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2021-2025 Articles
The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth 0625.rtfWall Street's Climate Group Exodus 0125.rtfIndia Outpaces China in Green Investments as Renewables Surge 1224.rtfWorld Agrees to Climate Deal on Financial Aid for Developing Nations 1124.rtfNo Politician Can Halt Wave of Climate Investment, Kerry Says 1124.rtfPoorer Nations Need $1 Trillion a Year by 2030 in Climate Finance 1124.rtfThe Big Climate Short 1024.rtfClean Energy a ‘Big Winner’ as Fed Cuts Interest Rates More than Expected 0924.rtfEuropean Banks Are Building Loan Loss Reserves for Climate Risks 0724.rtfReturns of $7.2 Trillion Green Sector Outpaced Only by Tech Stocks 0724.rtf - Green is profitable, especially energy efficiency.Click for more2021-2025 Articles
Climate Change’s ‘Physical Risks’ Are Catching Up with Banks 0424.rtfShifting Climate Scenarios Muddy the Picture for Investors 0224.rtfWorld’s Biggest Banks Made $3 Billion on Green Debt in 2023, Passing Oil & Gas 0124.rtfSmarter Energy Use Is a New Green Bet for Big-Money Investors 0124.rtfRich Nations Hit Overdue $100 Billion Climate Fund Goal in 2022 - 1123.rtfGreen Bank Fees Overtake Fossil Fuel Bank Fees for 2nd Straight Year 1023.rtfWorld Bank Spent Billions of Dollars Backing Fossil Fuels in 2022 - 0923.rtfWealthy Oil Nation Lays Groundwork for ‘Eye-Popping’ Climate Fund 0823.rtfIMF Currency-Rate Guarantees Can Attract More Green Investment to Poor Nations 0623.rtfInsurers' Climate Alliance Loses Nearly Half iIs Members after More Quit 0523.rtfWhy World Bank Head’s Resignation Is Good News for Climate Crisis Fight 0223.rtfA $39 Trillion Investor Alliance Gives Warning on Carbon Offsets 0223.rtfInvestor Group Bans Carbon Removal from CO2 Reduction Plans 0123.rtfGlobal Low-Carbon Energy Investment Surges Past $1 Trillion for 1st Time 0123.rtfHow the World Bank Can Help Save the Planet 0123.rtfGreen Lending Tops Fossil Fuel for 1st Time, as Big Oil Gets Cash Elsewhere 0123.rtfMark Carney Sees ‘Wall of Opportunity’ for Energy Investors 1122.rtf2:3 of US Money for Fossil Fuel Pours into Africa, despite Climate Goals 1022.rtfClean Energy Transition Gains Speed, despite Global Tumult 1022.rtfInvestors Commit $7.1 Trillion of Assets in Pursuit of 1.5°C Climate Goal 0922.rtfInvestors with $39 Trillion Urge Government to Plan Fossil Fuel Phase Out 0922.rtfCarbon-Removal Industry Draws Billions to Fight Climate Change 0622.rtfBarclays Says Climate Disaster May Collapse Major Currencies 0622.rtfHeat Wave in India Poses Risks for Nation’s Credit, Moody’s Says 0522.rtfBanks Bet Big on Coal in Indonesia, Bucking Global Shift Away from Fossil Fuel 0522.rtfReligious Leaders Urge Banks to Stop Financing Drivers of Climate Change 0522.rtfIndonesian Coal Billionaire Thohir to Use Profit Boom to Begin Green Shift 0422.rtfChina’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing 0422.rtfSomething Is Acting a Lot like a Carbon Price in Our Economy. It’s Called Risk. 0322.rtfIndia’s Clean Energy Got More Money from Loans Than Coal for 3rd Year 1221.rtfHow Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest 1121.rtfAdopt Net-Zero Goal or See Debt Costs Spiral, Australia Warns 1121.rtfGood Business 1121.rtf - Go green, avoid stranded fossil fuel assets.Carney Tells Net-Zero Investors They Won’t Face Lower Returns 1121.rtfCarney Unveils $130 Trillion in Climate Finance Commitments 1121.rtfInvestors Managing $6.6 Trillion Call for Funding Carbon Removal 0921.rtfA $15 Billion Trade for South Africa - Debt Relief for Green Energy $ 0921.rtfHarvard Commits to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0921.rtfBanks Warn They’re Not Ready for European Central Bank’s Historic Climate Test 0921.rtfInsurance Industry to Limit Fossil Fuel Exposure amid Growing Climate Threat 0821.rtfDebt in a Warm Climate - Coronavirus and Carbon Set Scene for Default 0821.rtfEU Deal Forces Investors to Shift Gears on Climate Threat 0721.rtfFed Chair Powell Warns of ‘Profound Challenges' Posed by Climate Change 0621.rtfBill Gates and Warren Buffett to Build New Kind of Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming 0621.rtfAsian Development Bank Plans Exit from Coal Finance 0521.rtfCoal Financing Costs Surge as Investors Opt for Renewable Energy 