This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Viola Tang, Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC, Trang Chu Minh, Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, GIC The need for greater climate finance has been the focus of industry conversations, including at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). […]Just how big is the decarbonization investment opportunity?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Viola Tang, Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC, Trang Chu Minh, Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, GIC The need for greater climate finance has been the focus of industry conversations, including at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). […]Clean energy deployment along the value chain is key to China’s industry decarbonization. 3 business leaders explain why
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Liming Chen, Chair of Greater China; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, Samantha Zhu, Chairperson; Market Unit Lead, Greater China, Accenture Energy and industry has been one of the themes for this year’s United Nations climate […]How airports can land financing to push aviation decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rana Nawas, Partner, Transportation & Services Practice, India, Middle East & Africa, Oliver Wyman (Marsh McLennan), Katia Riva, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, Mundys Airports may not be the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but they are in […]How data centres and new power semiconductor technologies can support decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Adam White, Division President Power & Sensor Systems, Infineon Technologies Every action we make online generates more data, meaning data centres play a critical role as the backbone of the internet.Data centres already heavily impact the world’s carbon […]Scope 3 emissions are key to decarbonization – but what are they and how do we tackle them?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Pim Valdre, Head, Climate Ambition Initiative, World Economic Forum, Jay Hawkins, Communications Lead, Climate and First Movers Coalition, World Economic Forum Scope 3 emissions – those a company is indirectly responsible for across its value chain – represent […]Why steel can be an unexpected leader in decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Holger Stamm, Principal, Oliver Wyman (MMC), Nils Naujok, Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Oliver Wyman (MMC) Steel production is the planet’s largest-emitting manufacturing sector, responsible for 7% of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions. This is because it relies […]How to accelerate the decarbonization of aviation
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alejandro De Quero Cordero, Sustainability Lead, Aerospace and Drones, World Economic Forum The aviation industry presents one of the most formidable decarbonization challenges.Aviation contributes under 3% of global carbon emissions.Decarbonizing aviation will require all available options, including battery-electric […]If good data is key to decarbonization, more than half of Asia’s economies are being locked out of progress, this report says
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ewan Thomson, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda If measuring something is the first step towards understanding it, and understanding something is necessary to be able to improve it, then good data is the key to unlocking positive change. This is […]CBAM: What you need to know about the new EU decarbonization incentive
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joachim Monkelbaan, Lead, Climate Trade, World Economic Forum, Tim Figures, Associate Director, EU & Global Trade and Investment, Boston Consulting Group After months of negotiations, EU Member States and the European Parliament have agreed to the world’s first Carbon […]Finance pivots from risks to the opportunities of energy transition and decarbonization at COP27
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Huw van Steenis, Vice-Chair, Oliver Wyman The mood at COP27 was subdued. The Ukrainian war, the energy crisis, rampant inflation, summer droughts and the sharp increase in the costs of capital for projects all weighed on investors’ and […]How circular solutions can boost supply chain resilience and decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Neelam Melwani, Senior Manager, Circular Economy and Sustainability, Deloitte LLP COP27 is another crucial milestone in our race to a net-zero world. The past years were marked by companies focusing on addressing direct emissions from company-owned and controlled […]What is ‘Phase Down Finance’ and why it’s better than divestment to achieve decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emily Tyler, Climate Policy Lead, Meridian Economics & Celeste Renaud, Analyst, Meridian Economics Divestment from emitting assets doesn’t necessarily lead to their closure, leaving a gap in low carbon investment strategies.Phase Down Finance can assist in managing the […]How local banking can help champion decarbonization in emerging markets
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Milagros Rivas Saiz, Chief of Advisory Services, Interamerican Development Bank Group, Ayla Majid, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Planetive & Michael Hayes, Global Head, Renewables, KPMG Emerging markets need $1 trillion a year to transition to net-zero.Clean-energy investment […]The real economy is not a side event in the global decarbonization effort
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Faustine Delasalle, Co-Executive Director, Mission Possible Partnership and Director, Energy Transitions Commission & Anthony Robert Hobley, Co-Executive Director, Mission Possible Partnership and an Executive Fellow, WEF, World Economic Forum The real economy needs to be at the centre […]A new report outlines the shipping industry’s plans for decarbonization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Huibert Vigeveno, Downstream Director, Shell The shipping sector must cut its carbon emissions if we are to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate change targets. A new report, based on interviews with leading figures from the sector, outlines 12 […]
