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Sector Based Decarbonization:

DOE Launches New Energy Earthshot to Decarbonize Transportation and Industrial Sectors
Department of Energy
... and Products for Aviation, Marine, and Other Hard-to-Decarbonize Sector. ... from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life.

New research into decarbonization of transportation sector through EV ride-shares
Tech Xplore
More information: Elisabetta Perotti et al, Towards the Decarbonization of the Mobility Sector: Promoting Renewable-Based Charging in Green ...

DOE Launches Cool New Decarbonization Effort - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
As the seventh DOE Energy Earthshot, this project aims to lower carbon emissions from the fuel and chemical industry by utilizing more ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Why U.S. Companies Should Pay Attention to Europe's New Climate Rules - TIME
TIME
Perhaps nothing is of more obvious import to global business leaders than ... an analysis shared with me by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...

CNX Releases Sustainability Report Highlighting Tangible, Impactful, Local ESG Approach
PR Newswire
... Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards.

Pan American Silver Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - Business Wire
Business Wire
The Report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Standards, including the GRI Mining & Metals Sector ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

World Energy Investment 2023 – Analysis - IEA
IEA
World Energy Investment 2023 - Analysis and key findings. ... in place that reinforce incentives for clean energy spending, the energy security ...

Russia's war in Ukraine is spurring investments in renewable energy - CBS News
CBS News
Investments in solar recently overtook oil for the first time, but the world still needs scale back fossil fuels to meet climate goals, energy ...

Clean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths
IEA
Annual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise ...

CDP Sustainability:

Environmental platform urges more than 1,600 high-emitting firms to disclose data | Reuters
Reuters
More than 1600 companies identified by non-profit platform CDP as having the biggest impact on the environment are not disclosing environmental ...

CDP leads campaign for more environmental impact disclosures from high-emitting firms - edie
edie
More than 280 financial institutions are calling on 1600 high-impact companies to disclose their climate, water, and forest impacts through CDP ...

CDP calls on more than 1600 'high impact' firms to disclose environmental data
Business Green
But with investors increasingly demanding more detailed information on companies' environmental and climate risks and initiatives, CDP is teaming ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Audit finds California water agency not adequately considering climate change in forecasts
Los Angeles Times
State auditors say California's Department of Water Resources is ... leadership in accounting for the effects of climate change,” she said in the ...

In-N-Out — and the Whole California Business Lobby — Is Fighting a Landmark Climate Bill
Jacobin
California's national leadership on climate stands in stark contrast to ... resulted in three Democrats changing their votes at the last minute, ...

California Overestimates Water Supply by Ignoring Climate Change - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
California's water agency has overestimated its supply because of a failure to account for climate change in its management of the state's ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in Impact Investing: Toolkits - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
“Policy and sustainable investing have become deeply intertwined,” Lisa Woll, the outgoing head of US SIF, tells ImpactAlpha's Amy Cortese in her exit ...

Impact Investing Newsflow: May 2023 edition | The Social Enterprise Magazine
Pioneers Post
The fund aims to raise further investment from impact investors to eventually reach a US$1bn size. Global: WWF and Finance Earth have launched the ...

Energy Storage

Tesla to power new massive $500 million energy storage project | Electrek
Electrek
The project, which is called Scatter Wash battery storage, will be built, owned, and operated by Stata. Josh Rogol, President of Strata Clean Energy, ...

US utility-scale battery storage industry deployed 4GW/12GWh in record-breaking 2022
Energy Storage News
Image: ACP. The US' installed base of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) increased by 80% in 2022, as the industry ...

ERCOT accounted for 70% of US battery storage deployments in Q1
Energy Storage News
710MW of battery storage came online in the US in Q1 2023 of which around 70% was in the ERCOT, Texas market, S&P Global said.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Science-based targets for nature come for businesses | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
SBTN's guidance for nature is a recognition that planetary health is not just about managing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but also ...

Bell announces first Sustainability-Linked Derivatives - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Bell selected this Sustainability Performance Target (SPT) to support its objective to meet its science-based targets for GHG emissions reduction by ...

ZTE joins the Science-Based Targets Initiative - Mobile World Live
Mobile World Live
In 2022, ZTE achieved an impressive 7.48% reduction in overall carbon emissions compared to the previous year while maintaining revenue growth. This ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change is disrupting hibernation: Female arctic squirrels are shortening it, but the ...
EL PAÍS English
How have hibernating animals reacted to such environmental change? ... that climate change will have a mixed impact with winners and losers: ...

