Sector: Sector Businesses and Paris Agreement

sector: It is a similar story in the corporate sector, according to The Guardian. Businesses are under increasing pressure from investors and shareholders to back up claims they are committed to the goals of the Paris agreement. Few have mapped how to get there. Take BHP, one of the world's 20 big emitters it has set a mid-century net-zero emissions target but is yet explain how it will reach it, and plans to invest more in oil and gas than climate solutions. Having moved in both diplomatic and investment circles, he found people in each who wanted to tackle the climate crisis but had little comprehension of how the other worked. Martijn Wilder, long-time head of Baker & McKenzie's global climate law and sustainable-finance practice and a founding board member of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, has seen up close the divide between the decision-making that goes into setting targets and establishing rules at United Nations climate talks and that drives spending decisions. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.