Chris Hall

JUNE 9, 2022

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has announced the formation of its APAC Network and the creation of a regional advisory board to accelerate net zero action across the Asia Pacific region. The post GFANZ Launches APAC Network to Accelerate Move to Net Zero appeared first on ESG Investor.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A letter from 534 financial institutions representing US$29 trillion in assets under management called for policy action in five areas to accelerate private sector investment in a “ just transition to a climate-resilient, nature-positive, net-zero economy”.

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MARCH 7, 2022

New guidance from the Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative encourages institutional investors to give equal weight to climate and nature-related factors in their portfolio assessments and reporting. Equally, one cannot accurately assess nature-related risks without considering climate,” the report added.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“Investors and companies are increasingly setting climate and nature targets, but once those are in place, they need to be thinking more about how to redirect capital [in line with these goals],” Ivo Mulder , Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), told ESG Investor. trillion in 2022.

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JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If approved, it will lead to the setting up of RAF as a standardised template for organisations to submit their net zero pledges and transition plans for publication in GCAP, says Gillod. But, Gillod is also cautious about how much impact the UNFCCC’s RAF can actually have. “It

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Investors are warming to opportunities stemming from climate change, and other takeaways from COP28. COP28, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change, delivered mixed results on some key agenda items but provided new insights into climate-related opportunities and the initiatives needed to implement them.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jam open the closing window – The UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2022 was the most sobering of the many pre-COP27 analyses published this week, highlighting the inadequacy of our efforts to tackle the causes of climate change. Current pledges will nudge global warming down from its present 2.8°C C course to 2.5°C

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

The recent IEA report and UNEP gap report on net zero pathways have noted how difficult it will be to achieve the 1.5°C C climate goal. The previous IEA net zero report included various assumptions, including an increase in land use for bio-energy crops. A credible 1.5°C C goal within sight.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

trillion AUM. “The alliance is doing exactly what it set out to do ,” Remco Fischer, Climate Lead at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), told ESG Investor. Now that the rubber has hit the road, we are showing [how] promises have led to targets and targets have led to members taking action.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative. It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. Smith says there needs more understanding of the progress already made aligning finance with climate risk, which is set out in Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Financial institutions still don’t have expertise to handle net zero transition, according UNEP FI-backed report. The 12-month programme launch follows increasing demand from asset owners and managers for resources and qualifications that will help them develop the relevant skills for managing the net zero transition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Failure to focus on water-related issues risks derailing efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The UN has previously said that water and climate change are “inextricably linked”, with the latter “exacerbating” both water scarcity and water-related hazards, such as floods and droughts.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Financial institutions need to segment their portfolios into transition, net zero-aligned and stranded assets and develop clear emissions reduction plans in line with recognised 2030 and 2050 targets, said Mark Carney, Founder and Co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Heading for the exit?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Increased private sector funding seen as critical to acceleration of investments to meet climate change, biodiversity and land degradation targets. . The report said delaying action “was no longer an option” in light of the impacts of climate change, species extinction and land degradation. “

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The practical realities of the finance sector’s climate change commitments were in focus this week. The future of his Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero was in question after media reports that major US banks were threatening to quit rather than accept legal risks that might arise from tougher membership rules.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to the UN Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the finance sector has ground to make up too, albeit at least some of the responsibility for this also sits with governments. Private sector investment in nature had swollen to US$102 billion by May 2024, an eleven-fold increase on May 2022, apparently.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. o C remains highly uncertain. C trajectory.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

“Banks must urgently step up efforts to measure and manage climate risk, closing the current data gaps and adopting good practices,” said Andrea Enria, Chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board. An update is expected later this year, following a consultation period launched in May. The post Take Five: Green in Name Only?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference? Climate adaptation finance is also important for risk management of net zero assets, according to the UK’s Green Finance Institute. Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

COP27 must boost Africa’s adaptation to the physical risks of climate change, says Amal-Lee Amin, Head of Climate Change at British International Investment. Africa contributes less than 3% to global emissions but is the most vulnerable continent in the world to the negative impacts form climate change.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

For those of us in the building industry, it means a steadfast urgency to accelerate our commitment to drive the total carbon of buildings to zero. The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report found that as a global society we still do not have a credible pathway to achieve our common goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . Steady momentum .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Rising recognition of the vulnerabilities of EMDEs to climate change is increasing focus on scaling blended finance opportunities. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), US$4 trillion needs to be invested in renewable energy globally every year by 2030 to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

The proposed solution for net zero targets and progress aims to improve transparency and accountability, but will need to consider existing guidance. The Recognition and Accountability Framework for non-state actors and a draft implementation plan were unveiled at Bonn by UN Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Published by Systems Change Lab, the report is a joint effort between the Bezos Earth Fund, Climate Action Tracker (a project of Climate Analytics and New Climate Institute), ClimateWorks Foundation, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and World Resources Institute (WRI).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The number of litigation-arbitration climate change related cases is on the rise. As of 1 July 2020, the number of cases had nearly doubled, with at least 1,550 climate change cases filed in 38 countries, according to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report. A changing landscape.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2023

As net zero strategies are taking shape and being implemented, governments , investors and companies are enlisting the natural world in the battle to combat the most catastrophic effects of climate change. In December, COP15 underlined the international consensus that limiting global warming to 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. ISS ESG Issuer Level Net Zero Alignment Data can be used to identify positive and negative performing companies against individual climate related metrics.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

The news is disappointing to say the least, given the group’s vital role in the net zero transition and the battle against climate change, with disagreements centring around the intended tripling of renewable energy capacities by 2030, resulting in officials issuing an outcome statement rather than a joint communique.

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JUNE 25, 2021

For people and the planet, we know how important it is not only to improve building efficiency but to reach net zero emissions,” said Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility. Energy and Climate Branch (UNEP) and Head of the GlobalABC Secretariat, UN Environment Programme.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Finance inflows are urgently required to implement adaption techniques and strategies needed for EMs to withstand the effects of climate change, according to Berit Lindholdt-Lauridsen, Senior Operations Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If the aim of restricting climate change to within the Paris-agreed 1.5°C Despite the precariousness of the pathway to net zero, COP26 generated a renewed sense of urgency and optimism as to how to support emerging markets and deal with heavy greenhouse gas emitters.

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