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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

In a release Monday, Oil Change International placed the total at $50 billion since 2019. But as far back as 2019, it was not certain that LNG exports would replace coal, rather than being used side by side and delaying clean energy alternatives. I think we’ve got to be very careful about the LNG argument,” he told the Globe and Mail.

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SDSN at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week

Sustainable Development Network

The dialogue explored the vision and challenges for countries to achieve decarbonization by 2050. In the LAC region, Costa Rica and Chile are committed to this goal, along with other countries such as Colombia, currently exploring different pathways towards deep decarbonization.

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Business-as-usual no Longer an Option for Banks

Chris Hall

Analysis in the banks’ opposition statements would have investors believe these resolutions call for an immediate cessation of business relations with energy sector clients, and for a stymying of activities that would help high-emitting companies decarbonize. Proponents of the resolutions acknowledge the near-term need for fossil fuels.

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Advancing Sustainability Innovation at VMware

3BL Media

In the first installment of this blog series, “ Accelerating Decarbonization of the World’s Digital Infrastructure ,” I defined and explained why the next frontier for innovation is sustainable computing. That’s roughly equivalent to three percent of the world’s carbon emissions in 2019. billion metric tons of greenhouse gases.

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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

According to Prequin , the size of PE assets under management has multiplied 6 times since 2004, tripled in the last decade and Prequin predicts that PEs will grow by 30 percent between 2019 and 2025 when PEs are expected to reach $8.3 PEs are ideally suited to address decarbonization the issue at the core of the climate crises.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Delaying those actions “would lock in high-emissions infrastructure, raise risks of stranded assets and cost escalation, reduce feasibility, and increase losses and damages.” But there’s still time to take action if countries pick the right decarbonization options and scale up fast. And that’s a very good message.”