GRN News and Press, Barclays Bank PLC From 12/21/22

Summary The transition to net-zero emissions has become one of the key drivers that will define the global economy over the decades to come. The Paris Agreement and national climate change plans anticipate a gradual transition to a low-carbon world – not an overnight switch to ze...

Summary We expect to see 58 GW growth in the combined wind and solar market in Europe and 32 GW in the US in 2023. Global commercial CCS capacity that is operational or under development is set to grow by 44% this year to 244 million tonnes per annum. Hydrogen is still in its infanc...

Summary The adaptation and loss-and-damage topics cut straight to the scale and on-the-ground reality of climate-change impacts and the expense of addressing them. A draft of the US government’s Fifth Annual Climate Assessment found that the US, historically the biggest polluter,...

Summary As global warming worries approach critical mass, corporate bond investors expect issuers to be part of the solution. At the epicenter of the climate crisis are greenhouse gases (GHG), which all industries emit in one way or another. Most companies strive to shrink their emi...

Summary There are two meetings going on today - the G20 major economies meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali today and tomorrow (November 15 and 16), and the COP27, which focuses on climate change, running November 7-18 in Egypt. Crude oil prices initially rose early last week...

Summary US President Joe Biden inked the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16. This legislation will likely be transformative over the long term as it is the largest government-led investment in clean energy in US history. The US goal is to achieve a 50%-52% red...

Summary Surging stocks show markets believe hopes of a soft landing by the Fed to be true. We disagree and stay underweight developed market (DM) stocks. U.S. stocks jumped and bond yields plunged after October CPI rose less than the market expected. But sticky core inflation keep...

Summary The prices of oil, copper, and iron ore are all sharply down from their peaks earlier this year. The transition to green power will, in the medium term, boost demand for hydrocarbons. Even if the global economy were to collapse once again, the capital cycle could allow...

Summary While a divided US government may look appealing, there are long-term risks amid resulting gridlock. The longest night belonged to the pollsters and pundits, whose predictions for a “red wave” did not come to fruition. Looking at historical relationships ...

Summary Avenues of investing aligned with megatrends are inherently predicated on visions of the future. But what makes thematic investing a lot more palatable than prophesizing, is that certain megatrends are already in motion. Thematic investors, therefore, need only observe...