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Climate Change and Satellites:

Water-Watching Satellite Monitors Warming Ocean off California Coast – Climate Change
NASA Climate Change
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission is able to measure ocean features, like El Niño, closer to a coastline than previous ...

ESA - Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters - European Space Agency
European Space Agency
In the quest to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, detecting methane leaks – a potent contributor to global warming – has ...

“From satellites to sandbags”: Putting water at the heart of climate action - World | ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb
News and Press Release in English on World and 5 other countries about Climate Change and Environment, Contributions, Flood and more; published on ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Geopolitics and decarbonization in the mining & metals sector - JD Supra
JD Supra
But delivering decarbonization within the sector is itself quite energy ... based on particular situations. © White & Case LLP 2023 | Attorney ...

Decarbonizing the Housing Sector - HUD User
HUD User
Note: Guidance documents, except when based on statutory or regulatory authority or law, do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to ...

Decarbonizing 8 industrial sectors could require more than $1 trillion capital investment: DOE
Utility Dive
An increasingly clean electric power sector could help drop industrial emissions 15% by 2030, according to a report from the Department of Energy.

Data Driven Decision Making:

How Data Literacy in Government Is Enhancing Data-Driven Decisions - StateTech Magazine
StateTech Magazine
Data literacy affects how that data is visualized and presented, usually within teams or to leaders who are making policy decisions. Derek Werthmuller ...

Data-Driven Decisions: How AI Enhances Hiring Accuracy and Predictability
Express Computer
By Anil Agarwal, CEO & Co-Founder, InCruiter. In the dynamic realm of recruitment, making informed decisions is crucial for success.

Fujitsu teams up with Alation to accelerate data-driven decision-making - KMWorld
KMWorld
Fujitsu teams up with Alation to accelerate data-driven decision-making. Fujitsu, a global digital transformation company, is partnering with ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

More Companies Are Disclosing Their ESG Data, but Confusion on How Persists - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
The five main global climate reporting frameworks were the most popular ... Initiative (40%), Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures ...

The importance of effective ESG reporting in the corporate world - FinTech Global
FinTech Global
Some of the revered frameworks are the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainable ...

The EU's New ESG Disclosure Rules Could Spark Securities Litigation in the US
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Environment Programme, Ceres, Tellus Institute. Integrated Reporting Framework (IFR), IFRS. * Based ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

How climate change makes global health issues harder to solve | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Understanding, and then breaking, the link between climate change and poor health outcomes is possible by working with and in local communities and by ...

For environmental justice communities, tackling climate change can't wait
CommonWealth Magazine
... risk for adverse health impacts like heat stroke and premature mortality. Black construction workers and Mexican-born workers in the United States ...

Researching Climate and Health Solutions | Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
... effects of climate change are also the least protected. Groups at disproportionate risk include children, the elderly, communities of color, low ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

7 Clean Energy ETFs to Buy Now | Investing | U.S. News
U.S. News - Money
Formed back in 2008 when alternative energy wasn't quite as popular, it has a long history for investors to dig into. It also is the biggest clean ...

7 Best Socially Responsible Funds | Investing - U.S. News - Money
U.S. News - Money
iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN). Assets under management: $3.5 billion. Expense ratio: 0.41%. Getting more directly involved with ESG issues is ...

British International Investment eyes $1 bln investment in India clean energy projects
Reuters
In India, BII invested over $300 million in climate finance last year in sectors such as renewable energy, electric mobility and sustainable ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP and NZDPU collaborate to accelerate access to core climate data
Climate Action
CDP, the global non-profit providing a platform for all companies, financial institutions and cities to report information on their environmental ...

Institutional Investors, Climate Disclosure, and Carbon Emissions
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
First, investors could use the CDP disclosures to engage with firms on environmental issues. ... sustainability may be a valid one, in our setting we ...

