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

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Pledge to divest over next two years follows mounting pressure from protesters. Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) has announced it will stop investing in companies in the fossil fuel sector that do not commit to the Paris Agreement and ambitions outlined at COP26. Setting a 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

To finance the sustainable revolution, we need to bring a faster net zero transition and reduced carbon leverage to the heart of our system,” he observed. Does this mean polluters’ net zero plans are now on the right track?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Engagement ring.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

End of Week Notes While governments struggle to act The COP26 summit in Glasgow underscored two big things for me: One is that the world’s sovereign nations are not yet able to muster a fully coordinated and cooperative response to climate change, despite the scientific consensus on the causes?—?the the burning of fossil fuels?—?and

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

Aviva Investors expressly referred to divestment as a potential strategy to achieve these goals. But he said Blackrock would not pursue a divestment policy from fossil fuels, although the firm would allow clients to do so. Other leading managers were more circumspect in their 2022 outlines.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Regulators will soon provide investors with clearer guidance on the acceptable boundaries of collective action to achieve net zero and other sustainability objectives, according to competition lawyers. Competition barriers to collective sustainability initiatives by investors expected to be lowered. Limits to power of collaboration.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

What are Australia’s stated net zero goals? Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. Climate Action Tracker (CAT) argues that Australia does not have a net zero target, arguing the federal government’s mid-century goal is not backed up by concrete commitments.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

These goals include net-zero GHG emissions economywide by 2045 and net-negative emissions thereafter, along with a 40% reduction in statewide GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% by 2050. SCE’s Long History of Clean Energy Action. Department of Energy and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The letter also seeks a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a 50 percent target for electric vehicle sales by 2030, and a renewed commitment to international climate finance. The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2

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