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ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

'Sovereigns should use ASCOR for SLBs'

The assessment framework could help bring credibility to the nascent market. Ahren Lester reports

South Korea readies sovereign green bond market return in 2026

South Korea is planning to issue a green bond in 2026 following investor engagement, according to a senior government official - five years after the sovereign was last active in the market.

Current scenario analysis 'not decision useful' for pension funds - for now

High-level climate scenario analysis is not currently used by pension funds to inform investment decisions, an Environmental Finance event heard - but there are ways more focused and short-term scenarios that can be useful now and in the future.

One-in-three big emitters have 1.5°C-aligned targets - but none have detailed transition plan, says TPI

About 30% of the biggest corporate emitters of greenhouse gas emissions globally have long-term climate targets aligned with keeping warming to 1.5°C - but none have detailed plans on how to reach these targets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Centre.

TPI exploring how to combine its analysis with ASCOR data as it expands coverage

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is exploring how to combine its analysis of corporate climate transition risk with a similar assessment of countries conducted under the Assessing sovereign climate-related opportunities and risks (ASCOR) initiative.

Putting transition plans to the test: Transition Pathway Initiative and ASCOR

Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the second article in a series, Michael Hurley examines the TPI tool and ASCOR

TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis

CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.

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Basel 'faulty'

US banks have urged the Basel Committee to re-draw 'flawed' climate disclosure rules, writes Michael Hurley