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Climate-Aligned Finance
You Might Be Paying for a Worthless Gas Plant
Utilities are building gas-fired power plants today for a future that may not have a use for them, potentially leaving ratepayers paying for a plant long after it has closed.
Climate-Aligned Finance
Introducing the IMPACT+ Principles for Climate-Aligned Finance
In the wake of COP26 and a record-breaking year of climate commitments from the financial sector, there has never been greater attention on what financial institutions do next to translate their words into action.
Climate-Aligned Finance
Financing 1.5°C: Five Trends to Watch in Climate-Aligned Finance in 2022
When RMI launched the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance in 2020, the concept of climate-aligned finance was in its infancy. As we begin 2022, we look ahead to some of the major themes likely to emerge…
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We Read a 130-Page Report on Climate Regulation So You Don’t Have To
In October 2021, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)—an oversight body for federal financial regulators—chimed in on the climate conversation by way of a dense, 133-page report. The FSOC Report on Climate-Related…
Climate-Aligned Finance
Private Financial Institutions Are Stepping in to Decarbonize Steel
Finance at COP, the UN climate change conference, used to be about public dollars. It was largely about rich countries pledging the elusive $100 billion in annual climate finance to developing countries—and about government…
Climate-Aligned Finance
Clearing the AIR: Introducing a Climate Alignment, Impact, and Risk Toolbox for Financial Institutions
A growing number of financial institutions have made net-zero commitments in the lead-up to COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference. On their own and through the various initiatives under the umbrella of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, these financial institutions are stepping up their climate ambition. Yet once they make pledges, financial…
Climate Aligned Industries
Demystifying Financial Mechanisms for the Global Coal Transition
Transitioning away from coal is one of this year’s biggest topics at COP26 in Glasgow, from more ambitious coal phaseout commitments by governments to Michael Bloomberg’s announcement of a new effort to close…
Climate-Aligned Finance
Financing 1.5°C: In a Booming ESG market, the SEC Has Some Questions
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently made headlines by launching a formal investigation into ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment products offered by DWS Group, Deutsche Bank AG’s asset management division. The…
Climate-Aligned Finance
The Crisis of Climate Finance: “Access Means Survival”
Unlocking the flow of finance remains one of the key challenges holding back climate progress in the Global South—and threatening to cast a shadow over COP26.