Financial Markets Already Pricing The Fossil Fuel Phaseout - CleanTechnica

The article discusses the disconnect between the perceived failure of COP30, held in Brazil, and the actual financial market trends indicating a shift away from fossil fuels. Despite the conference’s weak outcomes and environmental controversies, a recent Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing survey of 950 institutional investors across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific reveals that 80% plan to increase sustainable investments in the next two years. This shift is driven not by political declarations but by mandates, risk models, and capital allocation decisions that are redirecting funds away from fossil fuel assets with declining transition credibility. The survey included large asset owners and managers controlling tens of trillions of dollars, signaling that the fossil fuel phaseout is already underway through market mechanisms rather than political consensus. The article also highlights that while COP conferences require consensus—often giving veto power to fossil fuel-producing nations—a coalition of 80 countries at COP30 has chosen to pursue a separate path away from fossil fuel dependency. This coalition plans a follow-up conference co-hosted