How Charities And Others Can Use Their Investments Towards Achieving Net Zero

Why net zero?

Climate science shows that in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change, global temperature increase needs to be limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. We have a clear international framework in the Paris Agreement, signed by 196 countries, to keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C. This will require emissions to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. To get there we need huge structural shifts in societies and economies, from the ways we generate power to the ways we produce and consume goods and services. Policies such as carbon prices and taxes will be needed to incentivise these shifts. This transformative change will be a source of both value creation and destruction across industries, companies and investment portfolios.