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Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen
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Small island nation Fiji will have to spend around $4.5 billion over the next decade to prepare for rising…
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It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash
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A radical new approach to climate finance is required, says Ian Callaghan
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This year's UN climate change conference in Bonn (COP23), while a far cry from the highs of the Paris talks of 2015, is crucial for the implementation of the new agreement. Katie Kouchakji talks to some finance sector leaders about their criteria for its success
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Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments…
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Advice on how institutional investors should disclose the impact of climate change on their portfolios…
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With more than 100 environmental shareholder resolutions already filed, it is financial firms as well as the oil & gas majors that are in the firing line, reports Joe Walsh
ESG,Investors,COP
Nigeria is set to hold a green bond summit at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on 23 February, where…
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World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali
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After the celebrations sparked by the Paris Agreement in 2015, followed by its earlier-than- expected ratification, Donald Trump has delivered a shock to the system, says Peter Cripps.
ESG,Policy,COP
World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) have agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali
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ING
The entry into force of last year's Paris Agreement was a great achievement but, it is just the start. A huge amount of investment is needed to meet climate targets by cutting emissions, and to help countries to adapt to the changing climate, and most of it is going to come from the private sector.
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Zurich Insurance
After the historic progress of the signing of the Paris Agreement at COP21 last December, COP22 was never going to be an opportunity to view recent successes as a 'job done'.
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Northern Trust
World leaders and scientists are in Morocco at COP22 this week to follow up on the historic climate change agreement a year ago in Paris to reduce carbon emissions. Do environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors know enough now to position portfolios for a lower carbon global economy?
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European Investment Bank
Here at COP22 in Marrakesh in the blue and green zones where ministers, financiers, climate experts NGOs and multinationals mingle, the talk is all about how to implement the Paris Agreement - and raise the required financing for low-carbon and adaptation projects.
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Mirova
It is estimated that two billion hectares of land are already degraded worldwide, and we continue to degrade another 12 million hectares of productive land every year.
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IIGCC
As Morocco's King Mohammed VI joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa yesterday to welcome dignitaries to Bab Ighli the tone was firmly one of collective effort to sustain the 'Spirit of Paris', regardless of who is poised to move into the White House next January.
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Friends of the Earth
While little discussed at the COP, the channeling and use of climate finance must now take centre stage as the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) prepares to meet next month in Samoa.
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Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?