The financial impact of fossil fuel divestment

The journal article was originally written by Auke Plantinga and Bert Scholtens and published in the journal Climate Policy on August 17, 2020. 1. Introduction Most fossil fuel reserves should be left unused to not exceed the 2°C threshold beyond which dramatic climate change seems unavoidable (Meinshausen et al., 2009). This has motivated the advent of…

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Alberta Fossils Face Credit Crunch as Worried Investors Focus on Climate Risk

This article was written by Bob Ascah and published in The Energy Mix on February 9, 2022. New battle lines are being drawn between Canada’s financial regulators and Alberta’s oilpatch over the country’s climate change policies. The Bank of Canada and Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently released a pilot study that looked…

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How resiliency in risk management is the new top priority for banks

Written by Jan Bellens and Mark Watson this article was published by Ernst & Young Global Limited on June 22, 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to ease in some countries, banks are reflecting on the impact of a global health crisis on their institutions. The 11th annual EY/IIF global bank risk management survey shows that…

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