0421.rtf - Required returns for wind and solar projects are at least 10% to 11%. For oil and LNG, they are at least 14 to 21%. For coal, they are at least 40%, to justify the rising risk that a high-polluting project might be left stranded as governments ramp up their climate action ambitions.JPMorgan Pledges $2.5 Trillion during 2020s toward Climate Change 0421.rtfGlobal Warming Could Cut over 60 Countries' Credit Ratings by 2030 - 0321.rtf3 Ways that Biden Could Green the Financial System 0321.rtfWorld Bank Revises Climate Policy, but Doesn’t Halt Fossil Fuel Funding 0321.rtfClimate Change Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to Financial Markets - Janet Yellen 0321.rtfElon Musk Pledges $100 Million to Carbon Capture Contest 0221.rtfMicrosoft Climate Fund Backs Climeworks Effort to Suck Up Carbon 0121.rtfInvestors See Green Returns as Renewable Energy Rises 0121.rtfDavos - Green Transition Is a $50-Trillion Investment Opportunity 0121.rtfBlackRock’s Fink Says Companies, Governments Must Team Up on Climate Change 0121.rtfRenewables, Storage Stocks Soar, as Democrat-led Congress Improves Environment for Green Investments 0121.rtf
2019-2020 Articles
2019-2020 Articles
Malaysian Bank to Phase Out Coal Finance 1220.rtfFederal Reserve Warns of Climate Risks, in Historic 1st 1120.rtfPhilanthropies Flow Funds to Climate Technologies 1020.rtfUS Wildfires Could Spark Financial Crisis, Advisory Panel Finds 0920.rtf - take 2 on reportWall Street Watchdog Calls for Carbon Pricing, Better Prep for Climate Change 0920.rtf - take 1 on CFTC reportInvestors Are Sending the Oil Industry Signals, but Is Oil Giant Exxon Listening? 0820.rtfMajor Investment Firm Dumps Exxon, Chevron and Rio Tinto Stock 0820.rtfBoris Johnson Poised to Stop UK Funding Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects 0820.rtfThe Pandemic Has Accelerated Climate Action from Banks 0820.rtfDeutsche Bank Says It Will No Longer Invest in Fracking or Arctic Oil 0720.rtfJohn Kerry Backs New Carbon-Price ETF in Climate Change Fight 0720.rtfClimate Change Poses ‘Systemic Threat’ to the Economy, Big Investors Warn 0720.rtfAustralian Banks Undermine Paris Agreement with $7 Billion in Fossil Fuel Loans 0720.rtf3 Years and $3 Trillion Could Shift the Climate Change Narrative 0620.rtfWorld Has 6 Months to Avert Climate Crisis, Says IEA’s Energy Expert 0620.rtfGlobal New Clean Energy Investment Totaled $282 Billion Last Year 0620.rtfCompanies Worth $2 Trillion Are Calling for a Green Recovery 0520.rtfIMF Warns Investors - You're Not Ready for Climate Change 0520.rtfChevron’s Investors Defy Board in Demanding Climate Disclosures 0520.rtfGlobal Investors Say Rich Nations Must Make Pandemic Recovery Plans Green 0520.rtfWall Street Is Halting Financing for Arctic-Oil Drilling 0420.rtfFor Big Oil, This Crisis Will Be Different, and It May Be Irreversible 0420.rtfGreen Utilities Are Proving a Safe Haven in Market Rout 0420.rtfAs Investors and Insurers Back Away, the Economics of Coal Turn Toxic 0320.rtfBritish Billionaire Hohn Launches Campaign to Starve Coal Plants of Finance 0320.rtfWorld's Financial Firms Risk $1 Trillion Losses if Slow to Act on Climate Change 0220.rtfJP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis Is Threat to Human Race 0220.rtfFires and Climate Fears Rattle Australia's Giant Coal Lobby 0220.rtfGlobal Financial Giants Swear Off Funding Very Dirty Tar Sands Oil 0220.rtfFossil Fuels Aren’t Even a Very Good Investment 0220.rtfCredit Suisse, Others Back Initiative to Factor CO2 Cuts into Shipping Finance 0220.rtfU.S. Clean Energy Investment Hits New Record, despite Trump Administration 0120.rtfThe Next Investing Trend Is Climate Restoration 0120.rtfBlackRock Will Put Climate Change at Center of Investment Strategy 0120.rtfFed Officials Increasingly Warn that Climate Change Could Damage the Economy 0120.rtfBank of England to Stress-Test Financial System against Climate Change Risks 1219.rtfClimate Change Could Wipe $2.3 Trillion off Global Stocks 1219.rtfClimate Change Poses Risk to Financial System, Bank of Canada Governor Says 1119.rtfEU Bank to Stop Fossil Fuel Lending 1119.rtfWorld's Energy Watchdog Is Undermining Climate Change Battle, Critics Say 1119.rtf - Its futures are how current policies play out, with current technology. Expected