29 May 2020
Large areas of London to be made ‘car-free’
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London (TFL) have announced plans to transform parts of central London into “one of the largest car-free zones in any capital city…
Read More"CMIA helped to explain the potential for project-based mechanisms across a variety of constituencies and is a key voice driving the conversation on results-based finance and sector approaches for scaling-up emission reduction investments. We urgently need input from organisations like CMIA to operationalise Art 6 of the Paris Agreement."
Mr. Franz-Josef Schafhausen, former Director General Climate Change, European and International Affairs, Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
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27 May 2020
Financing energy efficient buildings: the path to retrofit at scale
A report on phase one of the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings. Foreword Citizens, communities and economies are facing the two greatest challenges of our times: climate change…
Read More26 May 2020
MSCI makes public ESG metrics for indexes and funds to drive greater ESG transparency
MSCI today announced that it has made public the MSCI ESG Fund Ratings provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC for 36,000 multi-asset class mutual funds and ETFs, and MSCI Limited…
Read More22 May 2020
Increasing risk management and resilience through ESG investing
Sustainable companies continue to outperform the broader market, also during this crisis. Stock markets around the world have seen major volatility over the past two months as the COVID-19 pandemic…
Read More20 May 2020
Pricing carbon during the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
“Once the immediate rescue has been secured and countries move towards recovery from COVID-19, carefully implementing carbon pricing while reducing fossil fuel subsidies should be at the core of any…
Read More18 May 2020
4.06 billion remaining hectares, and other new numbers on forests… But what do they mean?
Putting the new U.N. report on global forests into context. The world has 4.06 billion remaining hectares of forests, according to the recently released key findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment…
Read More15 May 2020
7 Priorities to help the Global Economy Recover
7 priorities to help the global economy recover while building a healthier, more resilient, net-zero-emissions economy. Overview Economic stimulus packages established by governments around the world will be vital to…
Read More13 May 2020
A net-zero emissions economic recovery from COVID-19: A COP26 Universities Network Briefing
This briefing identifies key recovery policies that the UK government could introduce to both respond to the crisis of COVID-19, and support the country in meeting its commitment to reaching…
Read More11 May 2020
DLA Piper partners with Zeigo to digitise PPAs
DLA Piper and Zeigo are jointly working on artificial intelligence (AI) contracting solutions to further simplify and standardise the contractual process for Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and future contracting structures….
Read More07 May 2020
2020 State of the EU ETS Report
The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is important through its role as the “cornerstone” of EU climate change policy as well as a “role model” and “pioneer” for carbon markets….
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