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Canada is sleeping on the energy transition

Corporate Knights

At the UN climate summit in Egypt last month, Canada received backlash for its failure to commit to a managed phase-out of fossil fuels. Canada’s refusal to implement policies that tackle the supply of fossil fuels is at odds with emerging global realities.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

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.

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The High Cost of Climate Inaction

3BL Media

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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The Largest U.S. Pension Fund Just Rolled Out a Climate Transition Plan Focused on Risk and Opportunity

3BL Media

In the process, it makes starkly clear that transition plans—the specific and concrete strategies and timelines investors and companies are adopting for reaching their climate goals and acting on climate-related risk—aren’t about being defensive. Risks that continue to escalate. This year, a record $1.8

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Is the LNG industry gaslighting the path to net-zero?

Corporate Knights

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.

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IGCC Devises Climate Resilience Strategy

Chris Hall

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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Guest Post: Why Governments Must Encourage More Investment in Green Infrastructure, Now!

ESG Today

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.