Archive

  • COP blog: Who's got most to lose if the Paris Agreement fails?

    15 November 2016

    Verisk Maplecroft
    With Donald Trump's election victory still casting a shadow over events in Marrakesh, representatives will meet this week to further progress the mobilisation of climate finance.

  • Trump is just a blip for responsible investment, says AXA IM

    11 November 2016

    A Trump Presidency has been declared merely a 'blip' on the longer term development of responsible investment worldwide, by AXA Investment Managers.

  • US carbon market falls following elections

    10 November 2016

    The US carbon market fell following the victory of Donald Trump in the Presidential election. Prices of carbon in both the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the California cap-and-trade scheme dropped the day after the results were been announced.

  • Sustainable investors see the bright side in the Trump shock

    09 November 2016

    Sustainable investors are optimistic that Donald Trump's victory will not be as negative for their portfolios as many of the headlines suggest.

  • Trump's election threatens an additional 3.4 billion tonnes of carbon emissions

    09 November 2016

    Donald Trump's election victory could overturn the US's plans to reduce carbon emissions. Independent emerging technologies research firm Lux Research estimates an eight year Trump presidency could result in as much as 3.4 billion metric tonnes extra US carbon emissions compared with than a Clinton one.

  • Trump's shock win casts doubt over US climate policy

    09 November 2016

    Donald Trump's shock win in the US Presidential elections has cast a poll of doubt over the Paris climate agreement amid fears he will dismantle the country's existing climate change policies.

  • AXA IM warns of Trump Presidency impact on RI

    31 October 2016

    The responsible investment (RI) industry could hit a 'speed bump' if Donald Trump were to be elected US President warns AXA Investment Managers.