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Title
Category
Tag
Country
Date
What carbon budget for the new generations?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change
Global
2019-04-21
Deforestation: different areas, different causes
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change - #ESG
Global
2019-04-21
China: towards a “soft cooling”?!
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP
China
2019-04-21
Cryptocurrencies, coinage, sovereignty, citizenship… & trust
Analyst insight
#ESG
Global
2019-04-21
The global picture of CO2 emissions by production segment in the EU-28
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change
Global
2019-04-21
US suicide rate rises
Weekly food for thought
#ESG
USA
2019-04-21
Global growth expected to slow in 2019 according to the IMF
Weekly food for thought
#GDP
Global
2019-04-21
Geopolitics by Debt? The ChinAfrica relationship
Analyst insight
#Credit Risk - #Sovereign Debt
Global
2019-04-21
Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Climate - #IPCC - #WMO
Global
2019-04-21
Carbon Border Tax: an order of magnitude for French consumers
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Inequality - #Paris Agreement
France
2019-04-21
United States: Is the yield curve inversion signalling an economic recession?
Analyst insight
#GDP - #Sovereign Debt
USA
2019-04-21
Italy is sinking a little deeper into the crisis!
Weekly food for thought
#GDP - #Sovereign Debt
Italy
2019-04-21
The challenge of integrating geostrategic issues in sovereign ratings
Analyst insight
#Credit Risk - #GDP - #Geopolitics - #Sovereign Debt
Global
2019-04-21
For a Fistful of Resources?
Weekly food for thought
#Environment
Global
2019-04-21
+1.7% in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2018 but Europe on a positive trend
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #GDP
Global
2019-04-21
In 2019, French economic growth should exceed that of Germany!
Weekly food for thought
#GDP
France
2019-04-21
Emissions and emissions trading scheme
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Environment
Global
2019-04-21
“Arctic meltdown: a point of no return”
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Environment
Global
2019-04-21
Beyond Ratings’ Sovereign ESG analysis can help identify seemingly undervalued Sovereign bond markets
Weekly food for thought
#ESG - #Sovereign Debt
Global
2019-04-21
Beyond Ratings receives accreditation as a credit rating agency
Analyst insight
#ESG
Global
2019-04-21
Stranded assets: which sovereign issuers matter the most?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Environment
Global
2019-04-21
Pension reform: Order, progress and work longer
Analyst insight
#GDP
Brasil
2019-04-21
Venezuela plunged into chaos following a giant blackout!
Weekly food for thought
#Environment
Venezuela
2019-04-21
Norway: in the path to stranded assets
Weekly food for thought
#Environment - #Natural Capital
Norway
2019-04-21
Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage: applications and limitations
Analyst insight
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate
United Kingdom
2019-04-21
Is biodiversity the only ecological issue in the food sector?
Weekly food for thought
#Agriculture - #Biodiversity - #Climate - #GHG - #Greenhouse gases
Global
2019-04-21
Ocean’s Three
Weekly food for thought
#Biodiversity - #Climate - #Environment - #ESG - #IPCC - #Oceans - #SIDS
Global
2019-04-21
Whatever we think, the French economy is doing better!
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP
France
2019-04-21
First Recommendations for the EU Low Carbon Benchmarks
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change
Europe
2019-04-21
Hydrogen: would it pass a change of scale?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change
France, Canada
2019-04-21
A pause in the normalization or tightening cycle of monetary policy, but until when?
Analyst insight
#Credit Risk - #GDP
USA
2019-04-21
Argentina: The hard task to stabilize the Peso and control inflation
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP
Argentina
2019-04-21
Factoring ESG in sovereign credit analysis: recent oil-related issues in Saudi Arabia and Mexico illustrate the challenge of capturing SG
Analyst insight
Mexico, Saudi Arabia
2019-04-21
The weight of energy in the political transition in Mexico: moving backward to the future
Analyst insight
Mexico
2019-04-21
Intense news flow over energy resources in international relations calls for upgrade of risk methodologies
Analyst insight
Senegal, Mauritania
2019-04-21
The need to go beyond the 2° rationale
Analyst insight
France, Egypt
2019-04-21
The tutelary value of carbon, a metric to follow?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate
France
2019-04-21
Germany needs a massive stimulus!
Weekly food for thought
#GDP - #Sovereign Debt
Germany
2019-04-21
Malthusianism: a taboo about to be broken?
Weekly food for thought
#Environment - #ESG
Global
2019-04-21
Natural Resources versus Technology in National Strategic Interests: Crossing Views on France and South Africa
Analyst insight
#GDP - #Natural Capital - #Sovereign Debt
South Africa, France
2019-04-21
United States vs Mexico: no wall but a fence!
