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Surviving a post-COP 21 world: More effort needed from the extractives sector
09 December 2015Few miners are stress testing their business for a 2°C scenario, says James Hulse
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PDC hits $600bn, eyes a trillion
07 December 2015The Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition is set to have attracted more than $600 billion of assets by the end of the Paris climate summit, and is now eyeing a new target of a trillion.
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Over 500 organisations commit to divest ahead of COP21
02 December 2015More than 500 institutions, with $3.4 trillion of assets under management, have committed to some sort of divestment, according to figures compiled by 350.org and Divest Invest.
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Fossil fuels to suffer $34trn revenue cut if warming to be kept to 2°C
30 November 2015The fossil fuel industry will suffer a $34 trillion drop in revenues over the next 25 years if policies are brought in following the Paris climate summit to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, a report has warned.
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Carbon analyst Mark Lewis joins Barclays
30 November 2015Veteran carbon analyst and stranded assets expert Mark Lewis has taken up a new post, with Barclays.
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EF BRIEFS: SocGen, Barclays, Trina, Enel, GIB, Camco, Capital Stage, IIGCC, GE and Alstom
18 November 2015Societe Generale has adopted a climate policy ahead of the Paris climate summit that will see it pull out of some coal financing and double financing for renewables by 2020.
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Climate change to shave 0.5% a year off insurers' capital
16 November 2015Climate change threatens to have a negative impact on the capital position of insurers, by lowering investment income and increasing capital requirements for weather-related claims, Standard & Poor's (S&P) predicts.
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FSB calls for task force on climate risk disclosure
09 November 2015The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for the creation of an industry-led task force to work on the disclosure of climate-related risks.
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Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change
06 November 2015US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.
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EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA
06 November 2015London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.