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Sector Based Decarbonization:

A New European Project Delves into Advanced Lightweight Bio-Based or Recycled ... - AZoM
AZoM
... materials to facilitate the decarbonization of the transport sector. ... innovative bio-based polymers & additives and recycled carbon fibres ...

The agricultural transition: Building a sustainable future - McKinsey
McKinsey
Sustainable farming is necessary for decarbonization. But to get the world to net-zero, the agriculture sector must take action along the entire ...

Trane Technologies Advances Transformational Heat Pump Technologies to Decarbonize ...
Business Wire
Through bold, industry-leading action, Trane Technologies is advancing its ... targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global reporting rules published to crack down on greenwashing - Data Center Dynamics
Data Center Dynamics
G20-backed sustainability reporting standards could make it all more real. ... and works closely with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...

ISSB launches global sustainability disclosure standards - Environment Analyst
Environment Analyst
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) described the standards as a "significant milestone" and said it will continue to work with the ISSB, ...

The first ISSB reporting standards are here — what that means for investors | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
The ISSB standards are focused on the information needs of investors and other providers of capital, while [the Global Reporting Initiative, ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

How I Turned $20000 in Renewable Energy Investments Into a $1300 Annual Cash Flow Stream
The Motley Fool
This Fool is generating a lot of dividend income from my renewable energy yieldco investments. That passive income stream should continue growing ...

Risk mitigation and transfer for renewable energy investments: case studies in the Southern ...
Stockholm Environment Institute
Renewable energy has been one of the most successful sectors in using limited public funds to mobilize private finance and investment.

Renewable Energy Stocks That Benefit From $400 Billion IRA Bill - Forbes
Forbes
They are meant to provide an incentive for private domestic investment in clean energy, transport and manufacturing. Many of the tax incentives ...

CDP Sustainability:

Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change Through Urban Planning | Tufts Now
Tufts Now - Tufts University
Sunset Park is classified as an environmental justice community, ... According to CDP, cities are responsible for more than 70% of global carbon ...

IFRS S1 & S2 Reporting Standards Will Now Require Climate And Sustainability Disclosures
Carbon Herald
These guidelines also aim to improve the processes of measuring and disclosing Scope 3 emissions. The CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) – the not-for- ...

CUNA supports funding for CDP, CAP project, Ukraine recovery
CUNA News
World Council of Credit Unions CDP Director Jean Thiboutot (center) at the ... systems for self-reliance, local ownership, and sustainability.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Opinion: Climate leadership means funding nature-based solutions - The Mercury News
The Mercury News
Climate change is here and happening now. ... we can return good fire to the landscape with leadership from California Native Americans who lived ...

Bay Area Voice: Climate leadership means funding nature-based solutions
Marin Independent Journal
Annie Burke is the executive director of Together Bay Area. Tags: California Legislature · Climate Change · environment · Gavin Newsom · Marin Voice ...

Senate Leader Atkins, Budget Chair Skinner on Final Budget: Protecting Progress for ...
Senator Nancy Skinner
I am particularly proud that the 2023 budget strengthens California's nation-leading efforts to combat climate change and expands much-needed funding ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing Is Paying Off | Barron's
Barron's
Private-equity investments—which currently get the most impact investing dollars—outperformed their financial targets by 4% over three years, the ...

Impact investing pays off for most - Private Equity News
Private Equity News
According to the New York-based Global Impact Investing Network, or GIIN, 79% of investors surveyed globally said the performance of their investments ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Equilibrium - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Impact investing remains a market in disequilibrium, where investor demand for impact investments outstrips supply. In the municipal bond markets, the ...

Energy Storage

What is renewable energy storage? - National Grid

National Grid
2. Electrochemical battery energy storage · Lithium-ion battery storage. Government and developers are investing substantially in the creation of huge ...

DOE recognizes long duration energy storage as a critical technology - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
Long-duration energy storage is considered a key to addressing the intermittency of solar and wind energy by ensuring stored energy is available to ...

Energy storage production not keeping pace with global demand - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
A survey by Jabil and SIS International Research found that 88% of respondents are struggling to scale up production of energy storage systems to ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Global initiative launched to rate corporate carbon offset claims - Reuters
Reuters
Under the claims code, companies in all tiers need to make a public commitment to achieving science-based net zero targets no later than 2050 and ...

Prysmian sets net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 - Reuters
Reuters
As part of its plan, which was approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), the company will cut so-called Scope 1 and 2 (direct and ...

Caveat Emptor: The Use and Abuse of Carbon Credits
Kroll
Given the lack of clear rules around carbon credit generation, ... should not be used in calculating science-based climate targets (around ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers in the California budget deal - CalMatters
CalMatters
A handful of losers: Climate change advocates: The budget slashes nearly $3 billion from climate change programs, down from $5 billion in the ...

