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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Stranded assets Speaking later with ESG Investor , Lord Deben stressed that stranded assets – when investment assets become liabilities – will present a significant challenge for investors in the transition to a low-carbon economy. It’ll be a mess.”

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. For example, one provider calculates a company’s physical risk based solely on its headquarters location, despite its global supply chain stretching across far-flung manufacturing locations.

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What’s Next for Plastics After Busan?

Chris Hall

Speaking at ESG Investors Nature Data for Institutional Investors event in December, she stressed that the plastic in play today cannot be the plastic in 10 to 30 years time, because the chemical additives involved render many products harmful to human health and the environment.

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The High Cost of Climate Inaction

3BL Media

Extreme weather events increasingly point to a future that will be more dangerous than the climate that has so far underpinned human progress. For decades, scientists have studied the risks of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the earth’s climate. The signals of early-stage climate change are becoming unmistakably visible.

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IGCC Devises Climate Resilience Strategy

Chris Hall

“Physical risk represents an increasingly severe risk for investors, with the escalating climate and natural capital crisis leading to elevated risks of damage from extreme weather events, supply chain disruptions, stranded assets, productivity impacts, insurance unaffordability, just transition impacts, and potential economic instability,” said Robyn (..)

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No Quick Fix to Europe’s Gas Dependency

Chris Hall

In a letter to the Commission, WindEurope explained how low volumes of permitted projects have impacted Europe’s wind turbine manufacturers and wider supply chain. Increasing gas infrastructure must be avoided to avert dangerous climate impacts and stranded assets.”.

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Now or Never

Chris Hall

Road to COP28 Despite this evolution in climate awareness, the current rate of emissions growth and the uneven attempts to curb it mean that it is increasingly likely that global temperatures will exceed the 1.5°C