Sustainability - Report Landing - Levi Strauss & Co
Levi Strauss
Reporting Frameworks · 2023 CDP Water Response · 2022 Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Table · 2022 United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California seals its reputation as a climate juggernaut with a wave of legislation and head ...
CNN
He told the room full of global leaders, climate advocates and non ... Climate Change, said during Thursday remarks. “That is a major, major ...

After climate summit, California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces key decisions to reduce ... - AP News
AP News
... California's leadership on environmental issues at a United Nations climate summit in New York. In California, he said, climate change has led to ...

RECAP: Governor Newsom Highlights California's Climate Action on World Stage at Climate Week
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Climate leaders from across the country were quick to praise California's leadership in suing Big Oil. ... climate change impacts through the ...

Impact Investing:

How Place-Based Impact Investing Can Benefit Investors, Communities - Forbes
Forbes
Impact investing has gained popularity with investors looking for financial returns that are positive both socially and environmentally. Place-based ...

How impact investing is reshaping financial priorities - MEED
MEED
Impact investment is radically transforming the way companies and individuals make investments. In contrast to the traditional approach that focuses ...

Community foundations embrace impact investing - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
An increasing number of community foundations across the US are embracing mission-related investing to boost their local impact.

Energy Storage

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $325 Million For Long-Duration Energy Storage ...
Department of Energy
DOE Funding for 15 Projects Will Help Advance Energy Storage Technologies, Enhance Clean Energy Adoption, and Reduce Impacts on the Grid from ...

Solar and battery storage prices have dropped almost 90% in 10 years - Electrek
Electrek
The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here's why.

Energy Department announces $325M for batteries that can store clean electricity longer
Oregon Public Broadcasting
FILE - This photo shows a battery energy storage facility in Saginaw, Texas, April 25, 2023, that is owned and operated by Eolian L.P. The U.S. ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Science Based Targets validate Sandrik's net zero goal | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
It also leads in metal-cutting tools, tooling systems and digital solutions driving higher efficiency and automation in component manufacturing, as ...

Philip Morris International Receives Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Validation for its ...
Business Wire
... carbon sequestration, and forest restoration, for example. Adopting a science-based target for Forest, Land, and Agriculture will support PMI to ...

Schneider Electric's New Research Shows That Digital and Electric Solutions Can ... - Business Wire
Business Wire
The research, carried out with the global design firm WSP, is based on modeling the energy performance and carbon emissions of a large office building ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

UK migratory birds 'in freefall' over climate change - BBC News
BBC
They say climate change is bad news for birds, but locally we will see "winners and losers". Migrants seldom seen on British shores, such as black- ...

How climate warming could disrupt a deep-rooted relationship - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
As climate change and global warming cause higher temperatures and ... winners and losers from 30 years of climate change. The analysis found ...

Bird populations in the UK are being decimated by climate change - Earth.com
Earth.com
Scientists note that this environmental shift is producing “winners and losers” among bird populations, impacting not only the avian residents but ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids: Academic Minute - Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of St. Thomas Week: Mahmoud Kabalan, assistant professor of electrical engineering, explains what ...

Artificial intelligence: who are the leaders in autonomous microgrids for the power industry?
Power Technology
Autonomous microgrids refer to an independent localized grid capable of generating, storing, and distributing electricity autonomously. These ...

Central Valley's Only Pediatric Hospital Gaining Battery Storage Microgrid Installation
Microgrid Knowledge
Australian firm Redflow was selected to deliver the 34.4-MW battery storage system in collaboration with Faraday Microgrids. Financing comes from the ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

New program helps health professionals and co | EurekAlert!
EurekAlert!
What This Study Adds: The team's development of the Community Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) Program and corresponding tool can help the ...

Violence Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department - Psychiatric Times
Psychiatric Times
Community and health system investment in greater availability of mental health resources will be necessary for any violence risk screening program to ...

