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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.

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

TPI reaches 150 supporters

People moves, 21 July: TPI, CDP, Barclays ... and more

Should the TCFD be mandatory? Not yet, say investors

A panel at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference was asked whether reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory.

UK pension funds 'in limbo' over divestment

Pension funds in the UK have been left "in a kind of limbo" regarding divestment, following the recent government decision on fiduciary duty.