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Workshop for journalists: How to report on corporate net zero targets: telling greenwashing apart from real ambition
Venue International Journalism Festival / online
Date 20 Apr 2024
Start time 11:00

During this workshop we will hear from Sören Amelang and Sybrig Smit (NewClimate Institute) with whom CLEW created a 7-step guide for journalists to unravel a net zero target. The workshop will reflect on lessons learned, with practical tips that reporters can use immediately to unpick a net zero target.

India in Transit
Publication date 17 Apr 2024

This paper employs the Transport Transition Pathway Explorer (TTPE) to outline scenarios for a just transport transition in India, balancing climate goals and sustainable development.

Tina Huang

Tina Huang works on corporate climate responsibility, assessing the transparency and integrity of companies' climate actions. Before joining NewClimate Institute, she was a Climate & Sustainability Senior Knowledge Analyst at Boston Consulting Group, where she advised both public and private sector clients on net-zero strategies and plans. Prior to this role, she worked as a Research Analyst at the World Resources Institute, where she analysed Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted ahead of COP26. She holds a BS in Environmental Economics and Policy, a BS in Society & Environment...

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Transport Transition Pathway Explorer (TTPE)

The Transport Transition Pathway Explorer (TTPE) is an open-source, MS Excel-based bottom-up stock turnover model to derive and compare transition pathways for the transport sector.

The SBTi Board’s statement on carbon credits is not grounded in science or due process
Publication date 11 Apr 2024

NewClimate Institute applauds the brave reaction from the staff of the Science Based Targets initiative, who today issued a strong statement rejecting their Board’s unilateral statement on the use of carbon credits.

Virtual Launch: CCRM 2024​ - Are corporate 2030 climate plans fit for purpose?
Venue Online
Date 09 Apr 2024
Start time 15:00

Join us and Carbon Market Watch on Tuesday, 9 April at 3 pm CEST for the virtual launch of the 2024 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM).

Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2024
Publication date 09 Apr 2024

The 2024 CCRM analyses the climate strategies of 51 major global companies, critically assessing the extent to which they demonstrate corporate climate leadership.

Press Release – Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2024
Publication date 09 Apr 2024

Despite increased ambition in their climate target-setting, 51 of the world’s largest companies commit to reducing their emissions by only 30% on average by 2030, falling short of the 43% reduction required to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to a report released today by NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Carbon Market Watch.

Climate policy in 2023
Publication date 04 Apr 2024

National and international climate policy advances in many areas but also faces substantial domestic hurdles in others. In this publication, we outline critical national and international climate policy developments from 2023.

A Just Transition in Colombia
Publication date 13 Mar 2024

This brief explores how a just transition could support peace, development, and climate goals in Colombia. It was prepared for the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the context of the Colombian-German Climate and Just Energy Transition partnership agreement to provide relevant context and guidance on the design and implementation of a fruitful partnership. It begins by providing background information on the partnership. From there, a just transition approach is outlined and applied to major sectors, with a focus on agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) and energy.

Caution on co-firing, retrofitting, and carbon credits for retirement: Considerations for public development banks on coal phase-out risks
Publication date 07 Mar 2024

Public development banks must exercise caution in engaging with coal phasedown to prevent setting perverse incentives or supporting false solutions that achieve inadequate emission reductions and divert attention from early retirement efforts.

Financing coal phase-out: Public development banks’ role in the early retirement of coal plants
Publication date 07 Mar 2024

Guiding principles for the early retirement of coal-fired power generation, focusing on public development banks' role and the efficient maximisation of emission reduction with public funds.

Financing Coal Phase-out: The Role of Public Development Banks

Develops guiding principles for the early retirement of coal-fired power generation, focusing on the role of public development banks and the efficient maximisation of emission reductions with public funds.

Identifying finance needs for a just transformation of Indonesia’s power sector
Publication date 21 Feb 2024

In the context of Indonesia embarking on a transition of its electricity system the objective of this report and the accompanying open-source Excel model, ‘JET-FIN’ is to identify and approximate key finance needs to support its successful and just delivery.

Eve Fraser

Eve Fraser's work focuses on corporate and subnational climate action, mainly assessing the transparency and integrity of companies' climate strategies and net-zero pledges. Prior to joining NewClimate Institute, she worked as a sustainable finance intern and volunteered as a tracker for Oxford Net Zero. Eve holds a Joint Honours BA in Environment and Political Science from McGill University and an MSc in Environmental Governance from the University of Oxford's School of Geography and Environment. For her Master's thesis, she investigated the opportunities and limitations of circular fashion...

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Climate targets by major steel companies: An assessment of collective ambition and planned emission reduction measures
Publication date 19 Jan 2024

This article assesses the status, robustness, and potential impact of GHG emission reduction targets set by the 60 largest steel producer companies. Full implementation of existing targets would lead to 38-53% reduction of CO2 by 2050 from 2019 levels.

Press release - Leading examples of corporate renewable electricity strategies are leaving laggards and standard-setters in the dust
Publication date 16 Jan 2024

The renewable electricity commitments of 10 major companies in the fashion and tech industries vary widely in terms of ambition and credibility. Standard-setting initiatives provide very limited incentives and sometimes even barriers to companies striving for more impactful renewable electricity strategies.

Navigating the nuances of corporate renewable electricity procurement: Spotlight on fashion and tech
Publication date 16 Jan 2024

The renewable electricity commitments of 10 major companies in the fashion and tech industries vary widely in terms of ambition and credibility. Standard-setting initiative provide very limited incentives and sometimes barriers to companies striving for more impactful renewable electricity strategies.

Finn Hossfeld

Finn Hossfeld’s work focuses on monitoring progress on climate indicators and facilitating partnerships to enable just transitions and sustainable development. Prior to joining NewClimate, he explored the intersection of decarbonisation and equity at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; as a research intern, he reviewed existing metrics for capturing key equity impacts of the energy transition. Finn holds a BA in Public Policy Studies from Duke University.

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Mobile Work in the future - Climate Protection Opportunities and Risks
Publication date 05 Jan 2024

This project examines what a mobile working world will look like in the future.

Jan-Luka Scheewel

Jan-Luka Scheewel works on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of national climate policies. Prior to joining NewClimate Institute, he worked as an intern at the German Bundestag supporting members of the parliament on social policy. During his studies, Jan-Luka specialised in econometrics and methods applied to economic policy and environmental economics. His expertise includes using data-driven approaches for policy evaluation, assessing policy impacts on global warming and identifying cost-effective mitigation pathways. In his master thesis, he built a forecasting tool using advanced...

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Strategic Horizon Scanning (Klimascan)

The project establishes a horizon scanning system to systematically identify trends and developments across all areas of the economy and society that are relevant in the context of the government’s climate protection policy.

Senegal as an LNG Exporter? Stranded asset risks in the transition
Publication date 18 Dec 2023

Despite recent spikes in the global price of LNG, Senegal's fossil fuel hopes may be dashed with global trends. Scaled up renewable energy deployment, and electrification of gas end uses are increasingly likely to reduce global LNG demand. Before going all in on offshore oil and gas development, it is important that Senegal considers transition risks, its relative competitiveness, and what alternatives the Just Energy Transition Partnership may offer.

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