Community health assessment paints bleak picture for Martinsville area - Roanoke Times
Roanoke Times
Each of these identified categories reflect a higher risk for health inequities based on published studies. The combined life expectancy in ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Despite political backlash, socially responsible investing is still popular, advisor says
Wisconsin Examiner
From “a small group of religious investors addressing companies on these ethical or social issues,” the movement has evolved, Smith says, growing ...

US Judge Will Not Block Biden Rule on Socially Conscious Investing
USNews.com
ESG investing involves weighing companies' records on environmental, social justice and labor issues, as well as corporate governance matters such as ...

3 tips for advisors to make sense of ESG investing | Financial Planning
Financial Planning
ESG is considered a set of criteria used for evaluating investments, often with the aim of producing a portfolio that supports sustainability.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

A net-zero emissions strategy for China's power sector using carbon-capture utilization and storage
Nature
A high share of renewable power generation combined with fossil fuels involving carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) could be an ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies Market 2023 | Future Expansions and ...
Benzinga
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies Market Research Report 2023 is Covering Across Physical Absorption in Liquid Media, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Analysis 2024|Challenges & Opportunities 2031
Benzinga
Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Outlook and Size (2023-2031)Global "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market" report ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

COVID has changed how people view the environment and their relationship to it
Medical Xpress
An appreciation of the environmental benefits of lockdowns, concern about how COVID-related products have contributed to waste and hopes for a ...

How to Optimize Sustainability Performance | AHA - American Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
The latest Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). ... Joint Commission announces voluntary hospital certification program for ...

E-commerce companies embrace sustainability: From packaging to product sourcing, a ...
Zee Business
As consumer awareness grows about the environmental problems, the companies are modifying their operations to embrace sustainable practices.

Sustainability Investing: 

7 Best Socially Responsible Funds | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
That said, the following investments are well-established and diversified ways to invest with environmental, social and governance priorities in mind ...

SEC Brings Much-Needed Transparency to Sustainable Investing
Environmental Defense Fund
“The SEC's action today is a vital step for improving the clarity of investment fund names – including sustainability-related names,” said Stephanie ...

The SEC's New Rule May Inadvertently Kill ESG Funds - Forbes
Forbes
ESG is a type of investing where non-financial factors are ... In doing so, they are forced to offset the underperformance of sustainable investments ...

Geoengineering:

Scientists call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate - National Observer
National Observer
Geoengineering is a term that can include everything from reforesting large areas of land to absorb more carbon to painting rooftops white to be more ...

Solar Geoengineering Could Become the “New Form of Denial” for Silicon Valley ... - Sierra Club
Sierra Club
He's not the first ultra-wealthy person to back the technology, also known as solar geoengineering. Others, including Bill Gates and Facebook ...

Unexpected Consequences of Solar Geoengineering - Eos.org
Eos.org
Climate change is a grand challenge of the 21st century. While not a substitute for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, solar geoengineering (SG) ...

Green Bond Funds:

Tanzania's NMB Bank opens $400 mln green bond program - Reuters
Reuters
Indian benchmarks were mostly unchanged at open on Tuesday, as broader risk sentiment remained subdued on continued selling from foreign funds.

BlackRock, State Street among money managers closing ESG funds
Pensions & Investments
... bond funds with total assets of about $55 million. ... The funds, launched in 2008 and 2017, "tilt" to green bonds and those from issuers with certain ...

Battery Maker LG Energy Solution Raises $1 Billion in Green Bonds - Mercom India
Mercom India
Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has raised $1 billion through its inaugural global green bonds. The funds raised will be used to expedite ...

Low Carbon Funds:

7 Clean Energy ETFs to Buy Now | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
... low-carbon economy." This involves internal practices such as energy ... These funds offer a great combination of high diversification and low fees.

Smart Pension seeds new split voting low carbon fund with £550m | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
“We wanted to be able to invest in a low carbon fund that offers institutional investors split voting, so we have even more influence over the simple ...

Smart Pension invests £550m in low carbon stewardship fund
Professional Pensions
Smart Pension has announced it has made a £550m investment in a global low carbon stewardship fund.