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NZI with Mona - COP29: focus on climate lobbying. Ahead of the COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan, NZI editor Mona Dohle sits down with Ed Collins director of the Lobby Map programme at the thinktank InfluenceMap and Adam Gillet, climate lead at Railpen and a member of NZI’s editorial steering committee to discuss how asset owners approach climate lobbying.
COP29: carbon credit trade rules approved | Netzeroinvestor
2 days ago — On the first day of COP29, negotiators reached a consensus on trade rules for a UN-administered global carbon market. Following an eight hour row over the agenda, parties unanimously approved the standards under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement for creating carbon credits on the first day of COP29 in a major milestone for the summit. The UN ...
Dutch court backs Shell in emissions reduction case
2 days ago — The Dutch court of appeal in The Hague has today overturned a 2021 district court ruling which had forced the oil giant to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 against a 2029 benchmark. The case was put forward by Dutch environmental campaign group Milieudefensie alongside 17,000 co-plaintiffs. It was the first emissions disclosure rule ...
What are investors expecting from this year’s ‘finance’ COP in Baku?
3 days ago — In the days ahead,investors and policymakers will have to tread a fine line between attracting investment without placing an undue burden on overindebted countries in the Global South. The 29th Conference of Parties (COP), the world’s largest annual gathering on climate, has kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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NZAOA members commit to setting climate targets for private …
Apr 17, 2024 — Under the latest protocol, all NZAOA members are required to set the next round of five-year targets, which will cover the period 2025-2030. Members will target a 40 to 60% greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, compared to 2019, in line with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report estimates, the NZAO explained.
NZAOA marks fifth anniversary with drop in financed emissions
Sep 25, 2024 — The announcement, made during New York Climate Week, comes ahead of the Alliance’s full fourth Progress Report, due in October. Since 2018, the Alliance has seen a steady decline in financed emissions, with cumulative reductions reaching 31% and 24% from the 2018 and 2019 base years, respectively. These results reflect the Alliance’s ...
Stewardship at a crossroads: should investors target policy or ...
25.10.2024. Content Tags: Defined Benefit Defined Contribution Investment Manager Engagement Divestment Stewardship Energy US UK. At Net Zero Investor’s third annual conference in London, speakers debated whether investors should prioritise engagement with companies or policy makers, ultimately suggesting that “climate change is policy ...
Aggressive decarbonisation key to preventing stock market write …
Jul 23, 2024 — Using methods that jointly estimate effects of both transition and physical risks, they find that the aggressiveness of abatement, is a key determinant of valuation shocks. “If we abate little, physical damages are, naturally, much larger, and dominate the transition costs. So, ‘when it really matters’, physical damages are more important ...
Net Zero Investor launches NZI Spark - a new digital magazine
Oct 10, 2024 — The Net Zero Investor editorial team is delighted to share the first issue of NZI Spark. Our new bi-annual digital magazine. By Mona Dohle. 10.10.2024. This first issue is dedicated to the vital role of nature in mitigating global carbon emissions. While humans scramble to develop ever more complex carbon capture and storage solutions, nature ...