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Sector Based Decarbonization

Powering ahead: Utilities will lead the race to decarbonization
POLITICO.eu
We can transform the power sector and widen electrification faster and sooner than previously thought, writes the president of Eurelectric and CEO of ...

Sustainable Investing

Stepping up sustainable investing, healthy childbirth in Nigeria, small-business lending in India ...
ImpactAlpha
Taking sustainable investing to the next level, sooner than later (podcast). The glass may be one-quarter full – or more than three-quarters empty.

Taking sustainable investing to the next level, sooner than later (podcast)
ImpactAlpha
The sustainable investing glass may be one-quarter full – or more than three-quarters empty. Last month's report from the U.S. Forum for Sustainable ...

Q&A: CDC's Nick O'Donohoe on impact investing
Devex
NEW DELHI — As the impact investing industry gains steam, questions are emerging about the role of development finance institutions in mobilizing ... 

Global Reporting Initiative:

Time To Step Up Climate Action
Forbes
And a recent report by the U.S. government, the 4th National Climate ... as the United Nations Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...

Markaz launches its first Sustainability Report in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative ...
ZAWYA
The report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, an international independent organization aiming to ...

Results Announced for November 2018 Nasdaq NQCRD Global Sustainability Index Semi-Annual ...
Associated Press (press release)
The Nasdaq NQCRD Global Sustainability Index is one of the leading ... the Global Reporting Initiative G4 sustainability reporting guidelines, the UN ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Developing Nations Driving Clean Energy Investment
POWER magazine
A new study from BloombergNEF (BNEF) says developing countries lead the way on new investments in clean energy, with those nations taking ...

EU Announces Africa-Europe Alliance for Increasing Investments in Sustainable Energy
IISD Reporting Services
8 November 2018: During the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, the European Union and African Union launched the EU-Africa high-level ...

China's Belt and Road Initiative is poised to transform the clean energy industry
Brookings Institution (blog)
One industry that could benefit enormously from BRI is clean energy technologies. Beijing's 12th Five-Year Plan directly focuses on investments in ...

CDP Sustainability:

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California is on fire and Democrats control the House — it's time to get serious about climate change
NBCNews.com
California is on fire, and the Democrats just won back the House. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — whose district sits not far from the flames — took this ...

Nearly 80 Dead and 1000 Missing in California as Trump Visits to Assess Wildfire Damage
Governing
Can Your Government Afford It? The Pact Changing How Governments ... of climate change in the wildfire season, he and the state's top executives ...

Walters: Can Gov. Brown cut water deal before he leaves?
The Mercury News
Of course, California's Central Valley is now one of the planet's most ... “California's climate is highly variable, with frequent droughts and floods,” PPIC ... as California undergoes a change of political leadership, and as outgoing Gov.


Green Energy is Their Mission
Los Angeles Times

Germany's bold goals and it's struggles may provide lessons for equally ambitious California, experts say.

Impact Investing:

New US Impact Investing Platform's First Issuer Has Something For Everyone
Forbes
There's a new platform linking impact investors with for-profits and nonprofit social ventures in the U.S. Called SVX.US, it relies on the same ...

Unlocking Endowments: How Foundations Are Stepping Up Impact Investing
Knowledge@Wharton
Ten years after the Rockefeller Foundation coined the term “impact investing,” it has become a $250 billion market and an expanding global ...    

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate Change Will Affect Infrastructure, Agriculture And Health Of Kansans
KCUR
Climate Change Will Affect Infrastructure, Agriculture And Health Of Kansans ... The impact of those changes will create winners and losers, both in ...

Kentucky Won't Escape Human-Driven Climate Change, Federal Report Warns
89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Kentucky's changing climate will test the resilience of its flood walls, sewer systems, ... Friday's report looks at the regional impacts of climate change. ... and changing rain patterns will help nature pick winners and losers, shifting the ...

How about a Robin Hood carbon tax to combat climate change?
The Sydney Morning Herald
How about a Robin Hood carbon tax to combat climate change? ... would be a flat $1300 a year, this would produce net winners and net losers.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Robo-advisor Nutmeg launches socially responsible investment portfolios
Born2Invest
Socially responsible investing (SRI) is a growing approach to investing with an eye toward environmental, social and governance principles.

Don't Just Vote For Change, Invest For Change
Forbes
Sustainable investing is also known as socially responsible or ESG investing. It now accounts for one out of every four dollars under management in ...

Medicine or vice? Socially screened funds struggle to define cannabis industry
Reuters
The $8 trillion U.S. socially responsible investment industry is grappling with that question as more states approve the recreational use of cannabis, ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Russell Foundation Boosts Impact Investments
The NonProfit Times
The Russell Family Foundation (TRFF) has shifted impact investments in its portfolio from 7 percent to 76 percent over the past several years. Impact ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Climate Activists Must Come To Grips With The Role Natural Gas Will Have
Forbes
Along those lines, energy agency says that carbon capture, utilization and storage will be necessary to meet climate objectives. Right now, this ...

Carbon Capture and Storage Market Analysis by Challenges and Market Growth Factor
Leading Journal (blog)
Carbon Capture and Storage market report is a handy tool for Carbon ... It analyses global production capacity, actual production, utilization rate.

Global Carbon Capture And Storage (Ccs) Market 2018-2025 Major Growth By Key Players: Aker ...
The Industry Today (press release) (blog)
Global Carbon Capture And Storage (Ccs) Market 2018-2025 Major Growth By ... Import, Fare, Utilization and Utilization Incentive by Major Countries.

Sustainability Investing:

Swiss consultancies rank managers on sustainable investing 'brands'
IPE.com
Many European asset managers commit to responsible investment but do not actively incorporate this into how they convey their identity, according to ...

Investing to change the world for good
Business Day
Advocates of sustainable investing believe that now, more than ever, you can play a role as global interest in sustainable investing rises. Sustainable ...

Philanthropic Investing:

Unlocking Endowments: How Foundations Are Stepping Up Impact Investing
Knowledge@Wharton
Ten years after the Rockefeller Foundation coined the term “impact investing,” it has become a $250 billion market and an expanding global ...

'Impact investing' in VN creates social impact as well as financial growth
Viet Nam News
... together prominent members of the business, philanthropic and investing community to discuss the future of impact investing in Southeast Asia.

Green Bond Funds:

Inside a New iShares Green Bond ETF
ETF Trends
Fixed income exchange traded funds are increasingly tapping into socially responsible investing themes. A good example of that trend is the newly ...

BGRN: Finally An ETF Bond Fund We Find AttractiveSeeking Alpha
BlackRock recently launched a new Green Bond Fund ETF which we find attractive and plan to use as part of our fixed income strategy. We appreciate ...


Low Carbon Funds:

Morningstar Names Low Carbon Funds
Financial Advisor Magazine
Last spring, Morningstar created the “Low Carbon Designation,” which puts the spotlight on mutual funds that hold assets with a low carbon footprint.

Siptu seeks fund to assist workers hit by shift to low-carbon economy
Irish Times
A new “just transition fund” should be established to give financial support and redeployment options to workers in companies such as Bord na Móna ...

A new 'playbook' for financing a climate-constrained world
GreenBiz
Meanwhile, increasing numbers of investors seek low-carbon opportunities to invest in. In fact, in recent survey responses to the Investor Agenda, 400 ...

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