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

ESG Today

By: Chris Lewis, Global Infrastructure Leader at EY At COP27 in November last year, there was an overwhelming consensus that the target of lowering global temperatures by 1.5 ° C – as outlined in the historic Paris Agreement – is now at risk of not being met, unless the world acts now.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. When developing an investment decarbonisation approach aligned with +1.5°C trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact for business: ambition, action and collaboration.

We Mean Business Coalition

After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. These include a commitment by nations to increase their emissions targets to pursue the 1.5ºC objective of the Paris Agreement and rules for a robust and transparent global carbon market. C alive, just.

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Now or Never

Chris Hall

This realisation was partly sparked by the stranded assets debate initiated by Carbon Tracker in 2013, says Vanston, with research conducted by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute calling on regulators, policymakers and investors to re-evaluate energy business models against carbon budgets, to prevent a US$6 trillion carbon (..)

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Investors Search for Answers

Chris Hall

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. Nature is at the base of every supply chain. The solution lies in climate resilient development.”

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that maritime trade volumes will triple by 2050. As with many other facets of climate-related regulation, the EU has been one of the frontrunners in developing and implementing its sustainable maritime strategy.

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ESG Explainer: On the Road to Transition

Chris Hall

At COP26 in Glasgow last year, governments, businesses, and other stakeholders in the automotive industry and road transport committed to “rapidly accelerating the transition to zero emission vehicles to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement”. These issues reduced vehicle choice and availability over the past year.