTION: ESG in Action As climate change intensifies, so do the physical and transition risks to industries and companies. But how do investors quantify those changes? Historically, they’ve measured a portfolio’s climate impact based on its carbon footprint or weighted average carbon intensity. By Sara Rosner.

Climate Change 244

Climate Change Supply Chains Supply Chain Stranded Assets 244

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.

Stranded Assets 77

Stranded Assets Net Zero Clean Technology Global Economy 77

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.

Climate Change 297

Climate Change Net Zero Stranded Assets Shipping 297

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Still, producers want the federal government to include exported LNG as part of its climate change strategy, including policies for preferential financing. By the 2030s, the costly new LNG export terminals will either become stranded assets or lock in emission growth that takes us in the wrong direction on climate change.

Net Zero 360

Net Zero Shipping Stranded Assets Climate Change 360

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Breaking with tradition Finance Watch’s latest report , released this week, underscores the stark reality of rising climate risks and calls for economic models that do not mislead, scenario analyses that prepare the market, and a new prudential tool to address the build-up of systemic climate risk.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change Stranded Assets Global Economy 94

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. .

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Stranded Assets Net Zero Impact Investing 52

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.”

Greenwashing 80

Greenwashing Stranded Assets Banking Net Zero 80

Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These represent a stranded asset risk of hundreds of billions of dollars and potentially locking in tens of billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.” And if you don’t do all of the above, I’m sorry, but I don’t think you could attend to climate change issues.”

Net Zero 302

Net Zero Stranded Assets Climate Change Development 302

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.”

Net Zero 97

Net Zero Stranded Assets Paris Agreement Climate Change 97

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.

Stranded Assets 96

Stranded Assets Paris Agreement Net Zero Supply Chains 96

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.

Stranded Assets 52

Stranded Assets Net Zero Climate Change Divestment 52

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 52

Climate Change Stranded Assets Paris Agreement UNEP 52

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.

Net Zero 477

Net Zero Stranded Assets Climate Positive Climate Change 477

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.”

Greenwashing 59

Greenwashing Stranded Assets Net Zero Banking 59

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.

Banking 97

Banking Net Zero Stranded Assets Climate Change 97

Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

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 Remco Fischer, Head of Climate Change at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, sees less risk for investors taking bets on a 1.5°C Lee suggests not. “In

Net Zero 72

Net Zero Paris Agreement Stranded Assets Climate Change 72

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.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Stranded Assets Paris Agreement Greenwashing 52

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

Net Zero 40

Net Zero Stranded Assets Paris Agreement Climate Change 40

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

But solar and wind enjoyed record levels of generation and investment in 2022, with policy swinging behind accelerated renewables deployment in multiple markets, led by the US ; energy security and efficiency were cited as often as climate change as reasons to end our toxic relationship with fossil fuels.

Stranded Assets 52

Stranded Assets Sustainable Investment Climate Change Manufacturing 52

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The report , published by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (LSE GRI), outlines how financial institutions can integrate “the social dimension” to ensure a just transition to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Net Zero 98

Net Zero Stranded Assets Banking Development 98

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Change is already underway within the fossil fuel industry, as developments in the Netherlands, United States and Australia indicate. Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans. A simple example is that of a financial investment in a mining company.

Net Zero 147

Net Zero Divestment Banking Stranded Assets 147

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.

Paris Agreement 52

Paris Agreement Stranded Assets Decarbonize Climate Change 52

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.

Net Zero 98

Net Zero Supply Chains Supply Chain Stranded Assets 98

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.

Banking 98

Banking Greenwashing Net Zero Stranded Assets 98

Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

Therefore, ensuring it stays healthy and able to continue providing those services is crucial to the fight against climate change. Those services are not generated by the water alone, it is the living organisms in the sea that are producing the oxygen and sequestering the carbon.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Supply Chains Supply Chain Stranded Assets 52

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?

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Stranded Assets COP26 Greenwashing 52

Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 12, 2022

Using this definition, the environmental pillar most notably encompasses considerations of climate change in terms of physical and transitional risk for companies, given the projected impacts of climate change. It also includes risks related to resource scarcity (e.g. water), deforestation, waste, and pollution.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Impact Investing Stranded Assets Ethical Investment 52

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 13, 2020

There has been mounting pressure on the financial industry, as policymaker and activist attention has turned to its role in funding both large-scale deforestation in the Amazon and a climate crisis that is in danger of running away. For decades we have made it clear that we don’t want drilling and mining in our territories.

Stranded Assets 141

Stranded Assets Banking Climate Change Development 141

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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Divestment Stranded Assets Net Zero Greenwashing 52