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #Sovereign Debt
United States
2019-04-21
Expenditure spent on food linked to exposure to climate change?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change
Global
2019-04-21
The influence of fossil fuel reserves on energy intensity of transport
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change - #Environment - #ESG
Global
2019-04-21
Social Cohesion in troubled times – On some blind spots of growth and inequality interactions
Analyst insight
#ESG
Global
2019-04-21
Climate Change: the riskiest risk?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate
Global
2019-04-21
After “The Darjeeling Limited”: “The Lifeline Express”
Weekly food for thought
#ESG
India
2019-04-21
After “The Darjeeling Limited”: “The Lifeline Express”
Weekly food for thought
India
2019-04-21
G3: Towards negative real interest rates, for a long time!
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP
USA, Japan, European Union
2019-04-21
Tailings dams as an embodiment of environmental liabilities and the complexity of the transition
Analyst insight
#Environment
Brazil
2019-04-21
System Costs: some renewables costs to bear in mind when analysing sovereign potential
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #GDP - #Paris Agreement - #Sovereign Debt
Global
2019-04-21
SAMOA Pathway: the final stretch to the mid-term review
Weekly food for thought
#Climate - #Environment - #Paris Agreement
Small Island Developing States, Global, Barbados, Fiji
2019-04-21
Venezuela: Are the United States orchestrating a coup d'État?
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP - #Sovereign Debt
Venezuela
2019-04-21
Climate Transition: An Unpriced Risk?
Analyst insight
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Credit Risk
Global
2019-04-21
Climate Transition: an unpriced risk?
Analyst insight
Global
2019-04-21
The costs of climate change: Which curve to follow?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate
Global
2019-04-21
How can 26 people own the same as 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity?
Weekly food for thought
#ESG - #GDP
Global
2019-04-21
Real social movements have real economic impacts
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #GDP
Global
2019-04-21
Will the Brazilian sugar industry carry on its sweet dreams?
Analyst insight
#Biodiversity - #Environment - #Natural Capital
Brazil
2019-04-21
Shutdown becomes the longest in United States’ history
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #Sovereign Debt
United States
2019-04-21
The oil trade balance of the major regions
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change
Global
2019-04-21
Dear European mink, we wish you a happy new year…it could be your last one
Weekly food for thought
#ESG
Global
2019-04-21
Fed’s monetary policy: after the QE, the QT!
Analyst insight
#Credit Risk - #Sovereign Debt
United States
2019-04-21
Weekly Digest Special Edition 2018 in Review
Analyst insight
#Carbon/Climate Change - #Credit Risk - #ESG - #Natural Capital
Global
2019-04-21
Automobile Industry: Slamming the Brakes on CO2 Emissions
Analyst insight
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change
Europe
2019-04-21
Is our future in the hands of justice?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Paris Agreement
France
2019-04-21
Wow! Is Eurozone inflation really rising?
Weekly food for thought
#Credit Risk - #Sovereign Debt
Europe
2019-04-21
Utility creditworthiness, a risk on the electricity supply
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
AAA OR NOT AAA?
Analyst insight
Global
2019-04-21
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights…really!?
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
The French social shift will cost EUR 10 Bn!
Weekly food for thought
France
2019-04-21
EU consensus on green finance?
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change - #ESG
Global
2019-04-21
What lies behind gender pay gaps?
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
Will the Italian government give in to the European Commission?
Weekly food for thought
Italy
2019-04-21
Climate change, central banking and inflation: the energy conundrum
Analyst insight
Global
2019-04-21
Overview of Climate Finance Flows
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
Violence against women: a worldwide cultural concern
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
Mitigating agricultural emissions: are cows the cash cow of climate mitigation?
Analyst insight
#Biodiversity - #Climate - #Environment - #Natural Capital - #Paris Agreement
Global
2019-04-21
United States GDP stays on track for the third quarter!
Weekly food for thought
United States
2019-04-21
Italy is not afraid of the EU on its budget!
Weekly food for thought
Italy
2019-04-21
The emergence of cumulative climate risks
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
Beyond Ratings releases its updated sovereign ESG scoring tool
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
The Arab Spring: ill winds of change or birth of nations ?
Analyst insight
Middle East & North Africa
2019-04-21
The Lithium market, upcoming tensions
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
IEA: for a coal phase-out?
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
National Carbon Reduction Commitments: Identifying the Most Consensual Burden Sharing
Research note
#Carbon - #Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Paris Agreement
Global
2019-04-21
It's heavy to carry 35 kg every day...
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
The Big Blue
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
United States midterm elections: Donald Trump will have to cohabitate!
Weekly food for thought
United States
2019-04-21
Can we foster social mobility to reinforce democracy?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
An Update on Mark Carney
Weekly food for thought
#Carbon/Climate Change - #Climate - #Credit Risk
England
2019-04-21
For clean air, go to the Pacific.
Weekly food for thought
Global
2019-04-21
Germany: inflation at its highest since 2012!
Weekly food for thought
Germany
2019-04-21
The Financial Markets and Bolsonaro Romance
Analyst insight
Brazil
2019-04-21
Social acceptability or financial cost: do we need to make waste incinerators fancy?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
A newly born Human Capital Index: One more?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Should we fear the worst for Italian debt?
