Media Releases
- May192020
International investor networks encourage South Korean Government to seize net zero emissions growth opportunities with revised Paris pledge
DownloadRead moreInternational investor networks, whose members and signatories have assets under management worth hundreds of trillions of won, have written to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea encouraging his government to formalise enhanced climate commitments in a revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement and capitalise on investment and jobs in net zero emissions technologies and infrastructure. In the
- May042020
International investor groups call for governments to work towards a sustainable recovery from COVID-19
DownloadRead moreInternational investor groups, including the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), have encouraged global governments to ensure they are planning for a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by factoring in climate change risk into economic recovery plans. The global statement, which has been sent to G20 countries and others, reinforces that governments’ first priority amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- Mar302020
AIGCC Response to Japan’s Revised Nationally Determined Contribution Under the Paris Agreement
DownloadRead moreIn response to Japan’s release of a revised Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, Director of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, Rebecca Mikula-Wright, said: “It is discouraging to see that Japan’s revised pledge under the Paris Agreement contains no immediate commitment to greater emissions reductions. In February, global investor organisations wrote to Prime Minister Abe encouraging Japan