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Investors 'trapped in quandary over whether 1.5°C is achievable'

Investors are "trapped" in a quandary of working towards targets based on keeping warming to 1.5°C, while confidence evaporates that countries and companies are reducing emissions at a fast enough rate to do so, an asset owner has warned.

Fidelity pens first deal for real estate climate impact fund

What next for climate scenarios?

As criticisms grow of the first climate scenario models, what does the next generation need to look like, Michael Hurley asks

Transition plan disclosure 'most significant' next step, says FCA

Transition plan disclosures are the "most significant next step" for sustainability disclosures, the UK's financial services regulator has said, as it prepares to consult on mandatory disclosures.

'We are aware of the criticism': The NGFS on its next phase of scenarios

The Network for Greening the Financial System is developing short-term climate scenarios and increased detail on sectoral impacts in response to feedback, Jean Boissinot and Martina Spaggiari tell Michael Hurley

BlackRock launches transition private debt fund

BlackRock has launched a climate-focused private debt fund, as it continues to ramp up its focus on the transition to a net zero economy.

Real estate debt to cash-in from brown-to-green transition projects, says Nuveen

Food and agriculture companies lack sustainable expertise on boards

Report reveals top insurers of US coal

Global insurers AIG, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re and Zurich are among the top insurers of US coal mining, according to findings from Insure Our Future and Public Citizen.

ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'

BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.