policies, especially to deal with climate change, and new technology are nmot included. Wall Street Increasingly Weighs Risk from Climate Change 1119.rtfStopping Global Warming Will Cost $50 Trillion - Morgan Stanley Report 1019.rtf - renewables $14 T, EVs $11 T, CCS $2.5 T, hydrogen $20 T, biofuels $2.7 T.What Climate Change Could Do to Cities' Power to Borrow Money 1019.rtfMajor Investors to Ask Companies to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1019.rtf - They represent $35 trillion in assets.Businesses Would Gain $2.1 Trillion by Embracing Low-Carbon Tech 0619.rtfDevelopment Banks' Climate Funding at All-Time High in 2018 - 0619.rtfThe Heads of the World’s Largest Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Finally Taking Lower Carbon Emissions Seriously — Thanks to Pushy Investors 0519.rtfThe Bank of Canada Declared Climate Change a Financial Risk. Now What? 0519.rtfClimate-Action Delay May Cost Investors More than $1 Trillion 0519.rtfFed Is Preparing for Economic Damage from Climate Change - Powell to Congress 0519.rtfReport Finds World Bank’s Coal Divestment Pledge Not Stringent Enough 0419.rtfOfficial Warning to Banks - Get Serious about Climate Change or Risk Going Bust 0419.rtfClimate Change Could Spur Financial Crisis – Federal Reserve Bank of SF 0319.rtfBanks Pumped $1.9 Trillion into Fossil Fuels since the Paris Climate Deal 0319.rtfEnergy Analysts Forecast 'the End of Coal' in Asia, as Japanese Investors Back Renewables 0319.rtfA Future without Fossil Fuels? - Investors View 0319.rtf - by Bill McKibbenNorway’s Giant Oil Fund Takes 1st Step Out of Petroleum 0319.rtfWall Street Is More Than Willing to Fund the Green New Deal 0219.rtfThe Next Financial Crisis Could Be Caused by Climate Change 0119.rtfInvestors Join Calls for a Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change 0119.rtf'A List' Climate Change Firms Outperform on Stock Market 0119.rtfWorld's Energy Watchdog Is Undermining Climate Change Battle, Critics Say 1119.rtf - Its futures are how current policies play out, with current technology. Expected policies, especially to deal with climate change, and new technology are nmot included.Stopping Global Warming Will Cost $50 Trillion - Morgan Stanley Report 1019.rtf - renewables $14 T, EVs $11 T, CCS $2.5 T, hydrogen $20 T, biofuels $2.7 T.Major Investors to Ask Companies to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1019.rtf - They represent $35 trillion in assets.A Future without Fossil Fuels? - Investors View 0319.rtf - by Bill McKibben
2017-2018 Articles
2017-2018 Articles
Tackle Climate or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors 1218.rtfWorld Bank to Invest $200 Billion to Combat Climate Change 1218.rtfClimate Change Is Getting So Real, Investors Are Converting to a Carbon Price 1018.rtfClimate Change Will Get Worse. These Investors Are Betting on It. 1018.rtfApparently, We Can Let the Stock Market Fight Climate Change 0318.rtfNorway Wealth Fund Nears Blacklisting Greenhouse Gas Emitters 0618.rtfDisclosing Climate-Related Financial Information Is a Game Changer 0618.rtfBritish Lawmakers Want Big Companies to Report Their Climate-Change Risks 0618.rtf“Stranded” Fossil Fuel Assets May Prompt $4 Trillion Crisis 0618.rtfBig investors Urge G7 to Step Up Climate Action, Shift from Coal 0618.rtfPowerful Investors Push Big Companies to Plan for Climate Change 0518.rtf3 Dozen Shareholder Climate Resolutions Target Oil, Gas, Power Companies 0318.rtfBanks Told They're Lagging on Response to Climate Risks 0218.rtfBlackRock's $6 Trillion and the Social Purpose of Corporations 0118.rtfMoody Investors Service Announcement on Climate Change Risks 1217.rtfWorld Bank to End Financial Support for Oil and Gas Exploration 1217.rtfThe 'Kodak Moment' for Coal - Why the Adani Mine Could Be a Financial Disaster 1117.rtf - switch from film to digitalInvestors Slowly Start to Push Climate Change up Their Agenda 0617.rtfExxon Investors Want a Bank-Style Stress Test for Climate Change 0617.rtfExxonMobil Shareholders Force It to Analyze and Disclose Climate Risks 0517.rtfCompany Climate Risk Disclosure Could Become Mandatory in a Few Years 0517.rtfInvestors Worth $20 Trillion Call for Climate Change Action 0517.rtfMost Global Investors Recognize Financial Risk of Climate Change 