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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 ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... energy generation and storage, transition minerals, electric vehicles, and turbines and solar PV. Even if the US exit the Paris Agreement under Trump, which could hurt global emissions in the next four years, Fraser said Australia does not need to import ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit 2024. Trump's vows to repeal the IRA and environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and increase spending on oil. This signifies an increase in global emissions by four billion tons to 2030, according ...

81 major investors lock in climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Nearly all of a major UN-convened asset owner group have now set Paris-aligned carbon targets covering US$9.5 trillion of assets under management, the latest data reveals. 81 out of 88 members of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) have set targets ...

UniSuper defends APA stake amid member backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... than carbon dioxide. The UniSuper investment in APA is not consistent with its commitment to support action to meet the Paris Agreement targets. All new fossil gas extraction projects in Australia need to be stopped." A UniSuper spokesperson said the ...