Capital Flows
April 22, 2024
In Charts: Redemptions drag global climate fund flows to lowest level in four years
Global flows into climate funds were valued at $40bn in 2023, accounting for more than half of flows into all funds
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April 17, 2024
IETA challenged over carbon credit use for short-term corporate emissions targets
Campaigners suggest carbon credit guidance from International Emissions Trading Association ‘disincentivises emissions reductions’
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April 11, 2024
SBTi staff demand CEO resignation over plans to extend carbon credit use for Scope 3 emissions
Concern and confusion cited by staff at the Science Based Targets initiative, while carbon market companies back Scope 3 changes
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April 10, 2024
In Charts: Canada, Japan, South Korea ‘blocking clean energy transition’ with fossil fuel finance
Most G20 fossil fuel financing came from just three countries between 2020 and 2022
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April 8, 2024
Rocky markets and bumper ‘sin stock’ returns push investors away from impact investing
Governments could do more to encourage investors to put their money in companies trying to create a positive social or environmental impact Market instability and...
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April 3, 2024
Market uncertainty as Australian government delays updating carbon accounting method
Australia’s integrated farm and land management methodology would combine various approaches to capturing and storing carbon, but there are fears it could lead to confusion
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March 20, 2024
California carbon offsets bill could ‘chill the carbon markets’ beyond state boundaries
California state senator Monique Limón has introduced a bill aimed at regulating the selling and marketing of carbon offsets
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March 7, 2024
Aid body dubs UK climate accounting changes a ‘kick in the teeth’ for developing countries
The UK government has pledged to spend £11.6bn on climate finance for emerging economies in the coming years. But it is simply reclassifying other forms of existing overseas aid without...
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March 5, 2024
Explainer: What are carbon removals and can they be made to work?
The EU’s carbon removal certification framework aims to increase the use of carbon removals while guarding against greenwashing. What do experts think of the latest draft?
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March 1, 2024
In Charts: Retail ownership of responsible investment funds dominates institutions
Retail ownership of responsible investment funds outweighs institutional ownership globally, with the exception of the US
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February 27, 2024
Updated Oxford carbon offsetting principles seek VCM regulation
‘Hardly any of the carbon market removes and stores carbon at all,’ say the Oxford Offsetting Principles authors, as they call for the standards to be embedded in net zero...
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