All Climate change articles – Page 12
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Article
Engaging on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards
Under PRI’s Driving Meaningful Data programme, we will work with our signatories to engage and provide feedback on the developments around the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
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Webinar
Net Zero investor targets & sector pathways: One Earth Climate Model
Join this global investor debate on pathways to net zero across key sectors. As part of the event, Sven Teske will launch the latest key results of the One Earth Climate Model (OECM) for 12 industry sectors on scope 1,2 and 3 emissions.
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Blog post
Why investors should respond to the SEC’s timely proposal on climate-related disclosures
Gregory Hershman, Head of US Policy, PRI
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Policy report
Investor briefing: EU sustainable finance taxonomy
This briefing provides an overview of the EU taxonomy, including a proposed delegated act on gas and nuclear energy.
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Webinar
IPR Quarterly Forecast Tracker (QFT) Global Trends & Technology Briefings
In the first of a new 2022 quarterly webinar series, IPR, PRI and panellists will review the implications for signatories on the biggest developments each quarter, using the 2021 FPS as a baseline to measure progress.
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News and press
IPR Quarterly Forecast Tracker Launch: Assessing global climate progress
Post COP 26 events reinforce IPR forecasts for 1.8C climate outcome Ukraine impact - Security favours longer term energy transition over short term disruption
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Thought leadership
Q1 2022 Quarterly Forecast Tracker
This first QFT update covers the period from October 2021 (when the 2021 FPS 1.8°C FPS and 1.5°C RPS was released, pre-COP 26) to mid-April 2022
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Workshop summary
Bringing together sovereign debt investors and index providers
Investors in sovereign debt met with six index providers to discuss opportunities, and challenges, in creating ESG indexes for the asset class. This workshop summary includes ideas and insights from both groups.
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Blog post
Partisanship and climate-exposed property purchases – a threat to investment in mitigation and adaption?
By Asaf Bernstein, Stephen B. Billings and Ryan Lewis, University of Colorado; and Matthew Gustafson, Penn State University
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Case study
Cycle Capital: Implementing a greenhouse gas emissions measurement strategy
Cycle Capital describes its process for assessing and quantifying the impact that it and its investees can have on climate change.
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Thought leadership
The Just Transition: Shaping the delivery of the Inevitable Policy Response
Professor Nick Robins analyses the growing influence of just transition on climate policy across civil society, business and finance and outlines its emergence as key factor shaping how Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) global forecasts play out on carbon pricing, clean energy, fossil fuel phase down, EVs, agriculture and land use.
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Article
Reflecting on the discussion: Investing for sustainability impact in the UK
An expert panel discusses the application in the UK of the research in the ground-breaking report A Legal Framework for Impact. This article summarises the discussion during the PRI-sponsored webinar on investing for sustainability impact.
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Article
Reflecting on the discussion: Investing for sustainability impact in Japan
Representatives from a Japanese asset owner, regulator and law firm discussed A Legal Framework for Impact in a webinar sponsored by the PRI. Read more in this summary of the event.
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Webinar
SEC Climate disclosure rulemaking: implications for investors
Join PRI’s US Policy Team and an expert panel for a deep dive into the SEC’s recently proposed rulemaking, establishing mandatory climate disclosures for public companies. The panel will discuss the implications for investors, the questions posed by SEC for public comment and identify how investors can get involved.
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Article
Engaging the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Under the PRI’s Driving Meaningful Data programme, we will work with our signatories to engage with the ISSB as it works to develop a global baseline of sustainability-related financial disclosure standards.
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Discussion paper
Discussing divestment: Developing an approach when pursuing sustainability outcomes in listed equities
For listed equity investors, the decision to engage with or divest from ESG laggards depends on the ESG issues concerned as well as the (sustainability) objectives of their clients and beneficiaries.
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News and press
Climate Action 100+ net zero company benchmark shows an increase in company net zero commitments, but much more urgent action is needed to align with a 1.5°c future
Second round of Net Zero Company Benchmark assessments show some corporate climate progress against key climate indicators, but find much more action is urgently needed from focus companies to support global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.
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Thought leadership
Ukraine War: The new geo-politics of energy and implications for climate policy
This short paper by Kaya, a specialist climate policy consultancy, has been commissioned by the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR). It assesses the initial implications for climate policy as a result of Russia’s invasion and war in Ukraine.
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Article
PRI Statement on SEC publication of draft proposal for climate-related disclosure
In response to the SEC’s vote to publish for public comment the rule titled, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”, the PRI released the following statement from Head of U.S. Policy Greg Hershman.
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Blog post
Investor Climate Action Plans & net zero targets: opportunities for progress in 2022
By Hamish Stewart, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI & Rahnuma Chowdhury, Investor Climate Action Lead, UNEP FI