Who are the winners and losers of the US debt deal? - The National
The National
Mr Biden sought $20.3 billion for the toxic exposure fund in his budget. Senator Joe Manchin. The deal enacts changes in the National Environmental ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids to grid resilience: Transforming energy networks
Energy Digital Magazine
Easing reliance on central grids comes in the forms of microgrids – local electrical grids that act as a single, controllable entity – and smart grids ...

Global Microgrids Growth Opportunities - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
The global microgrids market revenue is forecast to increase from $3.37 billion in 2022 to $8.00 billion in 2030. While North America is projected ...

Global Microgrids Markets Report 2023: Revenues to Hit $8 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, May 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Microgrids Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Mauritius: The Rise Of ESG Investing: How Funds Are Responding To Demand For Socially ...
Mondaq
ESG – Environmental, Social, and Governance – a term well known to most people in the investment arena these days, goes back to the year 2004 when ...

Beyond Returns: The Rise Of Values-Aligned Investing - Forbes
Forbes
These investors are not only interested in maximizing returns but also considering environmental and social impact. After working with a number of ...

How to pick a socially responsible bank - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
But your bank or credit union is using your money to lend to or invest in businesses or other customers. So even if you aren't directly giving money ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage | Technip Energies
Technip Energies
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage : Driving the CCUS market, new growth opportunities and carbon transformation with Capture.Now™.

Carbon Capture and Storage Market Projected to Grow at a - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Carbon Capture and Storage Market Growth Boost by Rising Technology, ... the segment includes Capture, Transportation, Storage, Utilization.

Technip Energies launches Capture.Now™ to transform carbon into opportunities
Technip Energies
Now, a strategic platform that brings under one umbrella all its Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies and solutions needed ...   

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

COVID Struck A Sustainability Chord With Consumers, But Have Those Good Intentions ... - Mondaq
Mondaq
An IBM study revealed that 93% of global respondents believed COVID-19 affected their views on sustainability, with 40% prioritising environmental ...

COVID-19's Impact on Office Sustainability: Adapting ESG Policies by DENTON
Business Lancashire
In this post, we will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on sustainability in the office environment and how companies like DENTON can adapt their ESG ...

Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2023 - 2028) - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Sustainability and environmental issues continue to be emphasized, and various innovations catering to paper packaging are expected to drive market ...

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Sustainability Investing: 

We desperately need to embed science in sustainability investing - The European Sting
The European Sting
How can the financial sector really make capital have an environmentally and socially sustainable positive impact on our planet and humanity?

The Hottest Trend in Investing Is Mostly a Sham - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
ESG, which stands for “environmental, social, and governance,” purports to allow investors to put their money into companies that care about not ...

Why nature-based investments could be ESG's crowning glory | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
In the face of geo-economic and geopolitical uncertainty, investors are ... Charles was avowedly green long before sustainability was fashionable.

Geoengineering:

False claim 'albedo effect' proves global warming is engineered | Fact check - USA Today
USA Today
“The shadow of the aerosol trail being dispersed by the Geoengineering SAI aircraft/drone that is seen cast on the artificial synthetic reflective ...

21st Century Technologies: Geoengineering Technologies - CityLife
CityLife
Geoengineering Technologies: Harnessing the Power to Combat Climate Change. As the 21st century progresses, the global community is becoming ...

2022 CHEMTRAILS - What is the impact of Global Weather engineering - One News Page
One News Page
2022 CHEMTRAILS - What is the impact of Global Weather engineering - Geoengineering - backup Minute 12: CO2 is at a ALL-TIME-LOW, is a problem for ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green bonds and guarantees: Key tools to contain global warming - Mint
Mint
MDBs can use their limited funds to provide insurance and risk guarantees which can leverage climate finance many times larger than their own funds.

Hong Kong Hires Banks for Its Third Green-Bond Sale of 2023 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
Hong Kong sold green bonds in the three currencies in January, raising a combined $5.8 billion in its largest such deal. That was followed by a debut ...

Hong Kong aims to raise $4-6 bln in green bonds - sources | Financial Post
Financial Post
... to raise $4 billion to $6 billion in a multi-currency green bond deal, ... Hong Kong's government plans to use the funds raised to finance ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Introducing the Carbon Credits Strategy ETF (NTRL)
Global X ETFs
Investing in carbon allowance derivatives can support the growth of an asset class that provides funding for diverse environmental projects and a low ...

NZ Carbon Fund takes a 20% hit as low NZU price bites
Carbon Pulse
A New Zealand exchange-traded fund exposed to the country's emissions trading scheme has seen its value fall more than 20% due to the tumultuous ...

How EPA Funds The Petrochemical Industry's Opposition - Forbes
Forbes
By now, most Americans are aware of the $369 billion in new incentives subsidies for low-carbon energy projects that were contained in the ...

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