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Phoenix Group: Time for the UK government to form its own transition plan

The UK government would help to catalyse investment in climate solutions if it produced its own transition plan, Phoenix Group has argued.

Corporate transition finance framework 'common ground' project launched

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has published an initial mapping of transition finance frameworks as part of a collaborative project to "demystify" the topic for corporates amid a proliferation of frameworks.

'Transition is the new battleground'

Following the launch of ASEAN transition finance guidance, Eugene Wong argues that the shift to net zero requires a local, rather than a global, approach. Ahren Lester reports

Redwheel launches three 'sustainable and thematic' funds

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.