Wildlife Winners and Losers From the West's Snowy Winter - The Revelator
The Revelator
“Give them a chance to be wild.” Plants and animals do need our help in curbing climate change, though — and not just in the United States, of course.

Microgrids:

Microgrids not just for resilience: new research from NARUC, NASEO highlights GHG ... - Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Nuclear energy has not typically been a microgrid resource, but microreactors “are likely to be deployed in the near term,” according to the ...

Microgrids: Utility Friend or Foe? | T&D World
T&D World
Some utilities, however, are learning that microgrids can help them improve grid reliability and resiliency and mitigate capacity restraints. I ...

Report Outlines Potential, Challenges of Clean Energy Microgrids
American Public Power Association
Clean energy microgrids can provide an opportunity to both enhance resiliency and decrease greenhouse emissions, according to a report by the ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

ESG is maturing but how does that look to asset managers? - Wealth Professional

Wealth Professional
“Our survey results affirm that asset managers continue to prioritize ESG criteria in making investment decisions and demonstrate the managers' desire ...

Here are 5 ways investing sustainably is better than traditional investing | Venture - Daily Hive
Daily Hive
While ESG investments are evaluated through a broader range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, socially responsible investing ...

Why LGBTQ+ investing is set to become a huge theme | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Investors are seeking LGBTQ+ equity investing opportunities, ... funds that target positive impact—could be well-received by interested investors, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Houston residents lack knowledge of carbon capture, study shows
Houston Chronicle
As Houston's energy sector continues to position itself as the carbon capture, utilization and storage hub of the country, a study released by a ...

The Economics of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in Concrete Production
EnergyPortal.eu
Carbon capture involves the separation of CO2 from industrial processes, such as cement manufacturing, and its subsequent storage or utilization. The ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Share Size 2023 - Digital Journal
Digital Journal
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Share Size 2023 : Top Players, Market Share, Future Growth by 2029 | Global Thermostat, Net Power, ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Study investigates the sustainability in blood pressure reduction through a 12-month lifestyle ...
News Medical
A study published in The Lancet Global Health aimed to investigate the sustainability in reduction of blood pressure (BP) through a 12-month lifestyle ...

Informal briefing on the ECOSOC high-level segment… - UN Web TV - the United Nations
UN Web TV - the United Nations
The theme will be "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

Reckitt creates 'air sanitizing spray' effective against coronavirus - Reuters
Reuters
... Influenza and Coronavirus, has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Reckitt, Clorox (CLX.

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

How ESG investing can better serve sustainable development - Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council
The deadline for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets is fast ... The rise of sustainable investing in the private sector.

Here are 5 ways investing sustainably is better than traditional investing - Daily Hive
Daily Hive
Having sustainable investments isn't only morally good, but good for your returns as well. A recent study showed that responsible investment funds ...

What climate change means for investing - The Week
The Week
Between just 2019 and 2022, for instance, over 330 sustainability, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and impact funds were launched by ...

Geoengineering:

EU calls for global talks on climate geoengineering risks - Reuters
Reuters
Geoengineering techniques include directly removing CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. The first plants to do this are already in operation, capturing ...

EU warns of rising climate-fuelled conflict, risks of geoengineering - draft | Reuters
Reuters
The draft paper, which could change before it is published, also flagged new and "poorly understood" risks associated with geoengineering - potential ...

The EU wants to crack down on rogue efforts to alter the atmosphere - The Verge
The Verge
The European Commission is pushing for more research into risks posed by geoengineering and international talks on potential rules for how to ...

Green Bond Funds:

Brazil plans September roadshow for first sovereign green bonds -Treasury secretary
Reuters
Ceron noted that closed-end funds, which offer favorable investment opportunities to wealthier Brazilians by taxing earnings only when distributed to ...

What's Happening in Sustainable Finance: Green Bond Standards on the Horizon and Much More
Sustainalytics
Using AI to support corporate sustainability improvements is not new, but funding such projects using sustainable debt instruments could be the next ...

EU aims to make green bonds greener - Viewpoint
Viewpoint - BNP Paribas Asset Management
They are, in our view, an essential vehicle to fund the inevitable change to a more sustainable economy. The green bond market has been growing ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Lack of funds risks Europe missing climate goals, auditors say - Reuters
Reuters
... owing to uncertainty over whether sufficient funds are being invested in the low-carbon transition, auditors said on Monday.

Caribbean Climate Crisis Demands Urgent Action by Governments and Investors
International Monetary Fund
Access to private climate financing has been low due to several factors. ... carbon pricing reduces the incentive of investors to channel funds ...

The Brief: Inflection point for global finance, low-carbon building materials in Africa ... - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
And a global shipping tax to fund climate-resilience grants to low- and middle-income countries gained support. Yet the biggest achievement of ...