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IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... settings can be updated to a cap-and-trade systems to meet the challenge. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis. The report provides new estimates of the chances of crossing ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... a fair share of the 50% global reduction in greenhouse gases identified by the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) to halt global warming at 1.5C. Speaking of President Biden's stated goal of bringing US leadership back to the climate change ...

Fossil fuel share offerings sharply underperform: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies, is still trivial in the context of what has to be generated to finance a global energy transition. According to the IPCC special report on Global Warming of 1.5C investments into clean energy infrastructure need to be in the order of US$3 ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... a fair share of the 50% global reduction in greenhouse gases identified by the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) to halt global warming at 1.5C. Supporting the acceleration of action, signatories will submit an interim target, within a ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... low carbon economy and to contribute to limiting global temperatures to under 2 degrees, ideally 1.5 degrees, in line with IPCC recommendations." ACT draws on data sources from major data and research firms, and combines information on scope 1 and scope ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... HESTA is the fund's commitment to the critical goals of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC says global emissions need to reach net zero by 2050 to create a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C above ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... regulations, CCLI said. Barker noted that the October release of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC only adds to the governing context of directors when it comes to ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... continued to become more exposed to information around climate change and its risks to investments. Birgden pointed to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and its modelling information as one source of research that trustees have been exposed to. "We see ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... already have been done. As we've seen from the most recently published research[4], there is a material risk that current IPCC forecasts will be as accurate as the past ones have been. We're pretty much locked into a 2.5-3C global temperature rise, and ...