Valerie Kwan

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 New documents reveal the International Gas Union's strategy for locking in fossil fuels: - "greening" the image of gas - "find a positive message to defend and enhance the role of gas" - Target the UN, World Bank, and others Read more: influencemap.org/landing/-a7945…

New survey data: Corporate engagement is a leading tool for investors to decarbonise portfolios. Read 4th edition of our #netzero investment report: bit.ly/AIGCC_4thNZRep… Feat. case studies by @BNPPAM_COM @CapitalDynam @gicsingapore #Invesco @Fitch_ESG

@BecMW28 @jeremytwit1 I am so sorry to hear this!!! ;(

My aunt& uncle's farm was razed near Milton. Her sister survived - by a miracle - on the bathroom floor as they listened to the fireball hit the shed with tractors and cars exploding. A tractor became a projectile. 100 cattle gone. Gutters melted.. incredible @jeremytwit1

Despite growing climate exacerbated extreme weather events affecting the region, Asia has the most to gain in terms of technological opportunities in climate change @AIGCC_update @IGCC_Update #igccsummit

Facilitating the 3rd panel at the first global TCFD summit - TCFD in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities. Great discussion on engagement with companies around innovation and opportunities in climate change. #TCFD #ClimateChange #TCFDSummit #Tokyo

Looking forward to more green investments referencing the newly released Green Investment Guidance issued by the TCFD Consortium in Tokyo.

Panel at TCFD Summit: “From Divestment to Engagement” - embrace the concept of universal ownership in investing and advocate change through engagement. #TCFD #Tokyo #ClimateChange @AIGCC_update

Great to see high level support in pushing climate higher up on the agenda for governments, companies and investors.

Among various risks affecting enterprise resilience, climate disasters such as impact of typhoon on Japan, flooding in India, droughts in China... expose Asian economies to risks of colossal losses and business disruption. #FMGlobalResilience bit.ly/2Wkzp6a

HK SFC could do more on new ESG guidelines: ACGA asianinvestor.net/article/hk-sfc…

New report: Asia is the most exposed region to costs from extreme weather events in 1.5c, 2c or 3c scenario @chinawaterrisk @Manulife

Amazing and this also serves as a constant reminder that there is a lot more work that needs to be coming for companies and investors to come to the frontlines to actively transition to climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement.

Japan's key Ministries: Financial Services Agency, Environment and Energy Trade &Industry (METI) launching TCFD investor &company consortium in May @FSB_TCFD @tcfd_JFSA

Major new report: Are Asia's Pension Funds ready gor Climate Change? 'Asian economies are most exposed to climate risks but also have the most to gain from the low carbon transition' aigcc.net @chinawaterrisk @Manulife

China and the EU, as the largest green financial markets of the world, are looking to join forces to harmonize their standards for green and sustainable finance.

China's new 'Green Catalogue' just unveiled ndrc.gov.cn/gzdt/201903/t2…

"...the development of a climate-intelligent agricultural model, and opening up of the ETS is one of the internationally and commonly agreed ways forward."#CPPCC2019 #ClimateChange #China bit.ly/2H5siaf

"...producing more food, by itself, does not enable the hungry to eat. Thus, agribusiness and its philanthropic promoters are often the problem, not the solution, in feeding the world." Time to look at problems from a more holistic view.. shar.es/amcAaz

Happy New Year of the (Roast) Pig as Hong Kong has its hottest Lunar New Year since 1884. bit.ly/2X3lPl6

Ground-breaking commitment from BP to back shareholder resolution from @ActOnClimate100 leads asking it to align strategy & capex with well below 2 degrees goal of #ParisAgreement Delighted the Commissioners were able to support @HermesEOS & @LGIM on this sumo.ly/127WL