Will climate tech save the world? Susanna Twidale will pose the question to HSBC, Climeworks, Istari and BeyondNetZero at #ReutersIMPACT (Sept 7, 10am GMT). Register today to be part of the conversation: lnkd.in/enaDJpsp

The International Energy Agency’s bombshell new report on renewables has incredibly good news.

For example, solar is undergoing a mega boom & may surpass coal by 2027

Below is a 🧵 on genuinely good news on green energy from the IEA & beyond (1/22)

Cc: Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦 Jesse D. Jenkins Ramez Naam David Wallace-Wells

“Projections on emissions reductions often don’t consider the speed at which technologies like #EVs and green ammonia take hold.

With this, we can win the race.”

📢 Nigel Topping on delivering a #NetZero economy COP27.

High-Level Climate Champions | Pilita Clark | Celine Herweijer | Financial Times | HSBC

A timely discussion on a vital subject: financing net-zero requires new instruments adapted to the needs of each country and addressing the social dimension of the energy transition. Greening SMEs is particularly important. They can't be excluded from the global value chains.

Great discussion w/Makhtar Diop, Celine Herweijer, LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Anne Richards at @WEF. We need a new financial system to fund an energy transition on the scale of the industrial revolution, at the speed of the digital transformation. #GFANZ

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'Our goal is a #netzero global economy, not just a net zero HSBC' Celine Herweijer 'We are asking our energy clients to publish their climate transition plan by the end of the year for OECD and 2023 for non OECD. CDP We Mean Business Coalition The Investor Agenda World Economic Forum World Economic Forum

'Business-as-usual has changed: the financial world now understands that it must be at the heart of the transition to net zero.' Read what our Group Chief Sustainability Officer Celine Herweijer has to say about rewiring finance towards energy transition: weforum.org/agenda/2022/05…

Can you name a #technology that can help solve #ClimateChange ?

#FII_ESG 's 'Innovating Our Way Out: How Technology is Driving Critical Progress in Sustainability' is all about the #technology of the #future . #Sustainability

Top 10 Countries By Share of Solar and Wind Power in Electricity Production

1 🇩🇰 Denmark 51.9%
2 🇺🇾 Uruguay 46.7%
3 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 43.4%
4 🇱🇹 Lithuania 36.9%
5 🇪🇸 Spain 32.9%
6 🇮🇪 Ireland 32.9%
7 🇵🇹 Portugal 31.5%
8 🇩🇪 Germany 28.8%
9 🇬🇷 Greece 28.7%
10 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 25.2%

There is a growing bench of badass women leading the transition to a sustainable financial industry that prioritizes sustainability across loan books, equity portfolios, private market debt and just about anywhere else deals are made. buff.ly/3MOzd6D

'Our unique international footprint makes us well placed to advise on the global challenges and opportunities presented by the net-zero transition.” - HSBC’s chief sustainability officer Celine Herweijer discussed the bank’s new anchor partnership with BE Catalyst in GreenBiz:

BLUE is delighted to be partnering with Fondazione Capellino as part of the #BLUE4ItalianMPAs initiative. The initiative will aim to expand and improve the management of MPAs by promoting the conservation of crucial habitats and vulnerable species in three key MPA areas 👏

We’re investing $100 million in Breakthrough Energy to support the growth of #climate critical technologies – direct air capture, clean hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, and sustainable aviation fuels - as we accelerate the transition to #NetZero

PPCA member HSBC today sets out an enhanced plan for how they will support the phase out of #coal power within Paris-aligned timeframes, while ensuring a #justtransition . An essential step for all financial institutions seeking to implement their #netzero goals 👇

The #COP26 outcome is a compromise, reflecting the interests, contradictions & state of political will in the world today.

It's an important step, but it's not enough.
It's time to go into emergency mode.

The climate battle is the fight of our lives & that fight must be won.

For me Mia Mottley’s ‘Will they mourn us on the frontline?’ speech was the defining one of #COP26  

Leaders today - and every day - should benchmark themselves against her challenge 🌎 🆘

🙏🏼 Mia Amor Mottley #ClimateEmergency #CodeRed

👀➡️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6THY… #Barbados

Taking place this week on the sidelines of COP26! We're delighted to announce our panel who will discuss how new #technologies and innovation can support an equitable transition towards a carbon-neutral economy. bit.ly/3oYlCA7 #EconDecidingDecade #CarbonNeutral

As a global bank with strong presence in #coal -dependent countries like India or China, we have a responsibility to help clients phase out coal by 2030 in the OECD and by 2040 in all other markets, says Celine Herweijer of HSBC. 'We need to tackle this transition head-on'.