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Methane Emissions:
China unveils action plan to reduce methane emissions - Reuters
Reuters
China on Tuesday published an action plan on reducing methane emissions, pledging more "forceful" measures to improve its capabilities to control ...
How is CT trying to reduce methane emissions from landfilled food? - CT Mirror
CT Mirror
Rotting food in landfills is contributing significantly to planet-warming methane emissions, according to a new federal report released this month ...
PNW landfills reached 'explosive' methane emission levels in 2022 | Crosscut
Crosscut
Landfills in Oregon and Washington repeatedly exceeded federal standards for methane emissions last year, according to documents obtained by an ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
The Midwestern clean hydrogen economy: Potential for community- and climate-beneficial industry decarbonization ... based fuels (e.g., diesel) or ...
Infinitum Raises $185M Series E to Decarbonize the Industrial Sector | Built In Austin
Built In Austin
The company works to drive decarbonization in the industrial sector, which is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Motors consume 53 ...
Real-world impact outweighs portfolio decarbonization, Asia-based investors say
Pensions & Investments
Local governments, private sector institutional investors including the financial banking sector, providers of developmental capital, and ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Data-Driven Decision-Making in Education: Enhancing Student Learning and Administrative ...
Times Now
Data-driven decision-making involves the systematic collection and analysis of data to guide decision-making processes. This approach allows educators ...
Data-Driven Change Management | EisnerAmper
EisnerAmper
As a result, data-driven organizations benefit from increased productivity, better customer service, and improved decision-making. Although data ...
Your Data-to-Value Journey Starts with AI and Data Literacy - DataScienceCentral.com
Data Science Central
The challenge continues: how do we establish a culture of data-driven decision-making and value creation? Unfortunately, it's too easy for CDOs ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Yahoo Finance
... report that aligns with the Global Reporting Initiative and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. The launch of the report formalizes ...
Fosun International Awarded "Best Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting ...
PR Newswire
... Initiative (GRI) Standards, Task Force on Climate-related Financial ... Global Compact in 2014, fully supporting the ten principles of the UN ...
Forward Air Releases 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance Report | Business Wire
Business Wire
... Global Reporting Initiative guidance. The report and ESG website are accessible through Forward's investor relations site here. Tom Schmitt ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
UN sounds warning on climate change health threat - Phys.org
Phys.org
"More must be done to prepare the health community for future shocks ... climate variability and the damaging effects of climate change." © 2023 ...
Climate Crisis Is Generating Global Health Crisis, UN Agency Says - VOA News
VOA News
... health risk factor." "There is a significant challenge by the health community to address climate change," said Joy Shumake-Guillemot, who leads ...
Doctors seek action as reports warn of increasing climate-health risks - Cosmos Magazine
Cosmos Magazine
... communities as crucial to mitigating the impacts of climate change on health systems. Climate information, they say, will help improve prevention ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Financial Times
An array of US clean energy investments are being delayed or cancelled a year after Washington passed a landmark climate law, threatening to hold ...
Leveraging Renewable Energy Investments for Rural Development
Center for American Progress
The DOE's community benefits plan (CBP) requirement is designed to leverage multiple policy goals from public investments in clean energy, including ...
Which countries are leading the charge in renewable energy investment and generation?
The National
But fossil fuels are expected to remain dominant for several decades to come. Nations will invest $1.73 on clean energy out of $2.8 trillion in total ...
CDP Sustainability:
edie
EFRAG and CDP partner to promote environmental reporting and align CDP's disclosure system with ESRS. This collaboration aims to drive corporate ...
Answer the urgent call to action: how our Accredited Solutions Providers can support you
CDP
This year, we have seen a remarkable surge in environmental data reporting, with more than 23,000 companies disclosing through CDP. Among them are ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
YouTube
The Golden State has become a learning lab for climate action, led by the state's political leaders. Achieving California's ambitious goals ...
