The US$100m global initiative aims to accelerate efforts to build a net zero global economy, forms part of HSBC’s climate strategy. LONDON : HSBC, in partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF, today unveils their Climate Solutions Partnership to unlock barriers to finance for companies and projects that tackle climate change. The partnership’s three […]
Is Finance the Biggest Hurdle in the Race to Net Zero?
RECAI 57: with COP26 on the horizon, governments and institutional investors must rise to the challenge of honoring the Paris Agreement. Governments must raise their ambition to get the world on a trajectory to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Institutional investors need clearer commitments on infrastructure spending and details of pipelines […]
How Climate Risk is Driving Institutional Investment in Renewables
RECAI 57: as institutional investors address climate risk, new tools are unlocking additional value in the renewable energy sector. Global renewable energy capacity investments grew 2% to US$303.5b in 2020 — the seventh year in which investments passed US$250b. Approximately 20% of institutional investors have invested indirectly through funds in renewables in the past two […]
Seven Signs of Success for the Paris Agreement and COP26
EY France Climate Change Leader; Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY & AssociésHelping businesses and governments engage in low-carbon strategies. Creating and protecting long-term value for clients. RECAI 57: six years on, we highlight the key requirements needed to address climate change at COP26 if the Paris goals are to be realized. In brief […]
New Electric Vehicle Chargers Coming To Saanich
Saanich: The Government of Canada is building a clean energy future to strengthen the economy, create good, middle-class jobs and support workers in the natural resource sectors. The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Natural […]
US partnered with India as PM Modi Made Commitment to Deploy 450 GW Renewable Energy: Kerry
The United States has partnered with India on climate change so as to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy. The United States has partnered with India on climate change so as to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy, the Biden administration’s […]
Merkel Expects Climate Change Law to Go to Cabinet in Coming Week – Sources
The 2019 law, agreed between Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners after much wrangling, includes a commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 from 1990 levels. It also has a goal of emitting almost no CO2 by 2050. Options to reduce emissions include expanding renewable energy and […]
Marking the beginning of a green era
To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green Initiative and Middle East Green Initiative. One of the lessons learned from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the need for collective action among members of the international community to effectively address global challenges such as pandemics and climate change. The pandemic has created an […]
Farmers struggle to break into booming carbon credit market
When Microsoft Corp made a massive purchase of carbon credits in January, it turned to a relatively new source: farmers who plant crops meant to trap carbon in the soil. The credits are financial instruments generated by projects that reduce or avoid the release of greenhouse gases, such as solar farms or tree plantings. When […]
Forum: Installing rooftop solar panels may not result in much energy savings
I have been following the Straits Times reports on climate change and I have read about the heat island effect that highly urban cities such as Singapore experience. Singapore will be getting hotter and hotter in the future and it is now trendy to install rooftop solar panels in private landed estates (Saving the environment […]
