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  2. COP26 Draft Targets Fossil Fuels for First Time Ever
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COP26 Draft Targets Fossil Fuels for First Time Ever

Karrie GordonNov 10, 2021
2021-11-10

World leaders are nearing the end of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland this week and have released the first draft of an agreement from the two weeks of meetings. Contained within it is a call to action for developed countries to at least double the financial amounts allocated towards developing countries for climate change purposes, and the targeting of coal and fossil fuel use.

The draft includes a recognition of the role every partial degree of warming makes and tightens down on the commitment to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. There is the acknowledgement that such a limiting will require “rapid, deep and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions,” according to the draft, and that the avenues for financial contributions and reductions in emissions will be different for all countries.

The goal is to limit carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to their 2010 levels and to hit net-zero by 2050. The language throughout the document refers to the 2020’s as the critical decade to turn things around and conveys an urgency to the changes necessary and the intense amount of scaling up that needs to happen.

The call to action contained within the draft is one that specifically requests that countries “accelerate the phasing-out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels,” the first time such language has been included in anything related to the Paris Agreement. At a time when coal use is on the rise due to natural gas shortages in several countries, it’s clear that such transitions will be almost revolutionary for economies worldwide.

It remains to be seen what the final language of the document will be, and beyond that how individual countries will tackle these goals with legislation and regulation, but the pressure is on.

Low Carbon Investing With SPDR

For investors looking to invest in reduced emissions, the SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (LOWC A-) offers investors exposure to companies with low carbon emissions and fossil fuel reserves.

The fund tracks the MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Index. This index reweights securities in the MSCI All-Country World Index (ACWI) to favor lower carbon emissions as well as lower fossil fuel reserves.

The benchmark overweights companies with low carbon emissions relative to sales and companies with low potential carbon emissions, offering lower carbon exposure when compared to the broad market.

LOWC’s top five sector allocations include information technology at 22.81%, financials at 15.28%, consumer discretionary at 12.49%, healthcare at 11.45%, and industrials at 10.34%.

The ETF carries an expense ratio of 0.20%.

For more news, information, and strategy, visit the ESG Channel.


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