Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Sheldrake says that companies need to take responsibility for how carbon credits factor into their transition plans to ensure that their use accelerates climate actions and does not delay or displace emissions reductions via the decarbonisation of the global economy. The talks have been deferred to this year’s COP28.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, world governments committed to curbing global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The number of firms taking a science-based approach to CO2 emission reductions doubled in 2021, according to a new report by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In Q4 2021, the organisation launched the Net-Zero Standard to provide guidance, criteria, and recommendations in order to drive a shift towards 1.5°C-aligned

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Fortunately, the ‘ambition mechanism’ from the Paris Agreement — the process it establishes to periodically review countries’ progress toward meeting their commitments to address climate change, and to ratchet up their ambition over time — worked. 24, 2021. This is a welcome step. Let’s keep going. Image courtesy of Flickr.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The development of the standard was led by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and IIGCC following an initial investor and company roundtable in November 2021 and took 18 months to develop, including a final consultation in May this year.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. C over the century.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. To date, the ocean and its ecosystems have provided significant benefits to the global community, including climate regulation, coastal protection, food, employment, recreation and cultural well-being. What is the scale of the problem?

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

The cost of climate change is rising at an alarming pace, with ripple effects being felt across communities and the global economy. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook in 2021, air pollution contributes to more than 5 million premature deaths each year.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

It is through good stewardship that corporate engagement can drive high carbon emitting companies to develop and implement a net zero transition plan, which will ultimately help to decarbonise the global economy,” says Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). . Plotting a path to Paris .

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

Adam Matthews, the CEPB’s Chief Responsible Investment Officer, said: “As an investor in most sectors of the global economy, we take a universal view of our ownership of assets which means driving systemic change in the real economy that can impact whole sectors. “We On the road to net zero.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

A wave of investment opportunity To achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement, we need to reduce CO2 emissions very quickly. Spending to address climate change was approximately US$680 billion in 2021. This could result in the largest wave of capital investment yet seen in human history.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the corresponding energy crisis, inflation spike and political instability it inflicted on the global economy brought into question whether this act of military aggression should be seen as a help or hindrance to the energy transition. “In

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

2021 was an uncommon and tough year due to COVID19 guiding our lives. In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022. 2021 Sustainability Summary. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. As an example, EU ETS reached in November 2021 an all-time spike of 66€/ton of CO2. In 2021, carbon reduction offsets cost was on average $1.7/tonne

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Fri, 03/26/2021 - 00:05. The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. trillion to coal, oil and gas companies in the five years since the Paris Agreement was signed, it calculates.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

At COP27, Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, and US Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry launched the Green Shipping Challenge to encourage actors in shipping value chains to make Paris-aligned net zero commitments and policymakers to support the advancement of green shipping corridors. Last year, biofuels met less than 0.5%

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Wed, 04/28/2021 - 00:15. And the Paris Agreement has given us a roadmap to get there through ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. Our goal is to take this 'whole-of-government' approach and turn it into a 'whole-of-economy' approach. Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future. Janet Yellen.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

BlackRock, for instance, only supported 8% of the 257 environmental and social shareholder resolutions analysed by ShareAction in 2023, compared to 40% in 2021. However, only eight of them were passed. The findings also revealed an “enduring pattern of poor support” for climate resolutions regarding fossil fuel financing.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

GFANZ was launched in April 2021 to unite financial institutions and accelerate net zero transition progress. Coalitions of investors have been ( mostly ) successful in pushing investee companies to adopt net zero targets. It has more than 500 members across its sub-sector net zero alliances.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021. Mon, 03/08/2021 - 02:00. And now, I invite you to meet the 2021 class of Badass Women. Heather Clancy. Given the devastating economic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and girls, the imperative to mark International Women’s Day carries more weight than usual this year. .

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EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

This interview with Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria, from the research team of the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) explains how a global movement for environmental justice has risen. They also make the connection with the global economy and the need for degrowth.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community. C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . C alive, just.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

You cannot be faulted for failing to notice the long list of environmental wins that occurred in 2021. Environmental successes are easily overlooked in a world ravaged by climate change, biodiversity loss, an ongoing global pandemic and attacks against democracy. Despite unnerving headlines, democracy is far from dead.

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