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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. The new government must rectify this and produce a detailed, complete programme showing how it will reach net zero by 2050,” he advised.

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‘Extraordinary growth’ in clean energy is keeping the ‘narrowed’ pathway to 1.5 ?C open: IEA

Corporate Knights

trillion in 2023 to $4.5 trillion by the early 2030s in the latest net-zero roadmap published this morning by the International Energy Agency. Extraordinary Growth’ in Clean Energy Tech The IEA roadmap is an update of the landmark Net Zero by 2050 scenario that the Paris-based agency first published in May, 2021.

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Ontario and Alberta are building natural gas plants despite lower costs of renewables

Corporate Knights

While the grid operators in Ontario and Alberta are both “investigating pathways to a net-zero power grid,” CEC points to a fatal flaw in their analysis — they rely too often on obsolete data that may go back as far as 2001, or draw from experience in other countries.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Those organisations that have not considered reducing these emission sources could be misunderstanding the double materiality risks they carry: the risks to their business, like stranded assets or reputational risks, and their contribution to making the Earth uninhabitable. However, greater action is required to fully realise this.

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All Systems go for Net Zero

Chris Hall

C, and investee companies are not yet facing full scrutiny of their net zero transition strategies, posing challenges for institutional investors committed to decarbonising their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement. Others might set a target for some or all portfolio companies to be net zero aligned by 2030.

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Coal Phase-Out Negotiations Needed for Net Zero

Chris Hall

Alongside stranded asset dangers for investors, the early phase-out of emerging markets coal fleets leaves countries open to legal, financial risks. The International Energy Agency has said the world needs to cut 90% of coal use by 2050 and phase out all unabated coal power plants by 2040 to achieve net zero by the mid-century.

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

BASF resists the characterization, pointing to its track record – since 1990, the company has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% – and its objective to achieve net-zero by 2050 (five years later than the German national target of 2045).