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degree Celsius pathway by 2050, in support of the ParisAgreement. AB engages with issuers systematically on climate-change risks and opportunities: in 2021, the firm held more than 900 discussions on climate risks, opportunities and other environmental issues.
Mon, 02/01/2021 - 02:00. In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the ParisAgreement. It was a $1 billion greenbond.
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Day 3: Long-term strategies and our NDCs Most of the countries in the region are updating their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with regard to the ParisAgreement. Tools like green budgets, greenbonds, macroeconomic modeling, and fiscal policies were discussed as well as how to promote the involvement of private sector.
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