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What’s Next for Plastics After Busan?

Chris Hall

Another issue that created divisions in Busan is the use of chemicals of concern, or ones that have the potential to damage human health, in the manufacture of plastic polymers and applications in different products. Cox believes that this issue is as important as limiting production.

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Gas turbine delays are giving renewables an edge

Corporate Knights

The supply bottlenecks trace back to manufacturers that already have orders backed up to 2029 or beyond, but are in no hurry to invest in new production lines that may only be in demand for a few more years, according to news reports from the United States and Europe. Investors are betting on natural gas, Heatmap wrote.

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Canadian LNG deal with Germany seems unlikely, as emphasis grows on hydrogen

Corporate Knights

“They will discuss taking strong climate action through policies like pollution pricing” and talk about “bolstering science and innovation relations, and attracting investments, including in sectors like automotive and electric vehicle manufacturing, hydrogen and clean energy, and bio manufacturing and life sciences.”. Aversion to LNG.

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

3BL Media

Experts from Columbia and AB tackle topics such as energy policy, solar and wind energy, electric vehicles and industrial manufacturing. Case Study: Stranded Assets and the Economics of a Chinese Power Plant. Stranded assets are a common theme in investment analysis of the global energy transition.

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Stranded in a Vicious Cycle? The Case for Transformation in Animal Agriculture

Environmental News Bits

Research commissioned by the Changing Markets Foundation surveying 201 respondents from the investment community shows that 82% agreed that climate change presents a material risk to meat and dairy industry-related investments and 84% believe that a lack of mitigation of climate change could lead to stranded assets in this industry.

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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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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. As an example, let’s assume that most of a retailer’s locations are in the US northeast corridor, but it sells products that are manufactured overseas.