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EU doubles down on circular economy

Meeting biodiversity and climate goals “won’t be possible” without a transition to a circular economy, the European Commission said, but the bloc still has some way to make investment accessible

By Thomas Helm

New FCA sustainability rules won’t deliver accountability for climate harm

Mick McAteer co-director at the Financial Inclusion Centre and former FCA board member argues that the UK watchdog's sustainability disclosure and investment label regime will not be enough to hold investors accountable for climate harm

Can Trump ruin Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act?

The possible re-election of Donald Trump is making investors think very carefully about their Inflation-Reduction-Act-related investments

Sovereign Wealth

Asia’s asset owners are ready to invest in the energy transition, pending a policy signal

Transition

Row over fossil fuel language – COP28 ‘on the verge of failure’

Insurance

How to scale up nature-based solutions

COP 28: Overcoming risk is key to unlocking climate-nature investment

Transforming the way risk is both perceived and managed will boost institutional capital flows into nature positive projects, investors say

By Thomas Helm

Fossil fuel phaseout discussions heat up at COP28

“You pollute, you pay the price”: COP leaders push for carbon pricing

COP 28 trade deal scandal highlights presidency’s conflict of interest

UK’s Autumn Statement: five net zero talking points

COP28: Beijing and Washington’s arms race on renewables

COP28: Could the EU be at the forefront of a global breakup with fossil fuel subsidies?

Risk Management

COP28: could investors be hit by a sudden phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies?

Policy

COP 28: fossil fuel subsidies - will history repeat itself?

Pensions

How to manage deforestation risk

The EU is chasing net zero autonomy, but at what cost?

A new amendment to the EU’s net zero industry act has expanded the list of strategic technologies to include nuclear and fusion technology, increasing the range of risks it is willing to take on

Transition

UK investors debate how to fund the energy transition amid a cost-of-living crisis

Research

The elusive quest for fossil fuel peaks: inside the World Energy Outlook 2023

Sovereign Wealth

Most institutional investors still lack deforestation policy

Pensions

The methane menace: low-hanging fruit or stalled progress?

Defined Benefit