0417.rtfChina Solar, Wind to Attract $780 Billion Investment by 2030 - 0417.rtfTesla Passes Ford in Market Value, as Investors Bet on the Future 0417.rtfU.S. Solar Soared in 2016, but Investors Still Leery 0317.rtfNorway's Wealth Fund May Blacklist Firms over Emissions, Corruption Risk 0317.rtfBig Australian Banks Invest $7 Billion More in Fossil Fuels than Renewables 0317.rtfThe Investor Climate Bombshell Aussie Politicians Didn't Touch 0217.rtfInvestors, Insurers Urge G20 to Ditch Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020, Go Green 0217.rtfDeutsche Bank Pulls Out of Coal Projects to Meet Paris Climate Pledge 0117.rtfEU Says It Will Remain Top Investor against Climate Change 0117.rtfDavos Elite Focus on Climate Change, Ignoring Trump’s Skepticism 0117.rtfTrump May Not Like Alternative Energy, but Investors Should 0117.rtfRenewables Investment in UK to Fall 95% over Next 3 Years 0117.rtf
2015-2016 Articles
2015-2016 Articles
EU Requires Pension Funds to Assess Climate Change Risks 1116.rtfSuit Says ExxonMobil Should Have Cut Oil Reserves, Based on Climate Change 1116.rtfEnvironmentalists Get Dose of Good News - Investors Have Spoken 1116.rtfBillionaire Richard Branson on Donald Trump - Focus on Climate Change 1116.rtfTrump Win Boosts Coal, Hits Renewable Stocks 1116.rtfInvestors Call for Moratorium on Arctic High Seas Oil & Gas Activity 1116.rtfHere’s How the Drought Is Impacting Investment Markets 1016.rtfInvestors Threaten Car Industry on Climate 1016.rtfScramble for Green Yield in Europe Has Big Power Beating Banks 1016.rtfOil, Gas Investments Fell 25% in 2015 - 0916.rtfGlobal Investment in Energy Falls, but Renewables Remain Strong 0916.rtfLow-Carbon Investing in Vogue after Paris Climate Talks 0716.rtfEuropean Offshore Wind Investment Hits €14 Billion in 2016 - 0716.rtfInsurers, Banks, and Pension Funds Could All Be Hurt by Climate Change 0716.rtfFossil Fuel Investments Growing Riskier for Insurers, Report Warns 0516.rtfExxon Shareholders Take Only ‘Small Step Forward' on Climate 0516.rtfClimate Change Puts 1.3 Billion People, $158 Trillion at Risk, Says World Bank 0516.rtf‘Climate Risk’ Shareholder Proposals Gaining Steam 0516.rtfPlans for Coal-Fired Power in Asia Are ‘Disaster for Planet', Warns World Bank 0516.rtf
Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516.rtf - 7-14% GDP losses, by regionHalf of Leading Investors Ignoring Climate Change 0516.rtfWorld Bank to Spend 28% of Investments on Climate Change Projects 046.rtfClimate Fraud Investigation of Exxon Draws Attention of 18 Attorneys General 0316.rtfCoal Power Glut Puts $US1 Trillion of Investment at Risk 0316.rtfPeabody Coal's Bankruptcy Would Be Rocket Fuel to End Fossil Fuel Investment 0316.rtfChina Leads, as Green Energy Investment Plans Hit Record High 0316.rtfS.E.C. Orders Exxon Mobil Shareholder Vote on Climate Data 0316.rtfAs Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing 0316.rtfAn Oilman’s $7 Billion Course in the Economics of Drilling and Climate Change 0316.rtfShareholder Climate Resolutions Reach New High 0316.rtfJPMorgan, to Combat Climate Change, Won't Back New Coal Mines 0316.rtfWarren Buffett Delivers Cold-Blooded View of Global Warming to Shareholders 0216.rtfHave We Reached the Tipping Point for Investing in Renewable Energy? 0216.rtfFund Managers Who Ignore Climate Risk ‘Could Face Legal Action' 0216.rtfTidal Lagoon Technology Gets Multi-Million £ Boost 0216.rtfParis Climate Deal Seen Costing $12.1 Trillion Over 25 Years 0116.rtfHow Investors Are Waking Up to Climate Risk 0116.rtfAustralian Coal Mines Are One of Riskiest Investments in the World 0116.rtfSolar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable 0116.rtf - In 2015, $ invested & MW added exceeded those for fossil fuels, despite plunging, bargain prices for fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuel-Free Funds Outperformed Conventional Ones, Analysis Shows 0415.rtf - 13% vs 11.8% since 2010Investors Renew Pressure for Stronger Climate Stance 0116.rtfWind, Solar Power Soaring, in Spite of Bargain Prices for Fossil Fuels 0116.rtfExperts Predict Renewable Investment Boom, as Congress Renews Tax Credits 1215.rtfParis Climate Pact Sinks Coal Stocks, Lifts Renewable Energy 1215.rtfWestpac Bank Won’t Rule Out Coal Project Investments 'if