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Reflecting on COP27's Loss and Damage Fund Agreement

3BL Media

However, the event in Sharm-el-Sheikh overran by several days (making it the third longest COP in history) as leaders battled to thrash out agreements, giving cause for disheartenment in the wake of COP27 by the lack of certainty surrounding how progress can be accelerated.

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The Future of Climate Investing

3BL Media

Climate risk and resilience are largely modeled by insurance companies, looking at how a company’s assets may be affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, increasing natural disasters and other future climate events as climate change worsens. They need to showcase they are having a positive impact on the climate as well,” said Free.

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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

3BL Media

C global warming target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. C, leaving the global climate at risk, particularly for fast-rising sea levels and extreme weather events. For one, countries’ pledges for reducing carbon emissions by 2030 fall far short of the levels needed to reach the 1.5°C Where Investors Can Make a Difference.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: FTSE Russell Presents Net Zero Index Series in Japan

Chris Hall

The FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 500 Index will give investors the ability to align their exposure with the 2015 Paris Agreement using the TOPIX 500 as a base universe,” he said. Green bond designations represent the majority of ESG municipal issuance, accounting for US$19 billion of par volume or 43.6%

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Take Five: Modi Feels the Heat

Chris Hall

The forthcoming third round of nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement should not just be 1.5°C-aligned, Golden green – Australia took another step along its belated path to net zero under the Albanese government with the issuance of A$7 billion (US$4.7 billion) in green sovereign debt.

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South American Finance Ministers Discuss Incentives and Mechanisms to Finance the Decarbonization of their Economies

Sustainable Development Network

The three-day event covered the following themes: Day 1. Green recovery. Day 3: Long-term strategies and our NDCs Most of the countries in the region are updating their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with regard to the Paris Agreement. Macroeconomics of decarbonization, Day 2.

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Bill Gates wants you to step up on climate

GreenBiz

Getting to zero is one of the most difficult challenges people have ever taken on," he said in a keynote address broadcast at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event Tuesday. Beyond traditional venture capital, creative tools to accelerate sustainability are gaining hold, including green bonds and special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACS.

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