COP29: Bridging Ambition and Action

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LSEG is dedicated to tackling the world’s urgent challenges. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling sustainable growth for economies globally. We deliver on our purpose through the products and services we provide and through our wider role in financial markets and society, including engagements during COP (Conference of the Parties).

COP29 took place in Azerbaijan and the Presidency's plan was to “enhance ambition” - focused on ensuring all parties committed to ambitious national plans and transparency. And also, to “enable action” - reflecting the critical role of finance as a tool to turn ambition into action, help reduce emissions and limit global warming to well below 2°C.

COP29: Bridging Ambition and Action

On 23 October 2024, we hosted an insightful COP29 webinar where industry experts from across the financial landscape explore how to transform climate ambition into tangible action. They discussed driving momentum in climate transition finance, leveraging data, and uncovering practical strategies to bridge the investment gap.

Climate Financial Risk Forum Symposium 2024

The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), alongside LSEG, came together for the Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) Symposium on 27 November. The half day conference was an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the CFRF and discuss how climate and the net zero transition is being considered and integrated into market practices.

London and New York Climate Week 2024

Once again, we convened thought leaders for a range of events during the London and New York Climate Action Weeks this year. Engaging with the ISSB, GFANZ, the World Climate Foundation, and many others to tackle some of the most pressing questions in climate finance.

Follow the COP29 negotiations in the LSEG Workspace COP29 app

The COP29 app is a single place to stay informed and analyse the latest on climate discussions with LSEG’s workspace powerful tools, exclusive content and research.

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Our partners

Engagement and collaboration is a critical component of transition activity, at both a local and global level. We’re engaging with our suppliers at an operational level, and peers and policy makers at a global level, enabling an economy-wide change in behaviour and expectations.

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United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE)

LSEG is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative. The SSE’s mission is to provide a global platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, companies (issuers), regulators, policymakers and relevant international organisations, can enhance performance on ESG issues and encourage sustainable investment.

Glasgow Financial Action Taskforce for Net Zero (GFANZ)

GFANZ is a coalition of financial institutions committed to supporting the global economy to transition to net zero. As a founding member, LSEG plays an active role in GFANZ workstreams and LSEG's CEO, David Schwimmer, is a member of the GFANZ Principals Group, which sets the strategic direction and priorities and monitors progress.

Transition Plan Taskforce

We continued our participation with the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop the gold standard for private sector climate transition plans in the UK, which was launched and hosted at our London offices in October 2023.

As sustainable investment matures and mainstreams, how are the challenges evolving?

Sustainable investment is becoming a more conventional investment strategy. But this mainstreaming brings new challenges: sustainable investment products and approaches are now becoming subject to more conventional types of investor scrutiny, around strategies, methodologies and risk and return. 

November 07, 2024

Capital and COP29: What the finance sector needs to fund the climate transition

As delegates prepare to travel to Baku, in Azerbaijan, for the annual UN climate talks, the progress on efforts to slow global warming presents a mixed picture. There is a growing expectation that carbon emissions from the energy sector could peak this year, as electric vehicles and the tumbling costs of solar power gradually eat into fossil fuel consumption.

November 04, 2024

COP29 Net Zero Atlas

The next 12 months will decide the fate of our climate for decades to come. To help better understand the impacts, our fourth annual Net Zero Atlas provides an analysis of G20 countries’ climate targets, mitigation strategies, and physical risk exposures.

October 31, 2024

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