Net zero targets: How to manage the 'hot air' to limit global warming

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A new climate model commissioned by the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance could provide investors with much-needed insight over the net zero alignment of their porfolios, explains Dr Sven Teske

Seven years after the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, a large majority of country signatories and hundreds of companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. At...

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