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We are at the doorsteps of 2030, the year designated to reduce the global temperature increase to 1.5ยฐC, and the picture is gloomy. Finance is a critical ingredient to saving our planet. And it seems to be in short supply. According to the IMF,ย the Asia-Pacific region faces a climate financing shortfall of at least $800Continue reading “๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ”

Financed Emissions

Banks play a dual role. At one end, they finance decarbonisation; at the other, they finance emissions through loans and investments. Thus, financed emissions are the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to the investment and lending activities of financial institutions like investment managers, banks and insurers. It’s the carbon footprint of a firm’s investments orContinue reading “Financed Emissions”