Tag: Mark Carney
Senators for Climate Solutions launches official website
The Senators for Climate Solutions, a non-partisan group focused on informing and supporting Canadian senators who want to address climate change, launched their website...
Climate reform financer Mark Carney to chair asset management division of...
Brookfield has announced that former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will become chair of its asset management division when...
Global financial firms aligned with $130 trillion for net zero
More than 450 firms representing US$130 trillion in assets — 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets — now belong to the Glasgow...
Net zero banking alliance collaboration for climate-aligned finance
The industry-led, UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance has announced a new collaboration with the Centre for Climate-Aligned Finance. The collaboration is designed to harmonize, develop, and...
New Industry Alliance for Net Zero Banking Launched
An industry-led, United Nations (UN)-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance has been been launched through the UN Financial Services Taskforce of the Sustainable Markets Initiative.
The...
Taking Action to Phase Out Coal-Fired Power in Canada
By following the United Nations’ call to curtail coal-fired electricity, Canada and the United Kingdom cofounded the Powering Past Coal Alliance to bring together...
Brookfield’s New $7.5 billion Climate-Focused Fund
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. plans to raise at least $7.5 billion for a new climate-focused fund, as the Canadian investment firm builds out an...
Canadian Universities Sign Charter to Tackle Climate Change
The University of Toronto and more than a dozen Canadian universities have signed a landmark charter that aims to tackle climate change through a...
Climate Capitalist Tom Rand on Sustainable Solutions to Stimulate the Economy
In his virtual presentation today Canadian author Tom Rand said that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) gives us an opportunity to rethink economic priorities...
Canadian Environmental Advocate Autumn Peltier to Participate in World Economic Forum
From January 21 – 24, 2020, the World Economic Forum will engage the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape...