The global race to net-zero emissions has begun. But the world has much further to run.

The European Union, Japan, the UK and many other major world economies have set ambitious goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. China, the world’s biggest emitter, is aiming to be carbon neutral before 2060. And US President Joe Biden announced the nation’s return to the Paris Agreement and is putting the fight against climate change at the heart of his administration’s goals.

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Climate is a fundamental investment theme quickly filtering down through the ranks of the wealthy and far below the level of billionaires.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos just named the first recipients of his $10 billion climate fund. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and renewable energy company Tesla is poised to become the largest company ever added to the S&P 500. At its current market cap, Tesla is bigger than the five largest companies in the S&P 500 energy sub-sector combined.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created what can be termed a critical juncture from the perspective of the low-carbon transition. 1 Nations have the opportunity to use their economic recovery plans to accelerate this transition. Whilst some countries, generally the more developed economies, are putting
forward green recovery plans, governments of many lower income countries are more concerned about short-term issues such as employment and livelihoods. As an upper-middle-income country, China might be expected to build on its recent successes and accelerate the pace of its low-carbon energy
transition.

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