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2021-2024 Articles
European Banks Are Building Loan Loss Reserves for Climate Risks 0724
Returns of $7.2 Trillion Green Sector Outpaced Only by Tech Stocks 0724 - Green is profitable, especially energy efficiency.
Climate Change’s ‘Physical Risks’ Are Catching Up with Banks 0424
Shifting Climate Scenarios Muddy the Picture for Investors 0224
World’s Biggest Banks Made $3 Billion on Green Debt in 2023, Passing Oil & Gas 0124
Smarter Energy Use Is a New Green Bet for Big-Money Investors 0124
Rich Nations Hit Overdue $100 Billion Climate Fund Goal in 2022 - 1123
Green Bank Fees Overtake Fossil Fuel Bank Fees for 2nd Straight Year 1023
World Bank Spent Billions of Dollars Backing Fossil Fuels in 2022 - 0923
Wealthy Oil Nation Lays Groundwork for ‘Eye-Popping’ Climate Fund 0823
Church of England Divests from Fossil Fuels after Oil Companies Fail on Climate 0623
Insurers' Climate Alliance Loses Nearly Half iIs Members after More Quit 0523
Why World Bank Head’s Resignation Is Good News for Climate Crisis Fight 0223
A $39 Trillion Investor Alliance Gives Warning on Carbon Offsets 0223
Investor Group Bans Carbon Removal from CO2 Reduction Plans 0123
How the World Bank Can Help Save the Planet 0123
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Mark Carney Sees ‘Wall of Opportunity’ for Energy Investors 1122
2/3 of US Money for Fossil Fuel Pours into Africa, despite Climate Goals 1022
Clean Energy Transition Gains Speed, despite Global Tumult 1022
Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion of Assets in Pursuit of 1.5°C Climate Goal 0922
Princeton to Cut Holdings in Publicly Traded Fossil-Fuel Companies 0922
Investors with $39 Trillion Urge Government to Plan Fossil Fuel Phase Out 0922
Carbon-Removal Industry Draws Billions to Fight Climate Change 0622
Barclays Says Climate Disaster May Collapse Major Currencies 0622
Heat Wave in India Poses Risks for Nation’s Credit, Moody’s Says 0522
Banks Bet Big on Coal in Indonesia, Bucking Global Shift Away from Fossil Fuel 0522
Religious Leaders Urge Banks to Stop Financing Drivers of Climate Change 0522
Indonesian Coal Billionaire Thohir to Use Profit Boom to Begin Green Shift 0422
China’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing 0422
Something Is Acting a Lot like a Carbon Price in Our Economy. It’s Called Risk. 0322
India’s Clean Energy Got More Money from Loans Than Coal for 3rd Year 1221
Adopt Net-Zero Goal or See Debt Costs Spiral, Australia Warned 1121
Good Business 1121 - Go green, avoid stranded fossil fuel assets.
How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest 1121
Half of World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Be Worthless by 2036 - 1121
Carney Tells Net-Zero Investors They Won’t Face Lower Returns 1121
Carney Unveils $130 Trillion in Climate Finance Commitments 1121
The Divestment Movement’s Big Month 1021
Investors Managing $6.6 Trillion Call for Funding Carbon Removal 0921
A $15 Billion Trade for South Africa - Debt Relief for Green Energy $ 0921
Banks Warn They’re Not Ready for European Central Bank’s Historic Climate Test 0921
Harvard Commits to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0921
Insurance Industry to Limit Fossil Fuel Exposure amid Growing Climate Threat 0821
Debt in a Warm Climate - Coronavirus and Carbon Set Scene for Default 0821
EU Deal Forces Investors to Shift Gears on Climate Threat 0721
Fed Chair Powell Warns of ‘Profound Challenges' Posed by Climate Change 0621
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to Build New Kind of Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming 0621
Asian Development Bank Plans Exit from Coal Finance 0521
Coal Financing Costs Surge as Investors Opt for Renewable Energy 0421 - 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
Global Warming Could Cut over 60 Countries' Credit Ratings by 2030 - 0321
World Bank Revises Climate Policy, but Doesn’t Halt Fossil Fuel Funding 0321
Climate Change Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to Financial Markets - Janet Yellen 0321
3 Ways that Biden Could Green the Financial System 0321
