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IXUS offers broad, low-cost diversification across thousands of non-U.S. stocks with a higher dividend yield, while NZAC's climate-focused approach has delivered slightly better five-year returns.

NZAC provides exposure to global companies meeting environmental standards, whereas VEA focuses on traditional non-U.S. developed markets. VEA maintains a significantly lower expense ratio and holds a much larger asset base than the NZAC climate fund.

The State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF screens for global companies aligned with Paris climate goals, whereas the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF provides broad exposure to stocks in developing nations. The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF offers a lower expense ratio and a higher trailing-12-month dividend yield compared to the State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF.

The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) offers a lower expense ratio, and higher 1- and 5-year returns than the State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NZAC). NZAC provides a higher dividend yield but maintains fewer holdings than VT.

The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF features a lower expense ratio and higher trailing dividend yield than the State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF. The State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF maintains a global portfolio focused on climate-change mitigation whereas the iShares fund concentrates purely on developing economies.