Reinsurance company Munich Re to cut investments in coal projects
German reinsurance company Munich Re will no longer invest in companies that make more than 30 percent of their revenues from coal-based operations, CEO Joachim Wenning said in a guest article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淐limate change is a fact,鈥� Wenning said, adding that reaching the Paris Agreement鈥檚 goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius is necessary to avoid having to spend more and more on costly weather extremes. 鈥淥f all fossil fuels, coal is responsible for the biggest share of CO2 emissions,鈥� he said, adding that new coal plants are 鈥渋rreconcilable鈥� with the aim of curbing climate change. Munich Re would instead ramp up its efforts in promoting sustainable technologies, such as solar power, wind power, or power-to-X systems, Wenning said. However, while coal-based projects will be shunned 鈥渋n principle,鈥� there will be exceptions for 鈥渆xisting clients or in emerging markets,鈥� as the latter should be allowed to continue burning coal for economic growth, Wenning added.
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