Rutgers to Drop Fossil Fuel Investments in Battle against Climate Change 0321
Elon Musk Pledges $100 Million to Carbon Capture Contest 0221
Norway’s Trillion-Dollar Wealth Fund Sold Off Its Last Fossil Fuel Investments 0121
Microsoft Climate Fund Backs Climeworks Effort to Suck Up Carbon 0121
Davos - Green Transition Is a $50-Trillion Investment Opportunity 0121
Investors See Green Returns as Renewable Energy Rises 0121
BlackRock’s Fink Says Companies, Governments Must Team Up on Climate Change 0121
2019-2020 Articles
New York’s $226 Billion Pension Fund Is Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks 1220
Malaysian Bank to Phase Out Coal Finance 1220
Federal Reserve Warns of Climate Risks, in Historic 1st 1120
Markets Are Divesting You from Fossil Fuels 1020
Philanthropies Flow Funds to Climate Technologies 1020
Cambridge University Makes $4.5 Billion Fossil-Fuel Divestment Promise 1020
US Wildfires Could Spark Financial Crisis, Advisory Panel Finds 0920 - take 2 on report
Wall Street Watchdog Calls for Carbon Pricing, Better Prep for Climate Change 0920 - take 1 on CFTC report
Investors Are Sending the Oil Industry Signals, but Is Oil Giant Exxon Listening? 0820
Major Investment Firm Dumps Exxon, Chevron and Rio Tinto Stock 0820
Boris Johnson Poised to Stop UK Funding Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects 0820
The Pandemic Has Accelerated Climate Action from Banks 0820
Deutsche Bank Says It Will No Longer Invest in Fracking or Arctic Oil 0720
John Kerry Backs New Carbon-Price ETF in Climate Change Fight 0720
Climate Change Poses ‘Systemic Threat’ to the Economy, Big Investors Warn 0720
Australia’s #2 Pension Fund Divests from Thermal Coal 0720
Australian Banks Undermine Paris Agreement with $7 Billion in Fossil Fuel Loans 0720
Conference of Mayors Resolution Urges Fossil Fuel Divestiture 0720
George Washington University to Fully Divest from Fossil Fuels by 2025 - 0620
3 Years and $3 Trillion Could Shift the Climate Change Narrative 0620
Global New Clean Energy Investment Totaled $282 Billion Last Year 0620
Companies Worth $2 Trillion Are Calling for a Green Recovery 0520
IMF Warns Investors - You're Not Ready for Climate Change 0520
Chevron’s Investors Defy Board in Demanding Climate Disclosures 0520
Global Investors Say Rich Nations Must Make Pandemic Recovery Plans Green 0520
Wall Street Is Halting Financing for Arctic-Oil Drilling 0420
For Big Oil, This Crisis Will Be Different, and It May Be Irreversible 0420
Green Utilities Are Proving a Safe Haven in Market Rout 0420
As Investors and Insurers Back Away, the Economics of Coal Turn Toxic 0320
British Billionaire Hohn Launches Campaign to Starve Coal Plants of Finance 0320
World's Financial Firms Risk $1 Trillion Losses if Slow to Act on Climate Change 0220
JP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis Is Threat to Human Race 0220
Fires and Climate Fears Rattle Australia's Giant Coal Lobby 0220
Global Financial Giants Swear Off Funding Very Dirty Tar Sands Oil 0220
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Even a Very Good Investment 0220
Credit Suisse, Others Back Initiative to Factor CO2 Cuts into Shipping Finance 0220
U.S. Clean Energy Investment Hits New Record, despite Trump Administration 0120
The Next Investing Trend Is Climate Restoration 0120
BlackRock Will Put Climate Change at Center of Investment Strategy 0120
Fed Officials Increasingly Warn that Climate Change Could Damage the Economy 0120
Bank of England to Stress-Test Financial System against Climate Change Risks 1219
Climate Change Could Wipe $2.3 Trillion off Global Stocks 1219
Climate Change Poses Risk to Financial System, Bank of Canada Governor Says 1119
EU Bank to Stop Fossil Fuel Lending 1119
World's Energy Watchdog Is Undermining Climate Change Battle, Critics Say 1119 - 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
Stopping Global Warming Will Cost $50 Trillion - Morgan Stanley Report 1019 - 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
Major Investors to Ask Companies to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1019 - They represent $35 trillion in assets.
