Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For large middle-income countries, like India and South Africa, there were signs of progress on investments needed for developing clean energy. In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change.

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ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2023

The commitment was announced today with the introduction of an updated Green Finance Strategy by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, part of the government’s launch today of its “Powering Up Britain” plan outlining initiatives to achieve the UK’s energy security and net zero objectives.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There has been a shift at this year’s summit, from making pledges to reach net zero emissions by 2050 to a focus on actions to cut emissions by 2030. The international financial community formed a broad alliance of firms committed to net zero, attracting accusations of greenwashing. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In an accompanying commentary , UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said: “I urge every investor, public and private, to put their capital towards a net zero world. Earlier, the Institute for Sustainable Development called for “more and better support” by governments for renewables deployment.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. o C remains highly uncertain. C trajectory. C trajectory.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The postponed COP26 summit held in Glasgow in November was widely billed as a moment of reckoning; the world’s last chance to set out serious plans to deliver the global commitment to keep temperature rises to 1.5°C. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Concerns over corporate greenwash are widespread.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. Moreover, measuring impact is still in its early development, with most funds using SDGs or qualitative assessments to measure their impact.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2022

The effectiveness of asset owner and manager actions in tackling greenwashing by companies is seen as critical to the low-carbon transition. 45% emissions reductions by 2030), and a net zero target for no later than 2050 that is not overly reliant on negative emissions technologies”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

To support emerging market climate transitions, developed countries and private investors are drawing up an ambitious blueprint, but is it working? This JETP has been followed by new partnerships between developed countries and Indonesia , Vietnam and Senegal. gigatonnes of carbon emissions over the next 20 years.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2022

UK plan for net zero financial centre depends on development of a “nature-positive” economy, according to new report. In its new report, UKSIF further argued that the UK will not be able to achieve its objective of becoming a net zero financial centre without the development of a “nature-positive” economy.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

With Google, Unilever and Hitachi among those already signed up to road-test the provisional code, VCMI is hoping more businesses will take up what it calls a globally standardised benchmark when using carbon credits as part of their net zero strategies. . Market-based solutions are critical to reducing emissions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Will the promised $100 billion per year be delivered by wealthier countries to enable developing countries to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts? . Innovative thinking that develops new models of cooperation can also effectively channel private finance to the places it is most needed. What are the barriers to action?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

On the investment side, many managers have signed up to the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, are using the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s Net Zero Investment Framework to set and monitor targets, and have joined the investor-led initiative Climate Action 100+. . development, prohibiting new?

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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. Even so, we were reminded how far the G20 nations are from meeting their COP26 commitment to keep 1.5°C This was a week in which the public realm seemed to make more of the running than those in the private sphere.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The proposed implementation guidance and the disclosure framework both build on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) transition plan framework , as well as the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) sustainability reporting standards. . “If

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The proposed implementation guidance and the disclosure framework both build on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) transition plan framework , as well as the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) sustainability reporting standards. . “If

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk of greenwashing. This information is crucial in light of the estimated US$130 trillion of private sector funding pledged to achieve 2050 net zero GHG emissions targets. We believe that this can only be fully addressed through the development of a unified set of sustainability reporting standards.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

At COP26 in Glasgow the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation announced the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures. Jane Thostrup Jagd is deputy director of net zero finance at the We Mean Business Coalition.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

We outline below some of the more common initiatives being driven by landlords and tenants alike and raise some of the issues arising from them, namely electric vehicle (EV) charging point installations; photovoltaic (PV) cell installations; and net zero obligations as part of green leases. Green leases and the move to net zero.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Unveiled at COP26 and consolidating the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and? The planned Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be informed by European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs) , which also require companies to report on their impact on the sustainable development of society and the environment.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In fact, 41 out of the 47 taxonomies currently under development have either stated outright or implied that they aim for their respective taxonomies to be used to guide policymakers and authorities, or they are in the early stages of development and have yet to make such an intention clear.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 16, 2023

There are disappointments, such as the perceived failure of the UK’s leadership of 2021’s COP26 and the taxonomy delay. Taxonomies have already been developed in places such as the EU, China, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Russia. . But they have proved fiendishly difficult to create due to technical and political problems.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Getting any advice is difficult as carbon consultants are busy post COP26 and we, like many businesses nationwide, have limited in-house capacity to do it ourselves – although we’re making changes there! We’ve got over 25 years to get to net-zero. You need consultants or brokers to help you buy ‘the right’ offsets.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Since then, heatwaves across the northern hemisphere, gathering energy and food security crises, and climate policy actions across the globe, notably in the US , have raised new questions about the path to a net zero economy – alongside concerns about the impact of inflation, disruption and transition on existing economic and social inequities.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Not least plans for a ‘loss and damage’ fund, which aims to help the most climate-vulnerable emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) cover the costs of climate change’s physical impacts. Just over two weeks later, there is much to be happy about. At least US$1 trillion of this needs to be annually invested in EMDEs.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The world fought back against the pandemic, and in just one year, developed four vaccines and immunized half of the world’s population. Despite poor coverage in developing countries (6%) and new variants bringing back lockdowns, we hope to go back soon to a new normality. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S. One of the most important changes since COP26 in Glasgow last year is that companies are sharing concrete numbers on how much they’re investing, the amount of emissions they’re cutting, and the details of their impact. ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Suga’s pledge was followed up at COP26 last November when current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised US$10 billion over the next five years to support Asia’s migration from fossil-fuel-fired to zero-emission thermal power, such as ammonia and hydrogen. But this love of nature does not mean the S of ESG is overlooked.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The aims of the UN’s Climate Action Pathway for Finance , published in advance of COP26 last year, are nothing if not ambitious. At COP26, the UK government committed to working towards mandatory TCFD-aligned disclosure obligations across the UK economy by 2025. In part, this shift has been driven by the regulators.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spent a large part of my career working on international finance at the World Bank and the United Nations and now advise public development and private funds and teach climate diplomacy focusing on finance. Getting to net-zero – without greenwashing. degrees Celsius – a pledge to net-zero.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Its key headlines – that adaptation finance flows to developing countries are 5-10 times below estimated needs and that overall annual adaptation costs could reach US$160-340 billion by 2030 – have implications for COP27 negotiators and investors. Scrutiny COP – Adaptation is far from the only item on the COP27 agenda, of course.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 14, 2022

AmeetThakkar , energy transition and infrastructure analyst at BMO said rising oil prices may prove to be a catalyst that accelerates the development of renewable energy. At the most recent climate talks (COP26) Ukraine announced that it was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance promising to phase out coal by 2035.

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