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% Revelations about continued fossil fuel financing by the bank are likely to further increase calls for change, starting at the top.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

The net zero race The former MP also emphasised the importance of the Global Stocktake , and the development of new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, which need to be submitted by 2025 with detailed sectoral commitments. We need long-term support to move to an alternative [energy source].”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. Paris alignment. degrees Celsius.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. But Carbon Tracker chose to exclude fully state-owned NOCs and companies based in Russia, describing them as “[firms] over which investors have little influence”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to Hoepner, the research will examine investor stewardship at all oil and gas companies tracked by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Asset owners have been urged to “scrutinise” the investment practices of their managers, following new research highlighting that asset managers committed to net zero have billions invested in oil and gas companies failing to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

In June, the Church of England Pensions Board (CoEPB) and Church Commissioners announced that they will divest from oil and gas firms for failing to align with climate goals. The Church Commissioners, which manages the CoE’s £10.3 billion (US$13.2 billion (US$13.2

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The alliance says: “Companies need to work now to develop and implement credible transition plans aligned with the Paris Agreement.” In a report Reclaim Finance notes that a tightening of the Race to Zero criteria “led to a pushback from some GFANZ members, and especially the big US banks ”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Other states have passed or introduced legislation designed to divest from industries like fossil fuels. ESG states has passed or introduced laws requiring divestment from companies that “boycott” the fossil fuel industry. 4] Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies , ABC News (Dec.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

A stronger possibility is that more investors choose to divest from Exxon, following continued examples of climate denial and obfuscating. In response to Exxon’s pursuit of legal action, more investors chose to voice their concern in the lead up to the AGM.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

C Paris climate target, according to think tank Carbon Tracker. . The exchanges, and the associated industry of banks, insurers, lawyers and financial services providers, are profiting from activities that are at odds with their countries’ climate commitments and that put investors at risk, the report said. .

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Engagement and divestment both have a role to play The engagement versus divestment debate has been ongoing in the investor community. Studies have shown that divesting really works, both to cause the stock prices of climate-damaging stocks to fall and to create additional financial value.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 4, 2023

Increasingly, discussions in hard-to-abate sectors revolve around determining the points at which policymakers need to intervene and where investors can and should focus their efforts to ensure the best results.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

Oil and gas major Shell is under increasing pressure ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) on 23 May, with asset owners like PGGM and the Church of England Pensions Board announcing their support for a shareholder proposal calling for the company to align its Scope 3 emissions target with the Paris Agreement. Car manufacturer Toyota is facing (..)

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

More recently, another study showed it had to be done in OECD nations to comply with the Paris Agreement targets. Now, installing new wind turbines or solar farms is cheaper than keeping coal fired plants, as per the investment bank Lazard. This basically kills the business case for coal. Our future can be coal-free.

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Richard Matthews

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

University activists are increasingly citing the oil and gas industry’s targeting of kids in the classroom as another reason to divest from fossil fuels. The divestment solution. Divestment is an increasingly popular approach to combating the fossil fuel industry’s influence. The case for divestment is persuasive.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The intention is to align its portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Morgan Stanley, along with Bank of America and Citigroup, has agreed to deeper disclosure.) And the mayors of 12 cities — representing 36 million residents — announced their plans to divest from fossil fuels. On the other side of the U.S.,

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 4, 2023

In June, the Church of England Pensions Board (CoEPB) and Church Commissioners said they would divest from oil and gas firms failing to align with climate goals, with energy majors, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell, among others.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Under the Paris Agreement, countries were only obliged to update their goals by 2025. trillion in assets, have committed to divest. Businesses, banks, and investors.

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