Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

Of the 130 climate-themed funds, with titles such as ‘low carbon’, ‘fossil fuel free’ and ‘green energy’, and over US$67 billion in total net assets, 55% had a negative Paris Agreement alignment score. The lowest score was -42%, with the best scoring fund hitting +90%. What is being done to clarify definitions?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report said financial services businesses require specialist software to track data and estimate Scope 3 carbon emissions stemming from their portfolio firms, with the 2022 Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures status report finding 43% of financial institutions rating Scope 3 GHG emissions as a ‘very difficult’ recommended disclosure.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% Energy think tank Ember revealed that global growth in electricity demand (389 TWh) was met entirely by renewable sources in H1 2022.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The election of Donald Trump meant the United States would soon pull out of the Paris Agreement. For the first time, global investment in renewables rose above $1 trillion in 2022. The Clean200 uses negative screens. In 2016, things seemed somewhat dire for the clean energy transition.

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