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EU subsidies to a massive gas pipeline clash with climate goals

EU subsidies to a massive gas pipeline clash with climate goals

The European Investment Bank approved a €1.5 billion loan to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline last week. This is why it matters

Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks

Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks

Shareholders are taking the Commonwealth Bank to court, alleging that it is misleading investors about its financial position

Insurers urged to stop underwriting coal projects, following Axa move

Insurers urged to stop underwriting coal projects, following Axa move

#UnfriendCoal campaign targets the insurance sector to end support for climate-polluting fossil fuels

Anti-fossil fuel activists stage Louvre oil slick

Anti-fossil fuel activists stage Louvre oil slick

Group protesting against museum’s links to oil major Total create symbolic river of crude on steps in front of one of the museum’s main attractions

Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels

Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels

Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its sovereign wealth fund from coal, oil and gas

Church of England to launch climate investment tracker

Church of England to launch climate investment tracker

Church Commissioners say Transition Pathway Initiative will allow them to hold major polluters to account at shareholder meetings

Climate divested funds now bigger than listed oil, gas sector

Climate divested funds now bigger than listed oil, gas sector

Outgoing UN chief hails news as value of organisations ditching polluting fossil fuels doubles to $5tn in 2016

Think tank takes "unburnable carbon" warnings to Wall Street

Think tank takes “unburnable carbon” warnings to Wall Street

The Carbon Tracker Initiative, hailed by US environmentalist Bill McKibben for changing the climate debate, is opening an office in New York

Exxon and climate change: Why it's better to engage than divest

Exxon and climate change: Why it’s better to engage than divest

Investors must stay involved with oil majors rather than exit and allow a far more dangerous off market game to ensue

Risky bet: Does divestment slow or speed green growth?

Risky bet: Does divestment slow or speed green growth?

Head of France’s top public pension fund says engagement on climate change within companies can deliver results

Embrace 2C climate target to boost value, oil majors told

Embrace 2C climate target to boost value, oil majors told

Limiting exploration in line with climate goals makes financial sense, says Carbon Tracker ahead of ExxonMobil, Chevron AGMs

FTSE launches fossil-free, green economy index

FTSE launches fossil-free, green economy index

Tesla and Vestas replace the likes of ExxonMobil and Rio Tinto in product to help investors back low carbon economy

Big oil spent $115m 'obstructing’ climate laws in 2015, NGO says

Big oil spent $115m ‘obstructing’ climate laws in 2015, NGO says

NEWS: Lobbying spend of Shell, Exxon Mobil and trade groups estimated in transparency effort

JP Morgan: Coal investments on par with child labour

JP Morgan: Coal investments on par with child labour

NEWS: Bank says it will stop funding new coal mines or plants in the 30 OECD nations, but could still back projects in developing world

Meet the investors pushing climate reality on carbon majors

Meet the investors pushing climate reality on carbon majors

ANALYSIS: Through shareholder resolutions, the Aiming for A coalition is getting coal, oil and gas companies to face up to global warming

Australia, Japan, US coal burners face 'utility death spiral'

Australia, Japan, US coal burners face ‘utility death spiral’

NEWS: Old power generators are losing market share to wind and solar, say Oxford University analysts, in environmental risk report for investors

Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal

Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal

NEWS: Funds worth US$4 trillion are calling on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to assess their exposure to climate risk

In Paris, polluters in focus as investors shun climate risk

In Paris, polluters in focus as investors shun climate risk

ANALYSIS: So far, the most visible investor impact of climate change is divestment. But a bigger, quieter shift has started, to low carbon, and “climate aware” polluters

Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force

Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force

NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris

Charities should ditch fossil fuel investments, says top lawyer

Charities should ditch fossil fuel investments, says top lawyer

NEWS: Climate damage from burning coal, oil and gas conflicts with anti-poverty, health and environmental missions, argues British QC

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