CO2 / PPM /Annual Averages / Data Source: noaa.gov 1980 338.91ppm 1981 340.11ppm 1982 340.86ppm 1983 342.53ppm 1984 344.07ppm 1985 345.54ppm 1986 346.97ppm 1987 348.68ppm 1988 351.16ppm 1989 352.78ppm 1990 354.05ppm 1991 355.39ppm 1992 356.1ppm 1993 356.83ppm 1994 358.33ppm 1995 360.18ppm 1996 361.93ppm 1997 363.04ppm 1998 365.7ppm 1999 367.8ppm 2000 368.97ppm 2001 370.57ppm 2002 372.59ppm 2003 375.14ppm 2004 376.96ppm 2005 378.97ppm 2006 381.13ppm 2007 382.9ppm 2008 385.01ppm 2009 386.5ppm 2010 388.76ppm 2011 390.63ppm 2012 392.65ppm 2013 395.39ppm 2014 397.34ppm 2015 399.65ppm 2016 403.09ppm 2017 405.22ppm 2018 407.62ppm 2019 410.07ppm 2020 412.44ppm 2021 414.72ppm 2022 418.56ppm 2023 421.08ppm 2024 424.61ppm 2025 427.35ppm
CO2 / PPM /Annual Averages / Data Source: noaa.gov 1980 338.91ppm 1981 340.11ppm 1982 340.86ppm 1983 342.53ppm 1984 344.07ppm 1985 345.54ppm 1986 346.97ppm 1987 348.68ppm 1988 351.16ppm 1989 352.78ppm 1990 354.05ppm 1991 355.39ppm 1992 356.1ppm 1993 356.83ppm 1994 358.33ppm 1995 360.18ppm 1996 361.93ppm 1997 363.04ppm 1998 365.7ppm 1999 367.8ppm 2000 368.97ppm 2001 370.57ppm 2002 372.59ppm 2003 375.14ppm 2004 376.96ppm 2005 378.97ppm 2006 381.13ppm 2007 382.9ppm 2008 385.01ppm 2009 386.5ppm 2010 388.76ppm 2011 390.63ppm 2012 392.65ppm 2013 395.39ppm 2014 397.34ppm 2015 399.65ppm 2016 403.09ppm 2017 405.22ppm 2018 407.62ppm 2019 410.07ppm 2020 412.44ppm 2021 414.72ppm 2022 418.56ppm 2023 421.08ppm 2024 424.61ppm 2025 427.35ppm

Stewardship

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Investors at odds over Shell’s climate policy

Ahead of Shell’s AGM next week, investors are at odds over voting for a climate resolution filed against UK oil and gas supermajor Shell as one of its biggest shareholders has come out to back the board

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Money talks: investors turn their focus to fossil fuel funders

With the AGM season drawing to a close, Net Zero Investor assesses how investors have switched their engagement focus from oil firms to banks

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WWFD (what would a fiduciary do)? A rejoinder to Tom Gosling

Paul Rissman, co-founder at Rights CoLab sets out why he disagrees with the view that asset owners should maintain modest objectives when it comes to tackling climate change

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Illinois treasurer and Maryland comptroller join opposition to Exxon’s leadership

Ahead of Exxon Mobil’s AGM on 29 May, the state comptrollers for Maryland and the treasurer for Illinois have also joined the pushback against Exxon's leadership

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Wespath’s Schoeppner: why we are calling for a vote against Exxon’s board

NZI caught up with Lucas Schoeppner, manager Sustainable Investment Stewardship at Wespath to find out why he is calling for a vote against Exxon's leadership

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Asset owners call out Shell’s LNG expansion plans

Oil giant Shell is putting Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) at the heart of its expansion plans but ahead of its AGM, asset owners warn it is failing to meet Paris targets

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Now:Pensions’ Keith Guthrie on ditching third party managers and new stewardship strategies

UK master trust Now:Pension has ceased relationships with its third party managers over stewardship misalignment. NZI caught up with Keith Guthrie, head of sustainability at Cardano and Now:Pensions to find out more

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Shareholders back off BP to ramp up pressure on Shell and Exxon

Shareholders have overwhelmingly supported BP’s board despite the oil and gas supermajor backtracking on its climate targets, focussing their pressure on Shell and Exxon instead

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Brunel to vote against Exxon’s board

Brunel Pension Partnership has announced that it will vote against all all management resolutions at the forthcoming Exxon AGM in response to the oil firm's legal threats against shareholders

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Why universal owners need modest objectives

Tom Gosling, executive fellow at London Business School argues that by aiming for less, asset owners can achieve more as universal owners