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Investors plan major move into renewable energy infrastructure
Global survey finds spending expected to double in five years in response to climate fears
Global investors managing nearly $7tn (£5.2bn) of assets plan to almost double their spending on renewable energy infrastructure over the next five years amid deepening concerns over the fossil fuel industry’s climate plans, according to a report.
A survey of institutional investors found that they are planning to increase their renewable energy investments from 4.2% of their overall portfolio to 8.3% in the next five years and 10.8% within the next decade to about $742.5bn.
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Brussels to consider EU carbon market price floor as part of consultation
Net zero mining: Sweden’s LKAB maps emissions free future
California gasoline sales dip in September as YoY trend rebounds at a slower pace
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European governments failing to protect citizens from air pollution, data reveals
Pollutants from farming, heating and vehicles beyond levels needed to ensure breathable air
Governments across Europe are failing to protect their citizens from toxic air pollution, with most Europeans still breathing filthy air in their cities, according to data.
Pollutants from farming, domestic heating and vehicles are beyond the levels needed to ensure breathable air within World Health Organization guidelines, despite EU legislation, government pledges and years of campaigning.
Continue reading...Extinction Rebellion launches campaign of financial disobedience
Group stages debt and tax strikes to expose ‘political economy’s complicity’ in ecological crisis
Extinction Rebellion is launching a campaign of financial civil disobedience aimed at exposing the “political economy’s complicity” in the unfolding ecological crisis.
The group – which has staged some of the UK’s biggest civil disobedience protests over the past two years – is turning its attention to what it says will be a sustained campaign of debt and tax strikes. It is also asking people to “redirect” loans from banks that finance fossil fuel projects to frontline organisations fighting for climate justice.
Continue reading...Climate change: Covid pandemic has little impact on rise in CO2
Climate crisis: CO2 hits new record despite Covid-19 lockdowns
Drop in emissions this year is a ‘tiny blip’ in buildup of greenhouse gases, UN agency says
Climate-heating gases have reached record levels in the atmosphere despite the global lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has said.
There is estimated to have been a cut in emissions of between 4.2% and 7.5% in 2020 due to the shutdown of travel and other activities. But the WMO said this was a “tiny blip” in the continuous buildup of greenhouse gases in the air caused by human activities, and less than the natural variation seen year to year.
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