Celebrating a record-setting investment in climate research for California
University of California
... leadership in climate ... climate change.” Senator Ben Allen of California's 24th District addresses climate scientists and State and UC leaders in.
Gov. Newsom: CA can learn a lot from China - CalMatters
CalMatters
... leadership on renewable energy and how decades of partnership with China to tackle climate change have paid off with concrete progress. The ...
Impact Investing:
ImpactAlpha
The intended effect: Pressure investors and activist networks to pull back, quiet down, swallow the truth, and bear the mounting investment risks ...
In impact investing, failure is good - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Failure for social enterprises and impact investing is more than just a lack of financial viability; it is also the absence of impact.
Why Impact-Driven Tech Companies Are Receiving More Funding - Forbes
Forbes
Impact investments are on the rise, and founders are fusing tech with purpose to grow their brands. Plus, the many ways founders are approaching ...
Energy Storage
Energy-Storage.News
Plus Power's recent Arizona and Texas battery storage mega-financing shows it "driving energy storage into the mainstream of capital markets".
Energy storage systems - Singapore - Sembcorp
Sembcorp
Energy storage systems (ESS) mitigate the intermittency of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. They help to ensure a stable power ...
Jigar Shah talks long-duration energy storage: Commercialisation of technologies and the DOE's role
Energy-Storage.News
Energy-Storage.news speaks with US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office head Jigar Shah in the second part of our exclusive interview.
Climate Change and Satellites:
ESA and EC to unite on climate action from space
European Space Agency
... satellites and the information they provide to address the pressing challenge of climate change. This landmark initiative signifies a firm ...
Driving change: leveraging European satellites for Arctic preservation and climate action
The Parliament Magazine
Earth observation technologies help us understand the consequences of climate change, and enable a deeper understanding of the Arctic environment.
NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video) - Space.com
Space.com
— NASA climate change satellite back online after instrument shutdown. Varying sea surface heights around the globe are documented in the new ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
The Independent
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit to which firms can voluntarily share data on their environmental performance, is calling on ...
Amkor Technology Signs Commitment to Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi ... - Business Wire
Business Wire
By adopting the SBTi framework, Amkor reinforces its dedication to proactively curbing its carbon footprint on a global scale in line with science- ...
More than 2,000 high-emitting firms urged to set science-based emissions targets - MSN
MSN
... Carbon Disclosure Project began its annual Science-Based Targets Campaign on Wednesday ... performance, is calling on firms like FedEx, General ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
ScienceDaily
There will be winners and losers with any change that redistributes ... Reconstructions of past climate change using geologic data have helped to ...
Global warming changing Earth's water cycle - ANU
ANU
Human-caused climate change is changing the way water moves around Earth ... winners and losers" with any change that redistributes where, when and ...
Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain's ...
The Conversation
Because our results were less complicated than we expected, the so-called “winners” and “losers” of environmental change among British flora and fauna ...
Microgrids:
Solar Power World
Advocacy group Think Microgrid today released a microgrid “State Scorecard” report, finding that microgrids face existential barriers to ...
'Internet of Networked Microgrids Solution for Scalable Agile Microgrids' Lecture on Nov. 14
News - University of Arkansas
... Microgrids Solution for Scalable Agile Microgrids" at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Bell Engineering 2273. Bayne has earned several research and ...
This Sustainable Energy Company Just Landed A Deal To Build 40 Megawatts Of Solar ...
Yahoo Finance
Microgrids are independent, local power grids that power anything from a single building to an entire community. Sustainable ones, like those ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Press release CMS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule that Advances Health Equity
CMS
This rule also finalizes coding and payment for social determinants of health risk assessments, which can be furnished as an add-on to an annual ...
Fact sheet Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - CMS
CMS
Services Addressing Health-Related Social Needs (Community Health ... risk assessments furnished with an evaluation and management or behavioral health ...