They Fit Our Criteria' 1215.rtfBig Oil, Make Way for Big Solar - the Winners and Losers in Paris 1215.rtfRich Countries Agree to Slash Export Subsidies for Coal Plants 1115.rtfClimate Risk Could Undermine Investments, Report Warns 1115.rtfPeabody [Coal] Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks 1115.rtfAnalysts Expect Bankruptcy for Arch Coal, Reflecting Industry Woes 1115.rtfParis Climate Deal to Ignite $90 Trillion Energy Revolution 1015.rtfWorld Bank Pledges Extra $29 Billion to Poor Nations to Fight Climate Change 1015.rtfANZ 'Will Not Finance' Dirty Coal Plants, Pledges $10 Billion for Clean Energy 1015.rtfCitigroup, Citing Climate Change, Will Reduce Coal Financing 1015.rtfBank of England's Governor Mark Carney Warns of Climate Change Risk 0915.rtfNatural Disasters Pose Ratings Threat - S&P 0915.rtfMore Banks, Corporations & Brokers Value Stocks & Companies That Protect the Environment 0815.rtf365 Companies and Investors Support the EPA Clean Power Plan 0715.rtfInvestors Could Lose $4.2 Trillion from Climate Change Impacts 0715.rtfFrench (& Other) Banks Won’t Invest in Bangladesh’s Rampal Coal Plant 0615.rtfExxon, Chevron Stockolders Say ‘No' to Adding Climate Experts to Boards 0515.rtfWorld Needs to Triple Its Investments in Clean Energy Innovation 0515.rtfFossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables 0415.rtfBig Oil’s Heirs join Call for Action as Climate Summit Opens 0914.rtfChina Solar Expansion Needs Billions from Wary Investors 0415.rtfFormer Shell Boss - Fossil Fuel Industry Must ‘Change Profoundly' 0415.rtfRenewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415.rtfIn Historic Move, BP's Shareholders Adopt Global Warming Resolution 0415.rtfAustralia's Renewable Energy Investment Grinds to a Halt 0415.rtfUN Green Climate Fund Can Be Spent on Coal-Fired Power Generation 0315.rtfUse Financial Levers to Fight Climate Change 0315.rtfNew Online Platform Tracks Corporate Actions in Tropical Forests 0315.rtf$0.5 Trillion Green Bond Market, Led by China, Looks for a Regulator 0315.rtfWhen Legally Liable, Coal Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming 0315.rtfGovernor Mark Carney Defends Bank of England over Climate Change Study 0315.rtfShell & BP Call for Carbon Price, Financiers Divest from Fossil Fuels 0215.rtf - Some oil companies (at least Chevron, Exxon and Shell) use carbon prices of $60 and $80/ton as shadow prices in decision-making.Citigroup Sets Aside $100 Billion for Green Initiatives 0215.rtfBig Oil’s Groundhog Day- Will It See Looming Shadows? 0215.rtfApple Deal, Tax Change Could Spark Corporate Solar Stampede 0215.rtfShell Urges Shareholders to Accept Climate Resolution 0115.rtfModi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115.rtfRooftop Solar Adds $15,000 Premium to Home Values 0115.rtfClimate Mission Impossible - Scientists Say Fossil Fuels Must Go Untapped 0115.rtfGlobal Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516.rtf - 7-14% GDP losses, by region
Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516.rtf - 7-14% GDP losses, by regionHalf of Leading Investors Ignoring Climate Change 0516.rtfWorld Bank to Spend 28% of Investments on Climate Change Projects 046.rtfClimate Fraud Investigation of Exxon Draws Attention of 18 Attorneys General 0316.rtfCoal Power Glut Puts $US1 Trillion of Investment at Risk 0316.rtfPeabody Coal's Bankruptcy Would Be Rocket Fuel to End Fossil Fuel Investment 0316.rtfChina Leads, as Green Energy Investment Plans Hit Record High 0316.rtfS.E.C. Orders Exxon Mobil Shareholder Vote on Climate Data 0316.rtfAs Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing 0316.rtfAn Oilman’s $7 Billion Course in the Economics of Drilling and Climate Change 0316.rtfShareholder Climate Resolutions Reach New High 0316.rtfJPMorgan, to Combat Climate Change, Won't Back New Coal Mines 0316.rtfWarren Buffett Delivers Cold-Blooded View of Global Warming to Shareholders 0216.rtfHave We Reached the Tipping Point for Investing in Renewable Energy? 