Digital infrastructure and financial innovation needed for green recovery

Digital infrastructure and financial innovation needed for green recovery

Monday 10 May 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.19.1

Commentary: Public-private collaboration key to connecting the unconnected

By Calum Handforth and Seth Tan

Digital infrastructure is the key utility of the 21st century. It is also a crucial tool in shaping a green recovery from Covid-19 and driving the development of countries around the world. However, 3.7bn people are still not connected to the internet. Public-private partnerships, and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/10/digital-infrastructure-and-financial-innovation-needed-for-green-recovery/

Net-zero central banking gathers momentum, The role of green loans and targeted lending in economic growth

Net-zero central banking gathers momentum, The role of green loans and targeted lending in economic growth

Thursday 15 April 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.15.4

Commentary: Net-zero central banking gathers momentum

By Nick Robins, Simon Dikau and Ulrich Volz

Driving down greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero is essential to minimising the threat of catastrophic climate change. The core responsibility for delivering net-zero rests with governments. But action by central banks and supervisors is required to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/15/net-zero-central-banking-gathers-momentum-the-role-of-green-loans-and-targeted-lending-in-economic-growth/

ICCT Seeks Scrubber Ban Amid Impeding Installation Rates

  • ICCT has reiterated its call for a ban on scrubbers publishing new estimates on emissions from marine fuels.
  • ICCT itself recommends that individual governments take unilateral action against scrubbers within their own waters.
  • The oil market has had far greater success in holding back scrubber installations this year.

Environmental group, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has reiterated its call for a ban on scrubbers as it publishes new estimates on emissions from...

https://mfame.guru/icct-seeks-scrubber-ban-amid-impeding-installation-rates/

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