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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. They can also divest from high-emitting industries such as thermal coal production. trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

Despite the precariousness of the pathway to net zero, COP26 generated a renewed sense of urgency and optimism as to how to support emerging markets and deal with heavy greenhouse gas emitters. That does not mean divesting to ensure the portfolio looks good in the quarterly report.

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Transition in Practice

Chris Hall

Averting this cataclysm requires the reduction of global anthropogenic greenhouse (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050. The transformation of the global economy will take US $9.2 Balancing act The road to net zero is inextricably linked to the phasing out of fossil fuels.

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How Pension Schemes can Combat Deforestation

Chris Hall

This underscores how intrinsically linked nature and climate are, highlighting the need to end deforestation in order to achieve net zero commitments. Divestment, while a contentious strategy, should be considered a last resort. Not having access to data or agreed metrics shouldn’t prevent action now.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

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