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AB: China's State-Owned Enterprises Hold Keys to Carbon Neutral

3BL Media

Throughout the 21st century, China’s rapid economic development has fueled a steady rise in energy consumption, in contrast to the US and European Union, where it has plateaued and even started to fall ( Display ). For China, decarbonization considerations are tightly tethered to economic development and continued growth.

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Canada to Phase Out Public Fossil Fuel Financing

ESG Today

Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said: “By eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, we are encouraging smart and efficient government investment decisions that can increase Canada’s competitiveness in a decarbonizing global economy, while avoiding creation of stranded assets.

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SDSN at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week

Sustainable Development Network

The dialogue explored the vision and challenges for countries to achieve decarbonization by 2050. In the LAC region, Costa Rica and Chile are committed to this goal, along with other countries such as Colombia, currently exploring different pathways towards deep decarbonization.

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

3BL Media

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

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Delaying those actions “would lock in high-emissions infrastructure, raise risks of stranded assets and cost escalation, reduce feasibility, and increase losses and damages.” But there’s still time to take action if countries pick the right decarbonization options and scale up fast. C at the end of the century.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

Officials cast it as one major part of a process that also includes a phaseout of public financing for domestic fossil fuel projects through Crown agencies like Export Development Canada. Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. In a release Monday, Oil Change International placed the total at $50 billion since 2019.

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Business-as-usual no Longer an Option for Banks

Chris Hall

This year, investors filed resolutions at seven major US and Canadian banks — Bank of America, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and Royal Bank of Canada — urging these banks to adopt policies to phase-out clients engaging in new fossil fuel exploration and development.

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