The Climate Challenge
The scale, the tools available for mitigation, and the full complexity of the climate challenge can be difficult to articulate. The consequences, however, are not. Nor is, according to scientific consensus, the timeline for what outcomes are required in order to avoid the economic and humanitarian upheaval of a 2°C rise in global temperatures.
While we may not know what the worst outcomes of failing to address this challenge would be, we know that this threat is existential in scope and urgent in nature. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that in order to have a reasonable degree of confidence in staying below a 1.5°C rise by the end of the century we must achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. More pressingly, we now know that doing so will require halving carbon emissions by 2030. These timelines are a recognized truth of Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement, and a call to action for global leaders
The Role of Finance in Accelerating Decarbonization?
Achieving the decarbonization goals relies, in part, on the financial community’s ability to operationalize Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement. This entails making a commitment to transition portfolios, and the global economy which they reflect, towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
The financial sector has a vital role in to play in allocating capital towards a low-carbon future. Asset owners, as stewards, have the unique and critical means and incentives required to move the needle.
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