ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

One of the key highlights of last year’s COP26 conference’s final agreement, the Glasgow Climate Pact , was a call on countries to revisit and strengthen their 2030 emissions targets, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

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JULY 15, 2022

Dr Bo Bai, Executive Chairman of MetaVerse Green Exchange, says regulation should reflect the duality of carbon credits to drive green finance growth. When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

COP26 in Glasgow highlighted the critical need for financial markets to be part of the solution to the climate emergency, and this partnership reinforces our commitment to enable this transition,” said Arne Staal, FTSE Russell CEO. of ESG issuance for 2021, according to the IHS Markit.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Data from the Climate Bonds Initiative reveals sovereign global, social and sustainable (GSS) bond volumes increased by 103% in 2021 raising cumulative issuance to US$193 billion compared to US$95.2 Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 This compares with €28 billion in green bonds and €0.6

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

China’s green bond issuances are set to exceed US$100 billion this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The issuance of Chinese green debt, including instruments that meet only local standards, could grow by at least 80% this year after raising US$94.77 of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

At COP26, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to reduce the country’s emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030 and promised to raise the percentage of renewables in its energy mix to 50%, growing India’s non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade, achieving 175 GW by the end of 2022. .

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

Even after the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close last November, the ESG landscape still remains unclear. Environmental, Social and Governance and sustainable finance currently are like the Wild West. Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation SFDR (Effective Jan.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An important key to unlocking that finance lies in green and sustainable emerging market bonds, which promise lenders both returns and the opportunity to invest in projects with an ESG impact. Rich countries have since struggled to deliver on this pledge, but the private sector have begun to step in.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

As countries look to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP26, leaders prepare to take stock of the progress made over the last 5 years and put forward new ambitious pathways. We also debated mechanisms and tools that can be implemented at the fiscal level to finance long-term strategies.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This is a clear indication to private finance, but its sub-clauses go further by making specific reference to blended finance, impact funds, green bonds and biodiversity credits, combining with climate finance initiatives where appropriate. Beyond climate.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE EMPOWERERS Leïla Cantave & Tyjana Connolly 27, 26, Montreal & Calgary Co-founders, Black Eco Bloom After meeting while interning at COP26 in 2021, Leïla Cantave and Tyjana Connolly couldn’t ignore the reality that they saw no other Black youth at the summit.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The UK has delivered its account of the progress made under its COP26 presidency, but with only 26 countries having made good on the Glasgow commitment to resubmit nationally determined contributions before arriving in Sharm El Sheikh, evidence is inconclusive.

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