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The letter makes a series of key demands, including calling on the bank to aligns its climate policy with the ParisAgreement goal to limit warming to 1.5°C, C, and to reduce its CO2 emissions by at least 48% by 2030, on a 2019 basis.
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C in place”, taking action to operationalise the ParisAgreement has never been more urgent. These individuals have the subject matter expertise driven from years deep in the detail of how these previously ‘non-financial' factors are impacting the globaleconomy.
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