Almost 400 institutional investors representing more than $24 trillion in assets relased a statement in top-tier business and finance journals around the world, today. In a previous letter to the G7 governments, investors noted that with the right market signals from policy makers, investment in low-carbon and climate resilient opportunities can flow and climate impacts and […]
Ditching coal is a smart business move – and banks are acknowledging it
Climate change a “significant priority” for corporate leaders
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This is the Turning Point
It is clear that in order to move towards decarbonisation, the world needs to put a price on carbon. Over the last 10 years The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) members have led calls for a carbon price in Europe and globally. In June the group published its report “10 years of Carbon […]
“The Paris Climate Agreement will help businesses go further and faster”
Today, U.S. President Obama and Chinese President Xi issued a joint statement on climate change that sets out a common vision for the Paris climate agreement to be concluded this December, and which strengthens their respective national climate policies. China announced that it would launch a national emissions-trading system in 2017 and develop a “green […]
As many of you know all too well, decision making in Brussels can be a lengthy process, with careful compromises and a three-way ping pong match between the Commission, Council and Parliament along the way. Ministers meeting last week at the Environment Council will therefore have been very pleased to take some concrete final decisions […]
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