Businesses Would Gain $2.1 Trillion by Embracing Low-Carbon Tech 0619
Development Banks' Climate Funding at All-Time High in 2018 - 0619
The Bank of Canada Declared Climate Change a Financial Risk. Now What? 0519
Climate-Action Delay May Cost Investors More than $1 Trillion 0519
Fed Is Preparing for Economic Damage from Climate Change - Powell to Congress 0519
Report Finds World Bank’s Coal Divestment Pledge Not Stringent Enough 0419
Official Warning to Banks - Get Serious about Climate Change or Risk Going Bust 0419
Climate Change Could Spur Financial Crisis – Federal Reserve Bank of SF 0319
Banks Pumped $1.9 Trillion into Fossil Fuels since the Paris Climate Deal 0319
Energy Analysts Forecast 'the End of Coal' in Asia, as Japanese Investors Back Renewables 0319
A Future without Fossil Fuels? - Investors View 0319 - by Bill McKibben
Norway’s Giant Oil Fund Takes 1st Step Out of Petroleum 0319
Wall Street Is More Than Willing to Fund the Green New Deal 0219
Investors Join Calls for a Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change 0119
The Next Financial Crisis Could Be Caused by Climate Change 0119
'A List' Climate Change Firms Outperform on Stock Market 0119
2017-2018 Articles
Tackle Climate or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors 1218
More than 1,000 Institutions Pledge to Withdraw Investment from Fossil Fuels 1218
World Bank to Invest $200 Billion to Combat Climate Change 1218
Climate Change Is Getting So Real, Investors Are Converting to a Carbon Price 1018
Climate Change Will Get Worse. These Investors Are Betting on It. 1018
Fossil Fuel Divestment Funds Rise to $6 Trillion 0918
Ireland Moves to Divest From Fossil Fuels 0718
Church of England to Withdraw Funds from Polluting Firms that Don’t Tackle Climate Change 0718
Norway Wealth Fund Nears Blacklisting Greenhouse Gas Emitters 0618
Disclosing Climate-Related Financial Information Is a Game Changer 0618
British Lawmakers Want Big Companies to Report Their Climate-Change Risks 0618
“Stranded” Fossil Fuel Assets May Prompt $4 Trillion Crisis 0618
Big investors Urge G7 to Step Up Climate Action, Shift from Coal 0618
Powerful Investors Push Big Companies to Plan for Climate Change 0518
3 Dozen Shareholder Climate Resolutions Target Oil, Gas, Power Companies 0318
Apparently, We Can Let the Stock Market Fight Climate Change 0318
Banks Told They're Lagging on Response to Climate Risks 0218
Edinburgh University Divests from All Fossil Fuels 0218
BlackRock's $6 Trillion and the Social Purpose of Corporations 0118
Moody Investors Service Announcement on Climate Change Risks 1217
World Bank to End Financial Support for Oil and Gas Exploration 1217
The 'Kodak Moment' for Coal - Why the Adani Mine Could Be a Financial Disaster 1117 - switch from film to digital
Lloyd’s of London to Divest from Coal 1117
Growing Number of Global Insurance Firms Divesting from Fossil Fuels 1117
Shunning Fossil Fuels, 40 Catholic Groups Seek Divestment and Climate Action 1017
Climate Change Risk Prompts NZ Super Fund to Sell Shares in Oil, Gas Firms 0817
Investors Slowly Start to Push Climate Change up Their Agenda 0617
Exxon Investors Want a Bank-Style Stress Test for Climate Change 0617
ExxonMobil Shareholders Force It to Analyze and Disclose Climate Risks 0517
Company Climate Risk Disclosure Could Become Mandatory in a Few Years 0517
Investors Worth $20 Trillion Call for Climate Change Action 0517
Harvard ‘Pausing' Investments in Some Fossil Fuels 0417
Most Global Investors Recognize Financial Risk of Climate Change 0417
China Solar, Wind to Attract $780 Billion Investment by 2030 - 0417
Tesla Passes Ford in Market Value, as Investors Bet on the Future 0417
U.S. Solar Soared in 2016, but Investors Still Leery 0317
Norway's Wealth Fund May Blacklist Firms over Emissions, Corruption Risk 0317
