• Atmospheric CO2 /Parts per Million /Annual Averages /Data Source: noaa.gov

  • 1980338.91ppm

  • 1981340.11ppm

  • 1982340.86ppm

  • 1983342.53ppm

  • 1984344.07ppm

  • 1985345.54ppm

  • 1986346.97ppm

  • 1987348.68ppm

  • 1988351.16ppm

  • 1989352.78ppm

  • 1990354.05ppm

  • 1991355.39ppm

  • 1992356.1ppm

  • 1993356.83ppm

  • 1994358.33ppm

  • 1995360.18ppm

  • 1996361.93ppm

  • 1997363.04ppm

  • 1998365.7ppm

  • 1999367.8ppm

  • 2000368.97ppm

  • 2001370.57ppm

  • 2002372.59ppm

  • 2003375.14ppm

  • 2004376.96ppm

  • 2005378.97ppm

  • 2006381.13ppm

  • 2007382.9ppm

  • 2008385.01ppm

  • 2009386.5ppm

  • 2010388.76ppm

  • 2011390.63ppm

  • 2012392.65ppm

  • 2013395.39ppm

  • 2014397.34ppm

  • 2015399.65ppm

  • 2016403.09ppm

  • 2017405.22ppm

  • 2018407.62ppm

  • 2019410.07ppm

  • 2020412.44ppm

  • 2021414.72ppm

  • 2022418.56ppm

  • 2023421.08ppm

Portfolio Management

News & Views

Brightwell’s Wyn Francis: ‘the transition is on the verge of accelerating’

As part of our new podcast series, NZI with Mona, Net Zero Investor sat down with Brightwell CIO Wyn Francis to discuss the challenges of decarbonising a fixed-income heavy portfolio.

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NZI Annual Conference: engagement with BP and Shell is ‘a lost cause’

At Net Zero Investor’s second Annual Conference at the London Stock Exchange asset owners debated about the best ways to successfully engage with hard-to-abate sectors.

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CalPERS doubles climate solutions: ‘The first objective is to create outperformance’

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Peter Rasmussen: asset manager action on net zero has been ‘disappointing’

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Smart Pension CIO on investing £550m in split voting and branching out to climate solutions

Net Zero Investor caught up with Paul Bucksey, CIO of the £4bn UK master trust Smart Pension, as the fund announces a seed investment to enable split voting

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BERS’ investment lead: ‘climate change is an un-diversifiable risk’

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Climate scientist Susanne Ditlevsen: ‘I am shocked by how bad climate economists are’

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People Moves: who is hiring who within the industry?

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Hopelessly divided California: home to a host of different net zero approaches

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Surrey Pension Fund: “There’s a balance of power shift on net zero”

Net Zero Investor sat down with Lloyd Whitworth, head of Investment and Stewardship and Neil Mason, assistant director for the Surrey Pension Fund to discuss their new net zero target

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People Moves: Who is hiring who within the industry

Key exectutive hires have been made at two Australian firms.

Briefs

Climate change could drive up sovereign borrowing costs by more than $200bn

Rising temperatures could drive up borrowing costs for the world's most powerful economies, researchers warn

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People Moves: who is hiring who within the industry?

Quadruple CEOs named at impact firm Palladium while OMERS hires a new infrastructure head

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People Moves 28 July: Who is hiring who within the industry?

Change made at the top of the UK's largest master trust

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People Moves 21 July: Who is hiring who within the industry

Adam Matthews has ended his stint at the TPI, while a board appointment has led to BlackRock’s sustainability credentials being challenged.