ESG & Climate issues top the agenda of worlds' leaders
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China will scale up its Nationally Determined Contributions by adopting more vigorous policies
and measures. We aim to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and
achieve carbon neutrality before 2060
President Xi
75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 2020
Climate risk is investment risk – BlackRock's investment conviction is that
sustainability- and climate-integrated portfolios can provide better risk-adjusted
returns to investors.
In March 2021, BlackRock's Stewardship team announced they will push for
climate risk management and efforts around nature capital
Larry Fink of Black Rock
CEO Letter 2021
Biden Administration has rejoined the 2015 Paris Cliamte Accord and
announced their commitments to cutting U.S. emissions in half by 2030,
following and the US is on a path of net zero emissions economy by no later
than 2050
President Biden
January 2021
