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Canada found to be biggest public bank financier of fossil fuels in G20
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (143+ words) Sustainable Views Financing of oil, coal and gas was 19 times higher than that of renewables, says advocacy group Canada ranked the highest out of the G20 countries in its public bank funding of fossil fuels from 2022 to 2024, shows a report from…...
Over 20 investors account for half of fossil fuel holdings
2+ week, 1+ day ago (126+ words) Sustainable Views Institutional investors hold more than $6. 5tn in shares and bonds of fossil fuel companies, shows data Twenty-one investors account for 50 per cent of fossil fuel holdings, shows a new public data tool. - Make sense of regulatory change with our…...
EU member states agree to loosen fossil fuel exclusions under SFDR
2+ week, 2+ day ago (734+ words) Member states have voted for fossil fuel companies that allocate 20 per cent of their capital expenditure to EU taxonomy-aligned activities to be included in the transition category The European Council has broadly backed the European Commission's November proposal to revamp…...
Editor's note: the fossil fuel winners of the Hormuz crisis
3+ week, 2+ day ago (101+ words) Sustainable Views The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter - Make sense of regulatory change with our global policy tracker - quickly search and filter thousands of provisions - Respond to regulation change with confidence, guided by authoritative analysis from our team…...
Building a sustainable financial system beyond fossil fuels
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (134+ words) Sustainable Views Nick Robins is senior director for finance and the private sector at the World Resources Institute and a co-founder and board member of Carbon Tracker Leaders need to grasp the nettle at this week's conference on transitioning away…...
EU Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (95+ words) Sustainable Views - Make sense of regulatory change with our global policy tracker - quickly search and filter thousands of provisions - Respond to regulation change with confidence, guided by authoritative analysis from our team of specialist journalists and industry experts - Stay ahead…...
Iran war is yet another reminder that fossil fuels are a bad bet
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (129+ words) Sustainable Views Tom Ellison is deputy director of the Center for Climate and Security and a former member of the US intelligence community Oil and gas dependence leaves economies exposed to conflict, coercion and cascading price shocks - Make sense of…...
How big are Greenland's natural resources?
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (226+ words) Greenland's resources underpin Donald Trump's renewed interest in the Arctic island, but exploiting them would take years and heavy investment US President Donald Trump insists he wants to acquire Greenland, framing the idea in terms of national security. And as…...