“Climate change is costing Cdn taxpayers & businesses $billions each year,” claims IBC. “The cost of inaction is too high.”ibc.ca/on/resources/m…
“some big funds have decided they can make money by betting that companies doing nothing to fight climate change are going to get weaker.”
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Banking giant HSBC “has issued a shocking assessment of a world impacted by climate change, predicting the health costs of the world's fastest-growing economies could reach almost US$10 trillion a year by 2050.” reneweconomy.com.au/banking-giant-…
“That's what the future could look like w/o policy to address climate change, according to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.” cbsnews.com/amp/news/clima…
Wait... what? (...dammit!)
“Yes, the West built its fossil fuel industry on tax breaks, taxpayer funding and subsidies for both producers and consumers.” google.ca/amp/s/www.forb…
Bank of England’s Mark Carney agrees, you say?
Oh.
“The European Union is to stop funding oil, gas and coal projects at the end of 2021, cutting €2bn (£1.7bn) of yearly investments.”
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“Climate change poses risk to financial system, Bank of Canada governor says”
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Bank of Canada: "rapid repricing” of high-carbon assets like oil “might cause fire sales and interact with other vulnerabilities — like excessive leverage — destabilizing the financial system."nationalobserver.com/2019/11/21/new…
“The findings echo the subprime crisis of ‘08... One difference this time is that those values would be less likely to rebound, because many of the homes literally would be underwater.”google.ca/amp/s/www.vice…
IEEFA update: Moody’s adjusts ExxonMobil credit outlook to negative.
“negative outlook reflects the emerging threat to oil & gas companies from efforts by many nations to mitigate the impacts of climate change...”
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Financial firms scrambling to buy climate-service providers
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Climate change will crush real estate values for investors who don’t prepare, new report says
“This process will be painful for investors who are caught off guard, but those who are prepared have the potential to outperform,”cnbc.com/2019/04/08/cli…
“Zero tolerance for coal expansion is the only responsible action in a carbon-constrained world. Financial institutions with weaker coal policies, like BNP Paribas and Talanx, now risk looking flat-footed.”
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“Norway’s plan to ditch a host of O & G companies has highlighted the pressure on petroleum-rich sovereign funds to cut their exposure to a sector that is facing serious questions from investors over its long-term prospects.”
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“Hedge fund TCI has outlined plans to punish directors of companies that fail to disclose their carbon emissions in a move that underlines rising investor concerns over climate change and the pressure on boardrooms to respond.”google.ca/amp/s/amp.ft.c…
Moody’s downgrades Alberta citing “a structural weakness in the provincial economy that remains dependent on non-renewable resources which causes volatility in financial performance...” globalnews.ca/news/6255402/k…
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Bank of Canada warns 'fire sales' of carbon-intensive assets could 'destabilize' financial system nationalobserver.com/2019/05/16/new…