0216.rtfFund Managers Who Ignore Climate Risk ‘Could Face Legal Action' 0216.rtfTidal Lagoon Technology Gets Multi-Million £ Boost 0216.rtfParis Climate Deal Seen Costing $12.1 Trillion Over 25 Years 0116.rtfHow Investors Are Waking Up to Climate Risk 0116.rtfAustralian Coal Mines Are One of Riskiest Investments in the World 0116.rtfSolar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable 0116.rtf - In 2015, $ invested & MW added exceeded those for fossil fuels, despite plunging, bargain prices for fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuel-Free Funds Outperformed Conventional Ones, Analysis Shows 0415.rtf - 13% vs 11.8% since 2010Investors Renew Pressure for Stronger Climate Stance 0116.rtfWind, Solar Power Soaring, in Spite of Bargain Prices for Fossil Fuels 0116.rtfExperts Predict Renewable Investment Boom, as Congress Renews Tax Credits 1215.rtfParis Climate Pact Sinks Coal Stocks, Lifts Renewable Energy 1215.rtfWestpac Bank Won’t Rule Out Coal Project Investments 'if They Fit Our Criteria' 1215.rtfBig Oil, Make Way for Big Solar - the Winners and Losers in Paris 1215.rtfRich Countries Agree to Slash Export Subsidies for Coal Plants 1115.rtfClimate Risk Could Undermine Investments, Report Warns 1115.rtfPeabody [Coal] Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks 1115.rtfAnalysts Expect Bankruptcy for Arch Coal, Reflecting Industry Woes 1115.rtfParis Climate Deal to Ignite $90 Trillion Energy Revolution 1015.rtfWorld Bank Pledges Extra $29 Billion to Poor Nations to Fight Climate Change 1015.rtfANZ 'Will Not Finance' Dirty Coal Plants, Pledges $10 Billion for Clean Energy 1015.rtfCitigroup, Citing Climate Change, Will Reduce Coal Financing 1015.rtfBank of England's Governor Mark Carney Warns of Climate Change Risk 0915.rtfNatural Disasters Pose Ratings Threat - S&P 0915.rtfMore Banks, Corporations & Brokers Value Stocks & Companies That Protect the Environment 0815.rtf365 Companies and Investors Support the EPA Clean Power Plan 0715.rtfInvestors Could Lose $4.2 Trillion from Climate Change Impacts 0715.rtfFrench (& Other) Banks Won’t Invest in Bangladesh’s Rampal Coal Plant 0615.rtfExxon, Chevron Stockolders Say ‘No' to Adding Climate Experts to Boards 0515.rtfWorld Needs to Triple Its Investments in Clean Energy Innovation 0515.rtfFossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables 0415.rtfBig Oil’s Heirs join Call for Action as Climate Summit Opens 0914.rtfChina Solar Expansion Needs Billions from Wary Investors 0415.rtfFormer Shell Boss - Fossil Fuel Industry Must ‘Change Profoundly' 0415.rtfRenewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415.rtfIn Historic Move, BP's Shareholders Adopt Global Warming Resolution 0415.rtfAustralia's Renewable Energy Investment Grinds to a Halt 0415.rtfUN Green Climate Fund Can Be Spent on Coal-Fired Power Generation 0315.rtfUse Financial Levers to Fight Climate Change 0315.rtfNew Online Platform Tracks Corporate Actions in Tropical Forests 0315.rtf$0.5 Trillion Green Bond Market, Led by China, Looks for a Regulator 0315.rtfWhen Legally Liable, Coal Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming 0315.rtfGovernor Mark Carney Defends Bank of England over Climate Change Study 0315.rtfShell & BP Call for Carbon Price, Financiers Divest from Fossil Fuels 0215.rtf - Some oil companies (at least Chevron, Exxon and Shell) use carbon prices of $60 and $80/ton as shadow prices in decision-making.Citigroup Sets Aside $100 Billion for Green Initiatives 0215.rtfBig Oil’s Groundhog Day- Will It See Looming Shadows? 0215.rtfApple Deal, Tax Change Could Spark Corporate Solar Stampede 0215.rtfShell Urges Shareholders to Accept Climate Resolution 0115.rtfModi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115.rtfRooftop Solar Adds $15,000 Premium to Home Values 0115.rtfClimate Mission Impossible - Scientists Say Fossil Fuels Must Go Untapped 0115.rtfGlobal Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516.rtf - 7-14% GDP losses, by region
2013-2014 Articles
2013-2014 Articles