UCHD Launches Community Assessment Survey - Union County Daily Digital
Union County Daily Digital
The survey takes about 20 minutes and asks questions about factors that influence health (such as diet, exercise, risk behaviors, mental health, ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
American Bar Association
The concept of socially responsible investing has played a role in the global economy since the 1960s. However, it was not until the 2004 United ...
Socially Responsible Supply Chains – Why Every Investor Should Care (Hint - Forbes
Forbes
In this piece, she shares unique insights about why investors need to widen apertures to incorporate responsible sourcing as part of building a ...
ESG groups unite on words amid fight against sustainable investing - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
That includes common meanings for terms like “screening,” “ESG integration,” “thematic investing,” “stewardship” and “impact investing.” A lack of ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
ArchDaily
Holcim –a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions– is leveraging carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology to ...
CARBON CAPTURE - National Energy Technology Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory - Department of Energy
The program will focus on research, data, trends, and information on all aspects of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) with the goal of ...
Texas Sees 'Bonanza' in Carbon Storage Market - Capital & Main
Capital & Main
... carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, or CCUS. (Some prefer a simpler phrase: carbon capture, use and storage.) It's that last category ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Years of disruption—the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, economic instability, and climate change—are altering people's attitudes toward what they ...
Share your Covid story | Opinion - RSC Education
RSC Education
Tell us how you found lockdown, remote teaching, social distancing – your whole experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. ... Putting sustainability at the ...
Sustainability Investing:
Reuters
Summary. Research canvassed opinion from 570 senior sustainability professionals in second quarter 2023; Companies with higher GHG emissions, ...
Thematic investing – The practical guide to sustainable equity investing - Viewpoint
Viewpoint - BNP Paribas Asset Management
Among the megatrends, sustainability takes a central place. How to invest in this theme? Watch this Thematic Investing video with three of our ...
Investing in sustainability: What every school district should know | K-12 Dive
K-12 Dive
Sustainable infrastructure comes with significant financial and budgetary advantages. Investing in energy-efficiency upgrades and renewable energy ...
Geoengineering:
Reuters
As the world struggles to renounce its burning of fossil fuels, scientists are studying whether atmospheric geoengineering could help limit ...
The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering - KPFA
KPFA
We also dive into the moral and ethical questions of testing geoengineering technology on indigenous lands. GUESTS: Basav Sen, Climate Justice Project ...
Survey: Mother Nature is more likely to solve climate change than geoengineering - Earth.com
Earth.com
The study highlights a significant inclination among people towards natural solutions over more technological methods like geoengineering.
Green Bond Funds:
Franklin Templeton launches three active ESG bond ETFs
ETF Strategy
Managed by Franklin Templeton's European Fixed Income team, the new products include two funds that invest in green bonds issued by European sovereign ...
Global sustainable bond issuance to hold up, Moody's says | Advisor.ca
Advisor.ca
Green bonds led the way with US$100 billion of new offerings, followed by ... Bond funds set to shine, as equities cool, ISS MI forecasts. By James ...
SQM brings more green bonds to global market - LatinFinance
LatinFinance
SQM brings more green bonds to global market. Chilean company raises funds with the sale of 10-year notes, source says. by Hernán Goicochea November ...
Low Carbon Funds:
First Cut Carbon Note Closing Funds C-PACE Financing for Commercial Development Properties
PR Newswire
CIRRUS Low Carbon properties produce fewer carbon emissions than building at baseline code, and developers earn lower rate financing for their lower ...
GSA Pours $2B into Upgrades that Use Low-Carbon Materials - Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record
... low-carbon asphalt, concrete, glass and steel. The funding is a major share of the $3.38 billion GSA received for federal buildings improvements ...
Catalysts Abound for Low Carbon Investing | ETF Trends
ETF Trends
... funds such as the KraneShares Global Carbon Offset Strategy ETF (KSET). KSET follows the S&P GSCI Global Voluntary Carbon Liquidity Weighted Index.
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