1、1 The MSCI Net-Zero TrackerApril 2024A periodic report on progress by the worlds listed companies toward curbing climate risk Spotlight on carbon markets2 Introduction1“Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023,”World Meteorological Organization,March 19,20242“February 2024 was globall
2、y the warmest on record,Copernicus Climate Change Service,March 5,20243“First Global Stocktake,”United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,Dec.12,20234“Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023,”International Energy Agency,March 1,20245 The global total,of
3、course,masks regional differences,with both total emissions and emissions per capita falling in advanced economies while rising in China.At the same time,emissions per capita in advanced economies were about 70%higher than the global average last year.See,IEA report cited in footnote 4.The shift to
4、a clean-energy economy stands at a crossroads.Earth experienced its hottest year on record in 2023.1 The heat pushed average global temperatures at least temporarily above the 1.5C(2.7F)threshold that scientists tell us can stave off the worst impacts of global warming.2 Nearly 200 countries,meanwhi
5、le,have pledged to triple reliance on renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030 in a push to drive down the worlds dependence on oil,gas and coal.3 Evidence shows that the share of fossil fuels in the global energy mix is falling,albeit slowly.4 Yet global greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions ho
6、ver at all-time highs(59.8 billion tons)and the projected emissions of the worlds listed companies put them on a trajectory to warm the planet 3C(5.4F)by the end of the century according to our data.5 This ninth edition of our Net-Zero Tracker examines the current moment in a climate transition that