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UK to Invest Over $1.2 Billion to Boost Green Industries

ESG Today

The UK government announced plans to invest £960 million (USD$1.2 The new £960 million investment will be provided through a Green Industries Growth Accelerator to support clean energy supply chains across the UK, with investments focused on areas including offshore wind, electricity networks, nuclear, CCUS and hydrogen.

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At COP28, Influential Investors, Companies, and Policymakers To Call for Greater Global Ambition and Accelerated Action To Limit Temperature Rise and Achieve a Net Zero Economy

3BL Media

These disasters impact supply chains, products, and the services on which consumers rely, and the impacts will only increase without dramatic action. Recent sobering reports show that the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and highlight the steps needed to keep the goals in reach.

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Dependent on Nature

Chris Hall

“Forests are essential both for preventing dangerous climate change, catastrophic biodiversity loss, and for securing the human rights and livelihoods of more than a billion people,” said Vemund Olsen, Senior Analyst – Sustainable Investments at Storebrand Asset Management. Natural risk.

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Investment Firm Ramps up Clients' Sustainability Efforts

3BL Media

The investment firm has spent more than two decades helping companies adopt climate-friendly business models which will continue this year with a focus on the phase-out of unabated coal generation by 2030 for developed markets and 2050 for developing markets, in order to achieve the goals, set out in the Paris Agreement.

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Going green: The future of hydrogen energy

Renewable Energy World

However, if there is to be wide-spread adoption of hydrogen as a viable alternative energy source, there needs to be a national focus on establishing a network of hydrogen production and refueling — not unlike EV charging roll out — to provide the basis for resilient local supply chains.

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Take Five: Immediately and Gradually

Chris Hall

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% of inflation a year. “If

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Finding investible projects can be a challenge.