Thursday, June 1, 2023

First study quantifying safe and just Earth System Boundaries | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

What is the future of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance | Public statement by the UNEP

Financial institutions must act now to end deforestation finance. Here’s how | Global Canopy

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Effective capital markets needed for climate protection and the energy transition | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Replacing Russian gas in EU is technically possible and economically feasible | Oxford Sustainable Finance Group

Updated analysis shows dramatic variation of methane emissions among U.S. oil and gas producers | CERES

Impacts of climate litigation on firm value

TotalEnergies fails to stop historic net zero greenwashing case from proceeding | ClientEarth

The U.S. is on track to close half of its coal-fired generation capacity by 2026 | IEEFA

New net zero guidance for private equity with an emphasis on real economy decarbonisation | IIGCC

Australia is transitioning gas out of the energy system | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

Nearly half of global public companies have set a decarbonization target, but only 17% align with 1.5°C | MSCI

Major food companies are setting ambitious targets to reduce their GHG emissions – lack of action remains | CERES

BNP Paribas becomes the world’s second largest bank to have excluded financing for new oil & gas fields after HSBC

Italian citizens and NGOs file a lawsuit against ENI for human rights violations and climate change impacts

Eni plans to develop ‘carbon bomb’ gas field offshore Australia and could use funds from sustainability bond issue to finance it

200 and counting – Global financial institutions committed to coal divestment has doubled in three years | IEEFA

The Church Church of England | Commissioners to vote against directors of Exxon, Occidental, Shell, Total over lack of progress on climate change

Overcoming critical minerals shortages is key to achieving US climate goals | World Resources Institute

The (re)insurer Talanx will no longer provide cover for new oil and gas fields

Asset managers committed to 1.5°C have $417 billion invested in oil and gas companies | Carbon Tracker

ASEAN Green and other labelled bond market contracted 32% YOY in 2022 | Climate Bonds Initiative

Global energy transition off-track: USD 35 trillion needed by 2030 | International Renewable Energy Agency

4 things to know about new developments in Carbon Dioxide Removal | World Resources Institute

European banks have poured US$1.3 trillion into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was adopted | NGOs

InvestEU | EIF and BBVA sign €200 million guarantee agreement to support startups with innovative and sustainable investment plans

European banks: quality of disclosures still too low to meet upcoming supervisory standards | ECB Report

New tracking tool detected an average of 64 football pitches of deforested land every single week in 2022

EU | New law to help decarbonise the aviation sector by promoting sustainable aviation fuels

Companies and climate change | New tool for investors to assess investments at the issuer-level

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