9 Reasons Not to Be Depressed about the Planet 1214.rtfFinancing Climate Safety 1214.rtfNorway Wealth Fund Targets $3 Billion in Green Technology Stakes 1214.rtfWorld Bank to Focus Future Investment on Clean Energy 1114.rtfMajor Investors Worried about Companies' Readiness for Climate Change 1114.rtfSolyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit 1114.rtfBig Business Climate Change Movement Grows in Size and Heft 0914.rtfTop 5 Takeaways From the United Nations Climate Summit 0914.rtfA Mere $1 Trillion Annual Investment Goal Puts Climate Solutions within Reach 0914.rtfThis Approach to Climate Change Doesn't Involve Obama, the Senate or the UN 0814.rtfShareholder Resolutions Prompt Multinationals to Set Greenhouse Gas Targets 0814.rtfNations Vulnerable to Climate Change Face Credit Rating Hit, Warns S&P 0714.rtfRisky Business - Bloomberg, Paulson, Steyer et al. 0614.pdf - 56 ppClimate Change to Hit Sovereign Creditworthiness - S&P 0514.rtfLloyd's Calls on Insurers to Take into Account Climate-Change Risk 0514.rtfEnergy Change Means Peril for Investors 1113.rtfHeat Is On as Costs of Tackling Global Warming Set to Soar 0913.rtfWorld Bank Aids New Coal Project Abroad, Defying Its Policy 0913.rtfWashington’s Top Firms Silent On Climate Risks Despite SEC Rule 0913.rtfBanks Put a Price on Earth's Life Support 0813.rtfCarbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices 0712.rtfSEC Votes for More Climate Risk Disclosure 0109.rtfFund Managers Say Climate Change Influences Investments Worth $14 Trillion 0813.rtfUS Investors Show Climate Clout 0713.rtfInsurance Industry, Republicans Split on Climate Change 0713.rtf$20 Trillion from Investors Call for GHG Targets 1011.rtfInvestor Group Calls for Water Utilities to Be More Open about Climate Risks 0413.rtfInstitutional Investors Urge Climate Agreement 1108.rtfNYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts 0308.rtfSEC May Require Climate Change Disclosure 1009.rtfSEC Looks at Climate Disclosure 0709.rtfInvestors Seek Ways to Profit from Global Warming 0313.rtfHigh Carbon Emitters ‘Are Valued Lower’ 0411.rtfCapturing the Gains from Carbon Storage - JP Morgan 0407.pdfClimate Consequences & Companies to Invest In, Update - Citi 0407.pdfCompanies for Scarce Water 0108.pdf
Carbon Asset Bubble
Carbon Asset Bubble
The graphs above show that proven reserves and especially potential carbon reserves are more than 2-4 times as large as the generally accepted carbon budget to hold global warming even to 3°C.* There is no chance (right) of keeping the probability of warming less than 1.5°C below 20%, and only a modest chance (future burning would be only 40% as much as we've burned already) of keeping it below 50%. Burning all our proven carbon reserves is a recipe warming of well over 5°C, which some call a doomsday scenario.
* [this website’s author’s note: The ability to meet a 3°C target neglects positive feedback effects from albedo changes as sulfates in the air are phased out and as sea ice, snow cover, and ice sheets melt and mostly vanish - except for much of East Antarctica. It must be supplemented by removing most CO2 that humans have put in the air.]
The riskiness in some stock exchanges from a carbon asset bubble.
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Half of World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Be Worthless by 2036 - 1121.rtf1 Year from Today, We’ll Have Blown the World’s Entire Carbon Budget 0117.rtf - Actually, we blew thru it about 1970. The article’s view of the carbon budget, and future warming, is based on neglecting non-GHG feedbacks and effects. Most notable are albedo (reflectivity) changes from less sulfur, sea ice, snow, clouds, and land ice. Also notable are (1) feedbacksdue to warming from those abedo changes increasing atmospheric levels of H2O, the #1 greenhouse gas, and (2) delayed surface warming as the deep ocean warms over centuries, until equilibrium is re-establlished with the surface and top of the atmosphere. The pre-civilization climate record is clear that these “long-term” effects are large, larger than (about 2 x) the short-term effects from human-emitted greenhouse gases alone.The Carbon Bubble - Why Investors Can No Longer Ignore Climate Risks 1016.rtfExisting Coal, Oil and Gas Fields Will Blow Carbon Budget 0916.rtfA New Debate over Pricing the Risks of Climate Change 0916.rtfGalilee Basin Coal Must Be Left in Ground as a ‘Priority’ – New Report 0916.rtfStudy Predicts All Antarctic Ice to Melt if All Fossil Fuels Are Burned 0915.rtfAl Gore's Business Partner Warns Investors of Fossil Fuel Risks 0515.rtfClick for moreArticles
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Firms Own Unburnable Fossil Fuels 0413.rtf - summary of the report below
Unburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdf - 40 pp. Also above, in Economics.
