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Investing in a time of climate change: The sequel 2019
30 April 2019This report is intended to help investors understand how climate change can influence their investment performance in both the short and long term. The research uses scenarios from the Cambridge Econometrics transition-risk climate model, to consider three scenarios; 2⁰C, 3⁰C and 4⁰C temperature increases, with evolved pathways and magnitude.
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Core Benefits Verification Framework
31 March 2019The key principle of the Core Benefits Verification Framework is Indigenous ownership of the verification process. The framework creates the opportunity for Indigenous people to be the experts in the verification of environmental, social and cultural values associated with community development programs, such as carbon farming.
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Over 100 global financial institutions are exiting coal, with more to come
27 February 2019This report published by IEEFA highlights the fact that over a hundred globally significant financial institutions are divesting from coal projects. It mentions that these major financial institutions, including commercial banks, insurance companies, pension funds, asset management companies, and development finance institutions, are building up the momentum against coal projects.
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How to invest in the low-carbon economy: An institutional investors' guide
31 December 2018This report introduces the investment strategies available to investors in their efforts to align their portfolios with a lower carbon, more climate-resilient economy. The guide focuses on three main areas for investor action: climate-aligned investment opportunities, integration of climate-related risks and opportunities into investment processes, and phasing out investment in thermal coal.
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Global warming of 1.5°C: Summary for policymakers
31 December 2018This summary for policymakers presents key findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. It includes comparisons between global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
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The impact investing journey: Aligning portfolio with purpose
23 October 2018This report describes how a philanthropic organisation uses impact investing throughout its portfolio. Society has changed its view on ethical investing, and The Russell Family Foundation has implemented this in their mission. Three pillars of their portfolio target social, environmental and financial areas of investing, and these allow them to achieve their company objectives.
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Getting to green: Showcasing leading approaches to climate change within the European banking sector
30 September 2018Banks are affected by climate change and have the ability to make an impact through their support and finance of certain industries. Banks must start setting precedent for ambitious climate disclosure. This paper provides recommendations on how banks can align their business models with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Transition risks: How to move ahead
30 July 2018An analysis of how transition risks could impact the financial performance of companies through examples from the utilities, autos and steel sectors. This report provides insight into how the financial performance of companies in these sectors, and others, could vary in the future due to low-carbon economy transitions.
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Banking beyond coal: Sustainable development without coal finance
30 June 2018This investor briefing investigates the financing of the coal power industry. Highlighting that bank financing continues to facilitate active development of coal power infrastructure, particularly in developing nations, which is incompatible with the Paris Agreement. Additionally, it provides a call to action for investors to engage with their banks to strengthen coal divestment policies.
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Investing in the global green economy: Busting common myths
31 May 2018Analysis by FTSE Russell suggests that the transition to a sustainable green economy is a large investment opportunity, backed by global efforts to combat climate change and broader environmental challenges, that can deliver outperformance of the global equity market,
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Mind the gap: the $1.6 trillion energy transition risk
8 March 2018This report delves into the challenges and degrees of risk facing the oil, gas and thermal coal industry under three different climate scenarios. It was conducted as part of the ET Risk Project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
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The carbon boomerang: Litigation risk as a driver and consequence of the energy transition
30 September 2017This report discusses and identifies climate change related litigation risks as drivers and consequences of an energy transition. It presents a taxonomy of those risks and analyses them in the broader context of the financial risk associated with them.
