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It traces the history of UN efforts from the 1972 Stockholm Declaration to the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda, highlighting the critical need for technology transfer and financial mobilization for developing countries. The text notes that developed countries have struggled to meet the USD 100 billion annual climate finance goal and identifies barriers to technology diffusion, including intellectual property rights and insufficient absorptive capacities. 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Furthermore, the policy applies only to active investments, covering less than one-third of BlackRock's $7 trillion in assets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000096#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"As of September 2019, BlackRock had invested $17.6 billion in 86 coal plant developers and lacks a phase-out strategy to exit the sector by 2030 in the OECD and 2040 worldwide.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000096#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"CalPERS utilizes a 50% exclusion threshold that only covers the coal mining sector, ignoring the coal power sector. 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The declaration defines Local Green Enterprises (LGEs) as those demonstrating environmental consciousness in resource and waste management and inclusiveness in wages and revenue distribution. 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