Dr. Fry’s note: The actual remaining carbon budget is far less than zero. Climate models available in 2013 neglected or greatly underestimated the effects of albedo changes (ice and snow melting, cloud changes, loss of sulfates, etc.) Thus, they greatly underestimated how much Earth’s surface would warm in years to come.Wall Street Demands Answers from Producers on Unburnable Carbon 1013.rtfGet Your Cash Out of Fossil Fuel Backed Funds - UN Climate Chief 0114.rtfUnburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdfGamble on Carbon Asset Bubble and the Climate Could Trigger New Financial Crisis 0813.rtfUnburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdf - 40 pp. Also above, in Economics.
Dr. Fry’s note: The actual remaining carbon budget is far less than zero. Climate models available in 2013 neglected or greatly underestimated the effects of albedo changes (ice and snow melting, cloud changes, loss of sulfates, etc.) Thus, they greatly underestimated how much Earth’s surface would warm in years to come.Investor Group Calls for Water Utilities to Be More Open about Climate Risks 0413.rtfInvestors Seek Ways to Profit from Global Warming 0313.rtfCarbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices 0712.rtf$20 Trillion from Investors Call for GHG Targets 1011.rtfHigh Carbon Emitters ‘Are Valued Lower’ 0411.rtfSEC May Require Climate Change Disclosure 1009.rtfSEC Looks at Climate Disclosure 0709.rtf, dittoSEC Votes for More Climate Risk Disclosure 0109.rtf, dittoInstitutional Investors Urge Climate Agreement 1108.rtfNYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts 0308.rtfWater Worries: Companies for Scarce Water - Citi 0108 - PDF- pdf, 50 ppClimate Consequences & Companies to Invest In, Update - Citi 0407.pdf - 45 ppCapturing the Gains from Carbon Storage - JP Morgan 0407.pdf - 24 ppThe Business of Climate Change - Lehman Bros 0207.pdf - 145 pp - "Going Green Gets the Green”.
This is an especially good summary of climate change and its impacts, to date (2007) and future.
Firms Own Unburnable Fossil Fuels 0413.rtf - summary of the report below
Unburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdf - 40 pp. Also above, in Economics.
Dr. Fry’s note: The actual remaining carbon budget is far less than zero. Climate models available in 2013 neglected or greatly underestimated the effects of albedo changes (ice and snow melting, cloud changes, loss of sulfates, etc.) Thus, they greatly underestimated how much Earth’s surface would warm in years to come.Wall Street Demands Answers from Producers on Unburnable Carbon 1013.rtfGet Your Cash Out of Fossil Fuel Backed Funds - UN Climate Chief 0114.rtfUnburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdfGamble on Carbon Asset Bubble and the Climate Could Trigger New Financial Crisis 0813.rtfUnburnable Carbon - Grantham Inst. 0413.pdf - 40 pp. Also above, in Economics.
Dr. Fry’s note: The actual remaining carbon budget is far less than zero. Climate models available in 2013 neglected or greatly underestimated the effects of albedo changes (ice and snow melting, cloud changes, loss of sulfates, etc.) Thus, they greatly underestimated how much Earth’s surface would warm in years to come.Investor Group Calls for Water Utilities to Be More Open about Climate Risks 0413.rtfInvestors Seek Ways to Profit from Global Warming 0313.rtfCarbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices 0712.rtf$20 Trillion from Investors Call for GHG Targets 1011.rtfHigh Carbon Emitters ‘Are Valued Lower’ 0411.rtfSEC May Require Climate Change Disclosure 1009.rtfSEC Looks at Climate Disclosure 0709.rtf, dittoSEC Votes for More Climate Risk Disclosure 0109.rtf, dittoInstitutional Investors Urge Climate Agreement 1108.rtfNYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts 0308.rtfWater Worries: Companies for Scarce Water - Citi 0108 - PDF- pdf, 50 ppClimate Consequences & Companies to Invest In, Update - Citi 0407.pdf - 45 ppCapturing the Gains from Carbon Storage - JP Morgan 0407.pdf - 24 ppThe Business of Climate Change - Lehman Bros 0207.pdf - 145 pp - "Going Green Gets the Green”.
This is an especially good summary of climate change and its impacts, to date (2007) and future.
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