Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

This enabled me to read a thought-provoking article stating and arguing that the world could be net zero much faster than thought, by the 2040s. This is the opinion of Nigel Topping who served as UN’s High-Level Climate Action Champion at the COP26 organized by the UK. So one could say he knows what he is talking about.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

It sets out a plan to deliver the 40GW of operational capacity needed by the end of the decade for the UK to remain on track for a net zero carbon economy, according to the Climate Change Committee. However, the Government must act now to accelerate deployment to ensure their net zero targets are met.

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3BL Media

JUNE 1, 2022

Yet, without definitive standards, sustainability reporting remains complex – and a barrier to progress. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), established at COP26 to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for capital markets, has launched a consultation on its first two proposed standards.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While pushing for public policy action in support of COP26 commitments, private sector actors must accelerate their low carbon transition, say experts. In the wake of COP26, it falls on many shoulders to implement and operationalise the rhetoric of Glasgow. Time for action.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

That much was confirmed at last year’s COP26 climate summit. A “ fair and just transition ” to an environmentally sustainable economy was a key theme at COP26, acknowledging that energy access and climate goals can work hand in hand, and that the world’s most vulnerable cannot be left behind in the green energy transition.

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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. C trajectory.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

The investment community may have limited control over net zero targets, but it can enable better outcomes, says London Business School Executive Fellow Tom Gosling. He suggested using the UN-Convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) guidelines as guidance for the way they engage with asset managers as a good starting point.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) will be delivering half of the financial commitments made to Indonesia and Vietnam. To support emerging market climate transitions, developed countries and private investors are drawing up an ambitious blueprint, but is it working?

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: At the recent COP26 climate talks, countries and companies largely focused on tackling climate change by decarbonizing the energy sector. Net zero cannot be achieved by decarbonizing the energy sector alone,” the World Economic Forum (WEF) concluded in a March 2021 report. Words by Leon Kaye. SOURCE: TriplePundit.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

At the closing of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, one of the headline questions centered on how countries would address the need for finance to address loss and damage , those impacts from climate change that are so severe communities are simply unable to adapt to them. Finance must scale significantly to support adaptation needs. degrees C.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Between the news media and the protests, it would have been easy to get the impression that this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, was all talk and no action. It should also help put aviation on a flightpath to net zero by 2050. The article was authored by Amanda Leland and originally appeared here.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Much depends on definitions, as these vary widely. Among others, this definition could include reduced VAT and the lack of a carbon price on gas and other fossil fuels used for heating buildings, or the lack of VAT or carbon price on aviation fuel. “In Clearly, current incentives do not sit well alongside the UK’s net zero ambitions.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This information is crucial in light of the estimated US$130 trillion of private sector funding pledged to achieve 2050 net zero GHG emissions targets. Importantly, definitions of ESG-related factors should be clear and aligned with what any rating or score intends to measure. Risk of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Disorderly transition and portfolio risks loom large. 2025 will cause a fundamental re-appraisal For investors with 2030 and net zero commitments, the Stocktake / Ratchet cycle will show that success from significant company and policy engagement since 2015 has been difficult to spot. None of this will be fun.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Eoin Murray, Head of Investment at US$669 billion AUM active investment manager Federated Hermes said the report provides a “relatively” definitive guide to what actions can limit global warning. What further wake-up call is required by our industry of the necessity of shifting to renewables?” he asked. . This is not new.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Adaptation Fund received US$356 million from governments at COP26, and climate adaptation is expected to be a big focus for discussions at the climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Waiting on definitions A key question remains for investors interested in supporting global climate adaptation efforts: What can be classified as an adaptation-focused activity or solution?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Deirdre Cooper, Co-Head of Thematic Equities and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Global Environment Fund at global asset manager Ninety One, says the world’s ability to meet net zero targets will depend on countries such as China and India. What are China’s stated net zero goals? billion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

To achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals and net zero targets many believe better stewardship of and investment in natural capital is needed. The COP26 pledge commits governments to “emphasise the interdependent role of biodiversity and sustainable land use in enabling the world to meet its sustainable development goals”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

“The current lack of [standardisation] poses a significant cost to asset owners and limits their ability to incorporate these issues into investment decision-making,” says the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), a group of 74 institutional investors with US$10.6 trillion in assets. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2022

Morningstar also noted a stricter shareholder value-led approach to US asset managers’ engagements with investee firms, as well as a “narrow definition” of fiduciary duty requiring managers to focus on maximising financial returns. Increasingly vocal.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2022

Alongside its many harrowing and destructive impacts, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provided an unintentional boost to the aims of COP26. C and translated into a target of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2050. It also included a pledge to align investment with its headline objective. “To

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A statement from 150 global financial institutions with US$24 trillion in AUM backed a “robust” GBF that provided a clear mandate for the alignment of financial flows, supported the disclosure of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies, and outlined clear targets and definitions to enable the development of nature-positive projects.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

Instead, they see our net-zero targets slipping away and they feel betrayed. The list’s sheer variety confirms climate experts’ contention that net-zero will create infinite opportunities for entrepreneurs and inventors with vision, grit and persistence. We were definitely in that camp, trying to do everything.

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Sustainable Round Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Answering A Question From COP26: “Hell Yes”. Jim Boyle, CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc, as a delegate of the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. UN News, “COP26: Enough of ‘treating nature like a toilet’ – Guterres brings stark call for climate action to Glasgow,” United Nations, November 1, 2021.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2022

As a growing number of asset owners commit to transitioning their investments to net zero, they are becoming increasingly aware of how deforestation threatens the realisation of their decarbonisation targets. . “We In Q1 2022 , forest destruction covered 941 km², which is a 64% increase compared to Q1 the previous year. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

What did world leaders commit to do at COP26 to stop deforestation? Only days after the COP26 declaration on deforestation, the environment minister of signatory Indonesia, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the plans were “inappropriate and unfair”. The loss of forest cover has stark implications for climate change and biodiversity.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Deep within the bowels of the conference, negotiators fought over final guidance for a section of the Paris Agreement designed to enshrine international cooperation on carbon markets, named Article 6, originally approved at COP26 in 2021. These are, I believe, non-trivial differences of understanding.” market,” he says.

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