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Principles to guide investment towards a stable climate

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  • Richard J. Millar

    (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

  • Cameron Hepburn

    (Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School
    Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
    Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford)

  • John Beddington

    (Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford)

  • Myles R. Allen

    (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
    Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
    University of Oxford)

Abstract

Investors will play a major role, whether active or passive, in climate change mitigation. To enable prudent decision-making, we propose three physically based engagement principles that could be used to assess whether an investment is consistent with a long-term climate goal.

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  • Richard J. Millar & Cameron Hepburn & John Beddington & Myles R. Allen, 2018. "Principles to guide investment towards a stable climate," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 2-4, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:8:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41558-017-0042-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-017-0042-4
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    Cited by:

    1. Frederick van der Ploeg & Armon Rezai, 2020. "Stranded Assets in the Transition to a Carbon-Free Economy," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 12(1), pages 281-298, October.
    2. Birte Ewers & Jonathan F. Donges & Jobst Heitzig & Sonja Peterson, 2019. "Divestment may burst the carbon bubble if investors' beliefs tip to anticipating strong future climate policy," Papers 1902.07481, arXiv.org.
    3. Mateo Ortiz & María‐Ángeles Cadarso & Luis‐Antonio López, 2020. "The carbon footprint of foreign multinationals within the European Union," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 24(6), pages 1287-1299, December.

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