Weekly food for thought
Italia
2019-04-21
The harder they come, the harder they fall…
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Are tax havens becoming a financial hub for environmentally harmful activities?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Climate Finance and Climate Emergency: Same temporality?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
How much could United States protectionism cost?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
How are investors addressing article 173 for the sovereign asset class ?
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Canada’s carbon tax: Competitiveness first?
Weekly food for thought
Canada
2019-04-21
Tears of blood in our cell phones?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
As expected, the IMF is still lagging…
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Climate change concerns in Sweden
Analyst insight
Sweden
2019-04-21
Cities’ Pledge for Buildings
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
How to integrate SDGs in corporates: a brainteaser?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Italian government interest rates under pressure!
Weekly food for thought
Italia
2019-04-21
Disappearing Wetlands
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
80% of Chinese foreign investment in the energy sector is in fossil energies
Weekly food for thought
China
2019-04-21
Is road freight decoupling from GDP per capita growth in China?
Weekly food for thought
China
2019-04-21
The Fed is more optimistic than ever!
Weekly food for thought
USA
2019-04-21
Under The Wire
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Has the mystery of CFC-11 emissions been solved?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Feeding the world in a warmer climate: a terrible scissor effect
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Inflation climbs in the United Kingdom!
Weekly food for thought
United Kingdom
2019-04-21
Limits of development: Is there an antagonism between environmentalism and human progress?
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Are ESG factors structural determinants of economies?
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Floods take a growing toll on UK economy
Weekly food for thought
United Kingdom
2019-04-21
Undernourishment and climate change: a new signal
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Emerging Market currencies in turmoil…
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
An alternative to standard classifications: the ESG classification
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Allocation methodology of national climate budgets
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Effects of the integration of “Energy-Climate-Natural Resources” determinants in the country risk methodology
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Can we really close the mines?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
A quite dishonest ESG assessment of Roland Garros
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
The ECB and the Italian political situation push up government bond yields
Weekly food for thought
Italia
2019-04-21
Social Performance and States Economic Growth
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Climate risk uncertainties: “better to be approximately right than precisely wrong”
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Inequality, Human Capital and Growth
Research note
All
2019-04-21
In the eye of the storm
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Parental leaves: baby-steps towards more equality
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
FIFA World Cup in Russia: a tremendous cost…
Weekly food for thought
Russia
2019-04-21
Implications of the IMF arrangement with Argentina
Analyst insight
Argentina
2019-04-21
A quick look at the diversity of financial intermediary roles
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Is Bitcoin an ESG nightmare?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
ECB monetary policy: not surprisingly?!
Weekly food for thought
European Union
2019-04-21
Illegal drugs in the GDP: short-term gain but long-term loss
Analyst insight
European Union
2019-04-21
It is mid-year and already 78 countries have reached their overshoot day
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
S&P upgrades Greece debt rating to B+
Analyst insight
Greece
2019-04-21
The “Waste Road” is changing
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
How ESG Can Improve Sovereign Yield Performance Analysis
Research note
All
2019-04-21
Demography in the European Union: a debt trap to come?
Weekly food for thought
European Union
2019-04-21
How To Put a Price on Carbon
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Is Organic Honey the New Cuban Cigar?
Weekly food for thought
Cuba
2019-04-21
World Indebtedness: A Red Flag for the World Bank
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Greece’s Debt Due: A Modern Sisyphus
Analyst insight
Greece
2019-04-21
E S or G: What do European investors have to say about it?
Weekly food for thought
European Union
2019-04-21
The Montagne d’Or Project: a real gold mountain?
Weekly food for thought
French Guyana
2019-04-21
Did Russia dump all its U.S. Treasuries in May?
Weekly food for thought
#Sovereign Debt
Russia
2019-04-21
Only dead fish go with the flow… together with plastic
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Stranded fossil fuel assets: winners and losers
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
MethaneLeaks: a new world scandal?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
Inflation in Venezuela will be 1,000,000% by the end of 2018!!!
Weekly food for thought
Venezuela
2019-04-21
Lithium-ion batteries, a difficult reality?
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
The UK has run out of liquefied CO2!
Weekly food for thought
United Kingdom
2019-04-21
Overshoot Day trends: good news or bad news?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
France: Inflation at its highest level since 2012!
Weekly food for thought
France
2019-04-21
Summertime, and the beaches are… disappearing
Analyst insight
All
2019-04-21
Effort sharing to reach 2030 emission targets: paying their fair share
Weekly food for thought
European Union
2019-04-21
Summer 2018: On the highway to hell?
Weekly food for thought
All
2019-04-21
France Growth target lowered to 1.7% for 2019
Weekly food for thought
France
2019-04-21
Venezuela: A desperate attempt to regain confidence…
Analyst insight
Venezuela
2019-04-21
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