Big Australian Banks Invest $7 Billion More in Fossil Fuels than Renewables 0317
The Investor Climate Bombshell Aussie Politicians Didn't Touch 0217
Investors, Insurers Urge G20 to Ditch Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020, Go Green 0217
Health Fund HCF Divests from Fossil Fuels, Saying Industry Harms Members 0217
Deutsche Bank Pulls Out of Coal Projects to Meet Paris Climate Pledge 0117
EU Says It Will Remain Top Investor against Climate Change 0117
Davos Elite Focus on Climate Change, Ignoring Trump’s Skepticism 0117
Trump May Not Like Alternative Energy, but Investors Should 0117
Renewables Investment in UK to Fall 95% over Next 3 Years 0117
2015-2016 Articles
Fossil Fuel Divestments Now Represent $5.2 Trillion 1216
EU Requires Pension Funds to Assess Climate Change Risks 1116
Suit Says ExxonMobil Should Have Cut Oil Reserves, Based on Climate Change 1116
Environmentalists Get Dose of Good News - Investors Have Spoken 1116
Billionaire Richard Branson on Donald Trump - Focus on Climate Change 1116
Trump Win Boosts Coal, Hits Renewable Stocks 1116
Investors Call for Moratorium on Arctic High Seas Oil & Gas Activity 1116
Here’s How the Drought Is Impacting Investment Markets 1016
Investors Threaten Car Industry on Climate 1016
Scramble for Green Yield in Europe Has Big Power Beating Banks 1016
Oil, Gas Investments Fell 25% in 2015 - 0916
Global Investment in Energy Falls, but Renewables Remain Strong 0916
Low-Carbon Investing in Vogue after Paris Climate Talks 0716
European Offshore Wind Investment Hits €14 Billion in 2016 - 0716
Insurers, Banks, and Pension Funds Could All Be Hurt by Climate Change 0716
Catholic Orders Take Their Lead from the Pope and Divest from Fossil Fuels 0616
Fossil Fuel Investments Growing Riskier for Insurers, Report Warns 0516
Exxon Shareholders Take Only ‘Small Step Forward' on Climate 0516
Climate Change Puts 1.3 Billion People, $158 Trillion at Risk, Says World Bank 0516
‘Climate Risk’ Shareholder Proposals Gaining Steam 0516
Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516 7-14% GDP losses, by region
Half of Leading Investors Ignoring Climate Change 0516
World Bank to Spend 28% of Investments on Climate Change Projects 0416
Climate Fraud Investigation of Exxon Draws Attention of 18 Attorneys General 0316
Coal Power Glut Puts $US1 Trillion of Investment at Risk 0316
Peabody Coal's Bankruptcy Would Be Rocket Fuel to End Fossil Fuel Investment 0316
China Leads, as Green Energy Investment Plans Hit Record High 0316
Rockefeller Family Charity to End All Fossil Fuel Investments 0316
S.E.C. Orders Exxon Mobil Shareholder Vote on Climate Data 0316
As Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing 0316
An Oilman’s $7 Billion Course in the Economics of Drilling and Climate Change 0316
New York Pension Fund Passed Up $5 Billion by Not Divesting from Fossil Fuels 0316
Shareholder Climate Resolutions Reach New High 0316
JPMorgan, to Combat Climate Change, Won't Back New Coal Mines 0316
Warren Buffett Delivers Cold-Blooded View of Global Warming to Shareholders 0216
Have We Reached the Tipping Point for Investing in Renewable Energy? 0216
Fund Managers Who Ignore Climate Risk ‘Could Face Legal Action' 0216
California Teachers' Pension Fund to Divest U.S. Coal Assets 0216
Tidal Lagoon Technology Gets Multi-Million £ Boost 0216
How Investors Are Waking Up to Climate Risk 0116
Paris Climate Deal Seen Costing $12.1 Trillion Over 25 Years 0116
Australian Coal Mines Are One of Riskiest Investments in the World 0116
Copenhagen Set to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0116
Solar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable 0116
In 2015, $ invested & MW added exceeded those for fossil fuels, despite plunging, bargain prices for fossil fuels.
