Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2025

Others suggested taking inspiration from the green bond markets to develop European defence bond frameworks for funding projects of high strategic importance to European sovereignty. Introduced in 2019, Canadas carbon tax levied charges on both industry and consumers, with the latter receiving quarterly rebates.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

As the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases (generating around 28% of total emissions in 2019), China’s environmental record is closely scrutinised. Around 69% of mainland China’s electricity was produced from fossil fuels – predominantly coal – in 2019. Renewables made up 10% of total energy supply in China in 2019.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8 Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2015, 90 countries included actions for addressing buildings emissions or improving energy efficiency in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Green building certification has increased by 13.9 per cent compared to 2019. Some small progress, but not enough.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

And the Paris Agreement has given us a roadmap to get there through ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. Multilateral development banks, or MDBs, are one of the largest sources of climate finance for developing countries, reporting over $39 billion collectively in 2019.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE GREEN BANKER Mitch McEwen 27, Montreal Senior manager, Enterprise Sustainable Finance TD Bank Group Mitch McEwen had always envisioned a career for himself in conventional finance. But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

degree Celsius increase in global temperatures, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement, and a 2 degree increase which is considered more likely based on recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Investing in green bonds ensures that capital is supporting progress towards climate change targets.

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