Archive

  • Stranded assets are a long-term risk for major fossil fuel exporters

    03 March 2021

    The transition to a low-carbon economy could be a similar shock to oil revenue as occurred in 2013-2016 and again in 2018-2020, when two oil exporters defaulted, says Ed Parker.

  • Five principles for building effective green taxonomies

    09 February 2021

    Ian Simm shares some of his learnings from 20 years' experience of creating taxonomies.

  • Financial analysts applaud insurers' coal exit

    02 February 2021

    In exiting coal, scientific, moral and financial interests align, argues Peter Bosshard

  • In conversation with Insure our Future's Peter Bosshard

    11 January 2021

    The coordinator of the campaign group Insure our Future (formerly Unfriend Coal), Peter Bosshard, looks at progress made in 2020 and highlights the roadmap for 2021. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Coal, Covid-19 and the rise of renewables

    18 December 2020

    The pandemic has given a boost to the energy transition, and it is unlikely that this trend will drop off as we move to a recovery, amid the realisation that renewables are much cheaper than 'dirty' energy sources, says Paul Flood

  • The importance of investor engagement to tackle corporate climate lobbying

    21 October 2020

    Investors should work together to tackle the biggest block on climate action - the fossil fuel lobby - in time for COP26, argues Hamish Stewart

  • A call for transparency in climate risk analysis

    13 May 2020

    Collaboration and a move away from black box methodologies are needed if investors are to have the right tools to manage climate risks, argues Stephen Fitzpatrick

  • Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors

    11 May 2020

    Domestic asset managers have been largely absent from climate engagement with US oil majors, but the Church Commissioners for England tells Ahren Lester that this could finally be changing.

  • Oil price crash 'will not derail energy transition'

    30 April 2020

    The writing is on the wall for the oil and gas sector, BNP Paribas Asset Management's climate change research head tells Ahren Lester

  • 2°II explains its break with Science-Based Targets initiative

    06 April 2020

    A disagreement that caused 2°II to walk away from the initiative boils down to whether it is appropriate to use the term 'science-based' to describe investor decarbonisation targets, writes Christopher Marchant