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More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... target net zero. In his first day back in office, Donald Trump has signed nearly 100 executive orders including exiting the Paris Agreement and vowing to maximise US oil and gas production and exploration. The local convener of CA100+, the Investor Group ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation companies, making this an attractive, countercyclical entry opportunity," Cooper said. The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and repealing of the Inflation Reduction Act may harm sentiment but it will not directly affect company ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... energy and uranium, old growth forest logging, tobacco, weapons, and banks and new fossil fuel projects not aligned with the Paris Agreement. Scoring silver, Russell Investments-managed Nationwide Super Employer Responsible Global Shares returned 8.4% ...

New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investment products. "RIAA's Certification Program has seen an increase in the use of terms like 'net zero,' 'Paris-aligned,' 'low carbon,' and 'green energy' to describe investment products," RIAA co-chief executive ...

Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... UN-convened NZAOA saw its membership explode from 12 to 88 since 2019, with cumulative AUM now $9.9 trillion and 98.9% have set Paris-aligned targets. It offers guidance on assessing asset managers' climate policy engagement, with the aim to align climate ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... This comes as a new research tool from Future Group revealed many super funds' investments are not lining up with the Paris Agreement's 1.5 degree target, despite widespread commitments to net zero by 2050. The tool - RealZero Check - applies ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Model to compare portfolio emissions to global carbon budgets, it pinpoints the decarbonisation pace needed to achieve the Paris Agreement's 1.5C target. "RealZero Check is about real, measurable progress toward genuine emissions reduction, setting ...

Podcast: How Trump will impact global clean energy and climate finance with Lachlan Carey

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... impactful policies globally in driving clean energy investment. He will also wind back environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and "Drill, baby, drill!" (for fossil fuels). Trump himself believes climate change is a "scam", and just ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Adaptation Policy Office (NAPO), which coordinates climate adaptation work across all governments. The chance of meeting the Paris Agreement of 1.5C is low, and humanity has already breached six of nine irreversible tipping points in the planetary sy ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... of total carbon emissions each year. At this rate, the Global Carbon Budget predicts there is a 50% chance of beating the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5°C warming by 2030. Investor scrutiny based on the project Meanwhile, Daniela Jaramillo, local ...