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COP22: The investors' verdict
06 January 2017World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali
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Investors spell out climate change expectations of auto sector
11 October 2016A wish list of measures that investors want automotive companies to take in response to climate change has been published by a group of leading institutions representing assets of more than $24 trillion.
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UK climate policy now uncertain
24 June 2016The UK's climate policy was mired in doubt in the wake of the monumental vote to leave the European Union.
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Investor groups launch campaign to engage utility sector on climate change
29 April 2016A group of investors representing $20 trillion has launched a campaign to engage with utility companies.
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Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting
14 March 2016UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.
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Real estate investors have 'clear fiduciary duty' on climate risks, say industry bodies
08 February 2016Real estate investors are "one of the most important decision making groups on earth" when it comes to climate change, say the authors of a framework devised to tackle climate risk in the sector.
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400 investors demand stronger leadership on climate change to help them invest
30 November 2015More than 400 investors, including some of the largest asset managers in the world, have said they can help address climate change, and are calling for stronger policies on the issue.
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COP blog: investors raise their voices on climate change
23 November 2015With so much time and energy focused on COP21, stakeholders might be forgiven for thinking that Paris is the endgame.
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IIGCC demands policymakers tighten emissions testing after VW losses
06 November 2015The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has demanded that regulators to strengthen automotive emissions-testing standards after its members "lost significant investment value" in the aftermath of the Volkswagen scandal.
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INDCs can limit global warming to 2.7°C, says UN's Figueres
30 October 2015Investors have welcomed research suggesting that the national pledges made ahead of the Paris climate summit have the potential to limit global warming to 2.7°C.