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… be the objective of such a policy? There were many possibilities - they could focus their investments directly on removing potential carbon emissions from the atmosphere, or they … campus pressure to divest carbon assets from their portfolios. As they considered potential investments with an eye toward reducing exposure to carbon, what would be the most meaningful measure of carbon intensity? When it came to public investments, would screening, weighting or forms of impact investing be the best method to …
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