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🚨 Big news for carbon removal! ↓ The UK is set to become one of the first countries to formally integrate carbon dioxide removals into its Emissions Trading Scheme — a policy shift with exciting implications for the future of carbon markets. What does this policy update mean in practice? 🔹 A route for high-quality removals like direct air capture to enter compliance markets 🔹 Increased trust in throughly-regulated removals 🔹 Clearer and more stable pricing for carbon removal buyers Mission Zero’s Policy Lead, Tom Rollason, breaks down exactly what’s happening, why it matters, and what still needs to be ironed out. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZwy24wX #CarbonRemoval #UKETS #CDR #ClimatePolicy #DirectAirCapture

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Carbon Markets – why do we need them? Our latest article unpacks how mandatory and voluntary schemes work together to cut emissions and why they’re critical to the transition. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gd3TpR2v #sustainability #CarbonMarkets Chris Leeds Lucy Palairet

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For investors, assessing the credibility of climate transition plans is crucial for managing climate-related portfolio risks. In her latest analysis, Alicia White, Senior Product Manager, Climate Solutions uses the Low Carbon Transition Ratings to explore some of the key indicators that signal a company's commitment to decarbonization. Although regulatory environments are a significant driver, other factors are also at play. Three indicators stood out for the insight they provide into a transition plan’s credibility: 🏭 GHG performance incentives 🚛 Supply chain GHG reduction programs 💲 Internal carbon price disclosure Read the full analysis here: https://mstar.co/lghj1z #ESG #ClimateTransition #SustainableInvesting

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Sustainability-linked finance (SLF) offers a promising pathway to close the gap in corporate financing for climate change adaptation by linking borrowing costs to climate-resilience performance. However, current instruments fall short of their potential. Furthermore, private actors face a conundrum: how to price, prioritise and operationalise adaptation when climate risk is uncertain, future-oriented and poorly rewarded by markets. This paper addresses that challenge by exploring how SLF can serve as an effective mechanism to realign financial incentives and unlock firm-level innovation in climate resilience. Authors: Jose L. Resendiz | Professor Nicola Ranger | Olivier Mahul https://lnkd.in/ejN_why3

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How can institutions plan for tomorrow’s climate risks today? ICE's Gillian Mollod breaks down how our climate risk model helps institutions turn forward-looking data into actionable insights – quantifying potential losses and assisting in planning ahead for the future. #DataInAction

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🌍 Introducing BeZero's NDC data framework Article 6 carbon credits carry more than project-level risks - they also depend on whether participating countries can deliver on their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). But inconsistent reporting makes this difficult to assess. 📊 Our new NDC data framework equips carbon market stakeholders with a consistent, comparable view of country-level risks, including transparency, governance, and carbon market experience. Essential reading for project developers, investors and credit buyers seeking clarity in their Article 6 due diligence and transactions 👉 https://hubs.li/Q03HKvWZ0 #CarbonMarkets #CarbonCredits #NDCs #Article6

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We’re excited to announce the launch of the Quality-Weighted Carbon Price Index with Sylvera. This comprehensive market intelligence tool seamlessly integrates weekly pricing data based on trading data with scientifically-backed project quality assessments, providing unprecedented transparency and depth of analysis for carbon market participants. The AlliedOffsets-Sylvera Index addresses a critical market need by correlating price movements with rigorous quality metrics. This dual-lens enables buyers to understand not just what they’re paying, but what they’re truly getting in terms of environmental integrity and impact. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eP_sA8Pj

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💸🏭New research reveals that the UK's biggest banks are still pouring tens of billions into financing fossil fuels 🏭💸 “The UK’s financial sector has a mammoth, outsized impact on the climate – and these fossil fuel investments carry a significant legal risk. “Following a complaint from ClientEarth lawyers, UN human rights experts warned that indiscriminately bankrolling fossil fuel expanding companies could be in violation of human rights law. “We’ve now seen that risk become a reality. ING is facing a landmark lawsuit in the Netherlands for its contributions to the climate crisis and just a stone’s throw away in France, BNP Paribas is staring down the barrel of legal action over its fossil fuel financing.   “At a bare minimum, financial institutions must set out clear red lines on what they finance and rule out any fossil fuel company that refuses to veer off the path of business-as-usual. “Only then can these UK banks reduce the no-longer-hypothetical risk of being held to account in court on climate.” Dan Eziefula, ClientEarth lawyer More here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekKfJKhm

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“Shared economic prosperity means ensuring everyone has access to affordable goods and services.” 'Tokunboh Ishmael, CFA, Trustee of The Earthshot Prize, highlights why equity must be at the heart of climate resilience. Because lasting solutions are only possible when no one is left behind. For more in-depth case studies and insights, read our report: Unlocking Critical Finance for Climate and Economic Resilience https://lnkd.in/eW8a72B5 -- Supported by Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, with contributions from CGAP, production by Rooftop at Coast 4C.

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📢 Join our A4S Pensions Deep Dive webinar on the 25 September to explore how pension schemes are using climate scenario analysis — a crucial tool for understanding how different climate futures could impact portfolios and long-term planning. Climate scenario analysis helps pension schemes test how different futures might affect portfolios. But many existing approaches are blunt tools with an overreliance on long-term scenarios. While this creates a false sense of precision, it actually loses nuance. It’s a focus that often runs the risk of forcing us to simplify too much — moving straight from emissions pathways to GDP outcomes, ignoring the interplay of policy, technology, and markets. Forward-looking investors are shifting to bespoke approaches. These include: 🔹 Shorter horizons, often to 2030, which better align with transition milestones and carbon targets. 🔹Narrative scenarios that explore plausible combinations of policy coordination, technology, and macroeconomic forces. 🔹Sector and regional analysis, recognising that energy producers face different risks than importers, or that heavy industry responds differently to shocks than tech. By signing up for this A4S Pensions Deep Dive you will learn how pension investors are adopting these approaches to inform asset allocation, enhance risk assessment, and how you can embed climate considerations into long-term planning. 👉 Register via the link in the comments!

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