Investors Renew Pressure for Stronger Climate Stance 0116
Wind, Solar Power Soaring, in Spite of Bargain Prices for Fossil Fuels 0116
Experts Predict Renewable Investment Boom, as Congress Renews Tax Credits 1215
Paris Climate Pact Sinks Coal Stocks, Lifts Renewable Energy 1215
Australia’s Westpac Bank Won’t Rule Out Coal Project Investments 'if They Fit Our Criteria' 1215
Rich Countries Agree to Slash Export Subsidies for Coal Plants 1115
Climate Risk Could Undermine Investments, Report Warns 1115
Peabody [Coal] Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks 1115
Analysts Expect Bankruptcy for Arch Coal, Reflecting Industry Woes 1115
Paris Climate Deal to Ignite $90 Trillion Energy Revolution 1015
Australian Academy of Science Divests from Fossil Fuel Companies 1015
ANZ 'Will Not Finance' Dirty Coal Plants, Pledges $10 Billion for Clean Energy 1015
World Bank Pledges Extra $29 Billion to Poor Nations to Fight Climate Change 1015
Citigroup, Citing Climate Change, Will Reduce Coal Financing 1015
Bank of England's Governor Mark Carney Warns of Climate Change Risk 0915
Divestment Efforts Starting to Hit Canada’s Coal and Oil Firms 0915
Natural Disasters Pose Ratings Threat - S&P 0915
California Passes Bill to Divest Largest Pension Funds from Coal 0915
More Banks, Corporations & Brokers Value Stocks & Companies That Protect the Environment 0815
Canadian Medical Association Divesting Fossil Fuel Holdings 0815
365 Companies and Investors Support the EPA Clean Power Plan 0715
Investors Could Lose $4.2 Trillion from Climate Change Impacts 0715
Episcopal Church Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuel Holdings 0715
French (& Other) Banks Won’t Invest in Bangladesh’s Rampal Coal Plant 0615
Coal Crash - How Pension Funds Face Huge Risk from Climate Change 0615
Exxon, Chevron Stockholders Say ‘No' to Adding Climate Experts to Boards 0515
Norway Fund’s Dumping of Coal Could Trigger Large Divestment Wave 0515
Axa, France’s Largest Insurer, to Shed Coal Shares 0515
Leading Health Charities Should Divest from Fossil Fuels, Say Climate Scientists 0515
Members of 3 Danish Pension Funds Vote to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0515
Al Gore's Business Partner Warns Investors of Fossil Fuel Risks 0515
Coal Investments Are Increasingly Risky, Says Bank of America 0515
World Needs to Triple Its Investments in Clean Energy Innovation 0515
Swarthmore College to Keep Fossil Fuel Funds 0515
Church of England’s Coal, Tar Sands Divestment Influences Climate Change Fight 0515
China Solar Expansion Needs Billions from Wary Investors 0415
Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables 0415
G20 - Fossil Fuel Fears Could Hammer Global Financial System 0415
UK’s Prince Charles on Brink of Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments 0415
Former Shell Boss - Fossil Fuel Industry Must ‘Change Profoundly’ 0415
Investors’ Climate Change ‘Gamble’ Exposed 0415
Carbon Reserves Held by Top Fossil Fuel Companies Soar 0415
Renewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415
In Historic Move, BP's Shareholders Adopt Global Warming Resolution 0415
Australia's Renewable Energy Investment Grinds to a Halt 0415
Fossil Fuel-Free Funds Outperformed Conventional Ones, Analysis Shows 0415 - 13% vs 11.8% since 2010
UN Green Climate Fund Can Be Spent on Coal-Fired Power Generation 0315
Use Financial Levers to Fight Climate Change - Dhaka Editorial 0315
Rockefeller Brothers Fund - it Is Our Moral Duty to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0315
New Online Platform Tracks Corporate Actions in Tropical Forests 0315
$0.5 Trillion Green Bond Market, Led by China, Looks for a Regulator 0315
US Episcopal Church Says Climate Change Denial Is Immoral. 0315
When Legally Liable, Coal Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming 0315
London Mayor Told to Divest £4.8 Billion Pension Fund from Fossil Fuels 0315
Governor Mark Carney Defends Bank of England over Climate Change Study 0315
Oslo Divests from Coal Companies 0315
China’s Bursting Coal Bubble Raises Fear of Stranded Assets 0315
Shell & BP Call for Carbon Price & Financiers Divest from Fossil Fuels 0215
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
Big Oil’s Groundhog Day - Will It See Looming Shadows? 0215
Apple Deal, Tax Change Could Spark Corporate Solar Stampede 0215
Fossil Fuel Lobby Goes on the Offensive Against Divestment Movement 0215
World's Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund Dumps Dozens of Coal Companies 0215
Shell Urges Shareholders to Accept Climate Resolution 0115
Nordea (Big Nordic Bank) Divests Coal Shares – Canary in Coal Mine? 0115
Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115
