This 2020 State of Transition Report from the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is the latest in a series of annual stocktakes of the progress being made by the world’s biggest and most emissions-intensive public companies on the transition to a low-carbon economy.
The report looks at the alignment of major oil and gas companies to the Paris Agreement. It finds that last year, all of the major oil companies sanctioned projects that fall outside a “well below 2 degrees” budget on cost grounds.
The Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), a philanthropic collaboration active in over 50 countries, has identified six high-impact opportunities that can reduce emissions, increase job creation, and enhance economic output through the inclusion of efficient, climate-friendly cooling in stimulus packages.
The scale of the COVID-19 crisis and the associated size of the response mean that decisions governments make now will influence systems, create assets, and define development directions well into the future. ADB developed this technical note to help its developing member countries in moving forward, with the assessment framework intended to serve as a tool that decision-makers can use to select and prioritise a package of recovery interventions that will collectively achieve recovery, climate, and resilience objectives.
This report proposes a range of measures to be included in the national approach to avoid further deforestation in Indonesia.