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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Global environmental climate change, covid-19, and conflict threaten food security and nutrition

The BMJ
Environmental climate change, food security, and nutrition · Conflict and system connectedness · How covid-19 has exposed nutritional issues as a core ...

Roundtable discussion: A new social contract for urban resilience and sustainability | UN Web TV
UN Web TV - the United Nations
... COVID-19, Climate and Conflict. Speakers will discuss approaches that can help address multiple gaps and build resilient and sustainable ...

Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say - NPR
NPR
Environmental group Greenpeace on February 26 accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of aiding the destruction of Indonesian rainforests ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Solutions Emerge for Decarbonizing Historically Difficult Off-Road Vehicle Sector - NREL
NREL
Given the range of technologies on the table—e.g., battery electric and fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen and bio-based fuels, battery storage, and on-site ...

The initiatives that are shaping the future for industrial decarbonization | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
The stars are aligning to decarbonize our most stubborn sector: industry. ... to reduce heat demand such as bio-based manufacturing, electrolysis, ...

UN chief urges maritime sector to accelerate decarbonization - People's Daily Online
People's Daily
29 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the maritime sector to accelerate its voyage to decarbonization.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Targa Resources Corp. Releases Sustainability Report
Targa Resources
The report references the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Oil & Gas – Midstream ...

HIA Industries International Announces Publication of 2022 Sustainability Report
Yahoo Finance
The report was informed according to guidelines as set out in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and conformed to the standards of the GRI.
 

How to Find and Publish Stories about Global Disease Outbreaks for an International Audience
The Open Notebook
Still, if you're willing to work to develop the right sources and think creatively about the angles from which you report out your stories, while ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

PV - Brookfield to Invest up to $2 Billion in Scout Clean Energy and Standard Solar
Renewable Energy Magazine
Brookfield Renewable together with its institutional partners, announced two further investments in the U.S. renewable energy sector.

Investors Make Long-Term Bet on Renewables as Gas Crisis Deepens - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
Some bond investors are playing the long game as a deepening standoff with Russia threatens Europe's energy supply, betting that gas shortages ...

14 Best Clean Energy Stocks to Invest In - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
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CDP Sustainability:

NTT DATA launches new service facilitating emissions reductions across entire supply chain
PCR
CDP collects environmental information from companies and municipalities across the globe. As part of its mission set back in September of 2021 to ...

Ryder Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report - Business Wire
Business Wire
To review the Ryder 2021 CSR and learn more about Ryder's sustainability reporting, including our CDP Climate Change Response, please visit ...

CDP, EIB and Intesa Sanpaolo provide €160m for development of Port of La Spezia
Devdiscourse
The goal is to improve access to the port by strengthening the rail system, delivering positive employment and environmental impact.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Newsom steps up his (nonpresidential?) campaign - CalMatters
CalMatters
He bragged publicly about California's leadership on attacking climate change and met with top political figures, including several from other ...

Meet California Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
Wildfires, climate change and energy. To help victims of wildfires, Gallagher authored AB 1249, which exempts wildfire victims from paying income tax ...

Newsom must do more to protect Californians from climate change and wildfire
Los Angeles Times
Climate change is making parts of California hotter, drier and more prone ... There are no easy answers, but our political leaders owe it to us to ...

Impact Investing:

Republican Attacks on ESG Will Restrict Impact Investing in US, Adviser Says
Bloomberg.com
... in legislation across several Republican states will probably “restrict” impact investing in the US, according to hedge fund adviser NorthPeak.

Finding The Ultra In Impact Investing - Forbes
Forbes
Jaclyn Foroughi, CFA, CAIA is a lecturer in impact investing at the Stanford GSB, and cofounder of Brazen Impact, LLC.

Impact investing versus ESG: which is a better bet? - Raconteur
Raconteur
There are growing doubts about the transparency and financial performance of ESG-rated investments. Could impact investing be a better bet?

Energy Storage

How long do residential energy storage batteries last? - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
Multiple factors affect lifespan of a residential battery energy storage system. We examine the life of batteries in Part 3 of our series.

Energy Vault signs MOU with Jupiter Power for 2.4GWh of US-localised battery storage
Energy Storage News
Energy Vault has announced another battery energy storage deal, agreeing to work with US developer Jupiter Power for 2.4GWh of systems.

Largest battery energy storage project in Sweden planned for H1 2024
Energy Storage News
Developer Ingrid Capacity is building a 70MW battery storage facility in Sweden for H1 2024, the largest planned in the Nordic country.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Empty Words: US' 47 Largest Carbon-Emitters Fail to Incentivize CEO Pay Based on Climate ...
Sustainable Brands
Xcel Energy earned the highest score, a B, for linking CEO pay to quantitative emissions-reduction performance. “It is not enough to develop science- ...