Rooftop Solar Adds $15,000 Premium to Home Values 0115
Stanford Professors Urge Withdrawal from Fossil Fuel Investments 0115
Climate Mission Impossible - Scientists Say Fossil Fuels Must Go Untapped 0115
2013-2014 Articles
9 Reasons Not to Be Depressed about the Planet 1214
Largest Swedish Pension Fund Divests from Fossil Fuel 1214
2014 - Riding a Rocket, Divestment Movement Gains Momentum 1214
California Governor Brown’s Plan - Divest from Coal to Fight Global Warming 1214
Church of England Challenges BP and Shell over Global Warming 1214
Oil Investors on Brink of Losing $Trillions in Assets - That Road Runner Moment 1214
Norway Wealth Fund Targets $3 Billion in Green Technology Stakes 1214
Bank of England to Examine Financial Risks Linked to Fossil Fuels 1114
World Bank to Focus Future Investment on Clean Energy 1114
Major Investors Worried about Companies' Readiness for Climate Change 1114
Solyndra Program, Vilified by Republicans, Turns a Profit 1114
Churches Go Green by Shedding Fossil Fuel Holdings 1014
Glasgow University to Sell Its Fossil Fuel Investments 1014
Big Business Climate Change Movement Grows in Size and Heft 0914
Top 5 Takeaways From the United Nations Climate Summit 0914
Big Oil’s Heirs join Call for Action as Climate Summit Opens 0914
Experts, Activists Push Philanthropies to Drop Coal, Oil, Gas Investments 0914
A Mere $1 Trillion Annual Investment Goal Puts Climate Solutions within Reach 0914
This Approach to Climate Change Doesn't Involve Obama, the Senate or the UN 0814
Wall Street Warned About $91 Billion of High-Risk Oil Megaprojects 0814
Shareholder Resolutions Prompt Multinationals to Set Greenhouse Gas Targets 0814
Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change Face Credit Rating Hit, Warns S&P 0714
Tobacco and Fossil Fuels Lose Out, as Investors Opt for More Ethical Industries 0714
Risky Business - Bloomberg, Paulson, Steyer et al. 0614 - PDF, 56 pp
Stanford Divesting Coal Helps Students Seeking Domino Effect 0514
Climate Change to Hit Sovereign Creditworthiness - S&P 0514
Lloyd's Calls on Insurers to Take into Account Climate-Change Risk 0514
Carbon Bubble Threatens Stock Markets, Say MPs 0314
Get Your Cash Out of Fossil Fuel Backed Funds - UN Climate Chief 0114
Coal Seen as New Tobacco, Sparking Investor Backlash 1113
Energy Change Means Peril for Investors 1113
Wall Street Demands Answers from Producers on Unburnable Carbon 1013
Heat Is On, as Costs of Tackling Global Warming Set to Soar 0913
World Bank Aids New Coal Project Abroad, Defying Its Policy 0913
Washington’s Top Firms Silent On Climate Risks Despite SEC Rule 0913
Should You Divest from Coal and Oil? 0913
World Bank Pilots Climate Insurance 0913
Banks Put a Price on Earth's Life Support 0813
Students Press Schools to Drop Fossil Fuel Stocks 0813
Fund Managers Say Climate Change Influences Investments Worth $14 Trillion 0813
Gamble on Carbon Asset Bubble & the Climate Could Trigger New Financial Crisis 0813
US Investors Show Climate Clout 0713
Insurance Industry, Republicans Split on Climate Change 0713
Carbon Asset Bubble
These graphs 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 and ice sheets (and snow cover) 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.
Articles
Half of World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Be Worthless by 2036 - 1121
1 Year from Today, We’ll Have Blown the World’s Entire Carbon Budget 0117 - 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
Existing Coal, Oil and Gas Fields Will Blow Carbon Budget 0916
A New Debate over Pricing the Risks of Climate Change 0916
Galilee Basin Coal Must Be Left in Ground as a ‘Priority’ – New Report 0916
Study Predicts All Antarctic Ice to Melt if All Fossil Fuels Are Burned 0915
Firms Own Unburnable Fossil Fuels 0413 - summary of the report below
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Unburnable Carbon: Wasted Capital and Stranded Assets - 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
Investors Seek Ways to Profit from Global Warming 0313
Carbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices 0712
$20 Trillion from Investors Call for GHG Targets 1011
High Carbon Emitters ‘Are Valued Lower’ 0411
SEC May Require Climate Change Disclosure 1009
SEC Looks at Climate Disclosure 0709, ditto
SEC Votes for More Climate Risk Disclosure 0109, ditto
Institutional Investors Urge Climate Agreement 1108
NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts 0308
Water Worries: Companies for Scarce Water - Citi 0108 - PDF- pdf, 50 pp
Climate Consequences & Companies to Invest In, Update - Citi 0407 - PDF, 45 pp
Capturing the Gains from Carbon Storage - JP Morgan 0407 - PDF, 24 pp
The 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.
Section Map: Economics, etc.