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Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

Corporate Knights

Our new report, produced in collaboration with the Ottawa-based Smart Prosperity Institute and funded by the Trottier Family Foundation, finds that pension managers’ support for the green transition is growing but still nowhere near the pace required to meet global net-zero-carbon targets. trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1

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Red Light, Green Light

Chris Hall

The UK’s net zero transition depends on huge amounts of private capital that can only be unlocked through climate policy certainty. Go like the wind The global energy crisis, sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, highlighted the importance of ensuring a steady flow of domestic, sustainable energy supply. trillion (US$1.89

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ESG Explainer: Sucking up to Carbon Capture

Chris Hall

Net-zero CO2 energy systems entail: a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and use of CCS in the remaining fossil system,” says the report. C or below will leave a substantial amount of fossil fuels unburned and could strand considerable fossil fuel infrastructure.