Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Dr Bo Bai, Executive Chairman of MetaVerse Green Exchange, says regulation should reflect the duality of carbon credits to drive green finance growth. When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

degrees Celsius by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. Many agri-food companies and retailers, whose bulk of Scope 3 emissions occur on farms, are making public commitments to reach net zero by 2050. There is increasing recognition that we must keep global warming within 1.5

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial levels) as outlined in the landmark Paris Agreement, through a collection of decisions. Innovative solutions and collaboration are crucial in striking success to meet the climate target, and financial markets play a vital part in helping achieve the transition towards net zero goals.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds. Inconsistent information.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Deirdre Cooper, Co-Head of Thematic Equities and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Global Environment Fund at global asset manager Ninety One, says the world’s ability to meet net zero targets will depend on countries such as China and India. What are China’s stated net zero goals? GW of new plants (a net 29.8

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

While the agreements and pledges arising from COP26 are laudable, they aren’t enough. C global warming target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. So how do governments plan to close the distance between their weak 2030 commitments and their net-zero ambitions? Instead, these 2030 targets are equivalent to 2.3°C,

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Governments know they must attract ESG investors to sovereign debt if they are to meet their net zero carbon emission targets by 2050. Data from the Climate Bonds Initiative reveals sovereign global, social and sustainable (GSS) bond volumes increased by 103% in 2021 raising cumulative issuance to US$193 billion compared to US$95.2

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond. It was a $1 billion green bond. Corporate Strategy.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2015, 90 countries included actions for addressing buildings emissions or improving energy efficiency in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Some small progress, but not enough. This number has now hit 136, although ambition varies.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

The Paris Agreement and the U.N. Through instruments like green bonds , investors can help finance critical infrastructure needs, the energy transition, and renewable energy projects. It can move much-needed capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

The basis for many of these is the EU taxonomy (and to a lesser extent China’s mandatory taxonomy for use of green-bond proceeds). China’s mandatory bond system covers six sectors it classes as green: clean energy, clean transport, climate change adaptation, recycling or resource conservation, anti-pollution, and energy efficiency. .

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Sustainability Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2023

More than 110 countries are striving to achieve net zero emissions in alignment with The Paris Agreement, yet Australia currently lacks a well-defined strategy for renewable energy. Tools such as green bonds can help attract greater liquidity and long-term finance 9.” Global Australia.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Fortunately for the climate cause, Bill Gates for the last half-decade has invested considerably toward innovations to push the planet toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Set a target to become net-zero enterprise, reimagining procurement and supply chains. Support climate-smart policies.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Climate scientists have unambiguously told us how to avoid the grimmest consequences of climate change: achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. And the Paris Agreement has given us a roadmap to get there through ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. Private capital will need to fill most of that gap.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. Of the 51 climate-focused funds, representing US$30 billion AUM, only 10% were Paris aligned.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The GBF’s Goal D, on implementation, contained an unambiguous commitment to aligning public and private financial flows to its overall objectives, with supporting language in the enabling targets, analogous to the Paris Agreement clauses that put climate change on the global agenda in 2015. “We Beyond climate.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It is estimated that $15 trillion a year must be put toward green technologies to meet net-zero emissions. As climate data becomes more democratized, it will provide a better understanding of which ESG initiatives aid progress toward a net-zero world. trillion, even more investment is needed.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Speaking at the time the reporting requirements were announced, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Hands said: “If the UK is to meet our ambitious net zero commitments by 2050, we need our thriving financial system, including our largest businesses and investors, to put climate change at the heart of their activities and decision making.”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

A host of oil majors receded on their climate commitments , key financial institutions started to leave climate action consortiums, and major economies like the US and UK began backsliding on their net-zero pledges. As part of these efforts, China has also sharpened its focus on green and ESG regulation.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

As one portfolio manager noted recently, investors are paid to identify the strongest of offerings and typically support only the darkest of green bonds. Not so green – Oil and gas firms came under fire this week for continued duplicity in their efforts to reduce emissions and align with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

The US demonstrates the swift difference progressive leadership makes in driving sustainable finance policy. The approach is innovative in foreign and climate diplomacy, explains AFSI’s Graham, where 2+2 formats usually involve a defence and foreign minister.

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