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Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... initial development phase. TTEG will work over the next 12-18 months to provide input into and final approval of climate mitigation taxonomy screening criteria for priority sectors, and associated technical work on data requirements, methodology for ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... needed every year to build a net-zero global economy by 2050, according to global economic growth and climate change mitigation think tank the Energy Transitions Commission. Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO James Gorman commented: "I am proud that we ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) undertook economic modelling of climate change mitigation scenarios in close consultation with the Climate Change Authority prior to DIICCSRTE's discontinuation in 2013. The Climate ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... markets. "Importantly, the adoption of renewable energy was found to be an economically and statistically significant mitigation strategy, as the supply and consumption of clean fuel sources could drive economic growth, counteracting any short-term financial ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... world that year," Hall said. ICA urged government to extend the five-year disaster resilience funding, index disaster mitigation funding from 2023-24 so it does not fall in real terms, invest the full amount of budgeted funding each year into disaster ...

Arup appoints state energy business leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... £450m London Mayor's Energy Efficiency Fund and €300m Global Energy & Renewable Energy Fund, determining the carbon mitigation strategy for Qatar 2022 and leading Dubai Expo's energy masterplanning. "Thomas's global experience, coupled with his ...

New Forests adds California forestry assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... companies, and some exposure to primary agriculture commodities. Additionally, the fund will aim to enhance climate mitigation through carbon sequestration and emissions reduction opportunities. ANZLAFF is New Forests' fourth round Australia and ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... according to internal processes and procedures to determine whether an operation is "aligned" or "not aligned" with the mitigation and adaptation goals of the Paris Agreement. The group is working on the approach to assess the Paris-alignment of buildings ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... targeted and with less undesired consequences than using monetary policy." "It's less of a directing policy to increase mitigation and adaptation, and more about responding to and understanding the risks in a macroeconomic setting," Hutley said. "There ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... companies in three categories - "Climate Champions", which are the companies that are well advanced in their carbon mitigation; "Climate Committed", which are companies that are taking corrective actions to address climate challenges but need to invest ...