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New Ideas, Better Teamwork in Pursuit of Paris Goals

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a report Reclaim Finance notes that a tightening of the Race to Zero criteria “led to a pushback from some GFANZ members, and especially the big US banks ”. Before GFANZ, not one bank had set or published an interim net-zero target. Today more than half the banks in Net Zero Banking Alliance have set science-based targets for 2030.”

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Killing King Coal is the First Step Towards Halving Our Emissions

Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Now, installing new wind turbines or solar farms is cheaper than keeping coal fired plants, as per the investment bank Lazard. Ending fossil fuels subsidies and divesting away from coal will put the final nails in the coffin. This basically kills the business case for coal. Are thorium or fusion credible solutions ?

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Divestment Paris Agreement Waste Banking

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New Ideas, Better Teamwork in Pursuit of Paris Goals

Killing King Coal is the First Step Towards Halving Our Emissions

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