Portfolio alignment is a hot topic and key area of focus for the TCFD review and COP26 private finance team. But what is it really telling us and how will it influence investment decisions? This session looked at the unintended consequences of the portfolio alignment metric, and how investors can incorporate forward-looking views into their analysis and how it affects investment decisions.[vc_quotes layout=”accordion” 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Research from Princeton University plots a Blueprint for how the US can achieve net zero emissions in the next decade showing the key is overcoming execution challenges including the infrastructure deployment and the mobilisation of capital and labour.
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