Sustainability-linked bonds – their potential to promote issuers' transition to net-zero ...
Stockholm Environment Institute
... a common understanding of eligible economic activities and material performance indicators, the use of science-based targets as best practice, ...

ABM Releases Latest ESG Sustainability Impact Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Commits to Science Based Targets Initiative, making carbon reduction an ... Improved overall performance across ESG ratings, including EcoVadis ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Our Predecessors Built a World of Winners and Losers. It's Time for Something Different.
Asharq AL-awsat
Our Predecessors Built a World of Winners and Losers. ... billion every year to help poor nations prepare for the consequences of climate change.

'Longtermism' Movement Misses the Importance of War - Scientific American
Scientific American
Capitalism is a Darwinian system, with winners and losers, and it has bequeathed us climate change as well as inequality.

Microgrids:

Microgrids For Anyone | News - NREL
NREL
Microgrids For Anyone. Communication-Less Scheme Streamlines Microgrid Setup, Simplifies Recovery. Sept. 29. 2022 | By Connor O'Neil | Contact ...

Energy sharing in microgrids is a win-win — but complicated
Microgrid Knowledge
The microgrid system includes four separate microgrids and each can share energy with any of the other microgrids, said Jana Gerber, president of ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Is the investment industry making headway on its ESG journey? | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
ESG funds on the other hand, generally refer to strategies with explicit ESG-oriented outcomes. ESG funds have an ESG target as part of their ...

Impact trumps returns for 14% of ESG investors - FTAdviser.com
FTAdviser
There is an apparent shift towards impact in sustainable investing with 14 per cent of ESG investors now investing with conviction as opposed to ...

Opinion | Don't Believe Wall Street's Social Responsibility Hype - The New York Times
The New York Times
criteria and sell the ratings to investment firms. But contrary to the spirit of E.S.G. investing (and likely unknown to most investors), the leading ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Status, Challenges, and Policy Options for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage - GAO
GAO
Technologies that capture, use, and store carbon can help address climate change. These technologies capture CO2 at sources like industrial ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market worth $4.9 billion by 2027 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market size is projected to grow from USD 2.4 billion in 2022 to USD 4.9 billion by 2027, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage and the Quest for Net-Zero in Alberta - JD Supra
JD Supra
In March 2022, on the heels of the Canadian Net-Zero Emission Accountability Act, Canada published its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (2022) which ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

“Expert” investors believe sustainable investing is most likely to drive long-term returns
Schroders
Andy Howard, Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders, says of the overall findings: “This year's survey results show that environmental ...

Sustainable investing valued more by 'expert' investors than novices - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
Seasoned investors are more likely than novices to value sustainable investing and attribute performance to ESG factors, Schroders found.

ESG Investing: Why investors need to add a flavour of sustainability in their portfolios
The Economic Times
Sustainable investing is not just investing with a conscience but is also a profitable investment strategy. Investing is like voting. ... How to make ...

Geoengineering:

Meet the People Who Want to Stop the Next Hurricane by Hacking the Ocean
The Daily Beast
But there are still geoengineering projects being researched and developed focused on stopping hurricanes today. Norway-based marine engineering ...

Does Global Drought Call For Geoengineering? - Forbes
Forbes
Is it time for geo-engineering and piping water to drought stricken regions? Shutterstock. The American West, facing its worst drought in 1,200 ...

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years
Phys.org
Some governments might decide to "geoengineer" the planet by spraying substances into the upper atmosphere to form fine reflective aerosols—a ...

Green Bond Funds:

Govt plans debut green bonds to raise $2 billion by March - The Economic Times
The Economic Times
That may prove challenging to achieve given the absence of domestic green debt funds, while foreign investors will face significant exchange-rate ...

India Plans Debut Green Bonds to Raise $2 Billion by March - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
India plans to issue 160 billion rupees ($2 billion) of sovereign green bonds in the fiscal year ending March, as it seeks cheaper funding to meet ...

UK Green Bond Draws $25 Billion Bids at Highest Yield Since 1998 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
The new sale is for green bonds, which fund environmental projects and typically pull in strong demand thanks to interest from specialist ethical ...

Low Carbon Funds:

CSOP CGS-CIMB FTSE Asia Pacific Low Carbon Index ETF to List on SGX | Business Wire
Business Wire
An increasing number of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have begun to focus on carbon emission metrics when investing. Moreover, global ...

CSOP launches low carbon ETF on SGX
ETF Express
An increasing number of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have begun ... The launch of CSOP CGS-CIMB FTSE Asia Pacific Low Carbon Index ETF ...

UND researchers get funding for clean energy efforts - University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota
“The Institute for Energy Studies has grown into a leader in the development of low-carbon energy technologies,” said Dan Laudal, ...