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Methane Emissions:

EU agrees law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit | Reuters
Reuters
The European Union reached a deal early Wednesday on a law to place methane emissions limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, ...

EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector
AP News
European Union negotiators have reached a deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector across the 27-nation bloc.

Deal on first-ever EU law to curb methane emissions - European Commission
European Commission - European Union
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas - the second biggest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide (CO2) - and is also a potent air ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonizing the industry sector with small modular reactors | White & Case LLP - JDSupra
JD Supra
... based energy sources that were used for its copper production plants. In order to be commercialized, the SMRs need to be licensed by the nuclear ...

Transportation Decarbonization - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
We need a fully decarbonized global transportation sector by midcentury. Great progress has been made in battery-based electrification, but certain ...

Operations and Supply Chain Decarbonization: Lower Emissions, Higher Performance
Bain & Company
... sectors had set or committed to setting Science Based Targets for emissions reduction. ... Each company and industry faces its own unique ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

Data Literacy: Your Key to Data-Driven Decisions - CMS Wire
CMS Wire
With data being over-abundant and competitive edge being paramount, embracing a data-driven decision-making culture is a sheer necessity. Companies ...

Unlocking success through the power of Data-Driven Decision Making - Logistics Insider
Logistics Insider
In today's business landscape, making decisions based on data is not just an advantage but a necessity, especially in the logistics and supply ...

Revolutionising people practises: The power of data-driven insights - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
The ramifications cascade into the larger fabric of organisational performance, as the synergy of informed decision-making and enhanced employee ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI launches Sustainability Innovation Lab with IFRS Foundation support | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is launching a 'Sustainability Innovation Lab' in partnership with the IFRS Foundation to help companies to ...

Global Rulemakers Team Up to Strengthen Sustainability Reporting - Bloomberg Tax
Bloomberg Tax
... report on sustainability, the Global Reporting Initiative said Thursday. GRI is partnering with the International Financial Reporting Standards ...

Tax and ESG Reporting Is a Growing but Undervalued Relationship - Bloomberg Law News
Bloomberg Law News
... Reporting Standards (which governs the operation of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and Global Reporting Initiative standards.

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

Advocacy in action: Combatting health effects of climate change
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association has declared climate change a public health crisis that threatens the health and well-being of all individuals.

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, U.S. climate assessment shows
NBC News
Climate change is ”harming physical, mental, spiritual, and community health ... effects of climate change. In the Northwest, hotter days and nights ...

It's time to confront how climate change, air pollution impact health - Greenville Online
Greenville Online
Meanwhile, a changing climate is acting as a threat multiplier for many public health concerns. As South Carolina's coastal communities confront ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Amazon's renewable energy portfolio is now big enough to power 6.7 million U.S. homes
About Amazon
“Amazon's investments in solar and wind projects are helping power our operations, while also providing new sources of clean energy to the grid, ...

Renewable Revolution: 3 Green Energy Stocks Outshining Their Peers | InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
Dominion Energy (D): Dominion's proactive offshore wind and solar investments mark it as a frontrunner in the renewable space. green energy stocks - ...

Renewable Energy Stocks Got Crushed in 2023. 3 Top Stocks You Won't Regret Buying on the Dip.
The Motley Fool
How bad has it been for renewable investors this year? Very. The Invesco Solar ETF (TAN -0.39%), which tracks the MAC Global Solar Energy Index, ...

CDP Sustainability:

EFRAG and CDP announce cooperation to drive market uptake of European Sustainability ...
CDP
Cooperation will maximise alignment of CDP's global environmental disclosure platform with the EU's environmental reporting standards. · 8 November ...

New class of 119 'A List' cities show climate action becoming mainstream for world's cities
CDP
London, 14th November 2023: 119 cities from across the world have been named as leaders in environmental action and transparency in 2023 by CDP. The ...

From calls to action to action on nature: a landscape approach - CDP
CDP
Realizing sustainability commitments (eg net-zero commitments) and complying with existing and pending regulations requires substantial ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

CalPERS Announces $100 Billion Net Zero Pledge and New Climate Accountability Measures
CalPERS - CA.gov
... climate change,” said Chief Executive Officer Marcie Frost. “In ... Copyright © 2023 California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) | State of ...

Los Angeles County's aspirational 'Climate Action Plan' threatens real results – Daily News
Los Angeles Daily News
Mike Roos is President of the Southern California Leadership Council and former California State Assembly Speaker pro Tempsore.

US, China pledge cooperation on climate following California talks | Reuters
Reuters
The United States and China said they support a declaration by G20 leaders to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, and also agreed to " ...

Impact Investing:

How Wall Street Co-opted Impact Investing—And What to Do about It - Non Profit News
Nonprofit Quarterly
Impact investing, a longtime advocate says, has a fatal flaw: the focus on maintaining financial returns ends up reinforcing, ...

Impact Investing Funds and Opportunities - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
For investors. Cut your research time and discover impact fund managers investing at the intersection of climate + gender.*.

The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
“Retail investors who invest in community impact have always prioritized the non-financial aspects,” said author ...

Energy Storage

Restore the power grid | Africa's largest battery energy storage system - YouTube
YouTube
Eskom has unveiled the first of its kind and the largest Hex Battery Energy Storage System project. Also known as the Hex BESS project, it is the ...

Battery Energy Storage Systems Are Here: Is Your Community Ready? - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
What are battery energy storage systems? Batteries are a unique class of energy system infrastructure. Because the basic unit is small—either a cell ...

How to plan a safe battery energy storage project | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Grid-scale energy storage projects complement renewables by storing energy and dispatching it during periods of low wind or sunlight, creating a more ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

New satellite will detect and share CO2 data from individual facilities - Reuters
Reuters
Climate & Energy · Sustainable Markets · Grid & Infrastructure · Coal · Climate Change. New satellite will detect and share CO2 data from individual ...

Use space technology to help tackle public-health events - Nature
Nature
Multiple satellites keep track of contributing factors such as climate change, environmental damage and pollutants (F. M. ... Remote sensing by ...

Space-based carbon dioxide monitoring reaches critical milestone - Axios
Axios
Satellites like GHGSat and MethaneSAT, slated to launch next year, could ... GHGSat has experience with space-based climate change emissions ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

ReNew averts 14.1 million tonne of carbon emissions, targets net-zero by 2040
ET EnergyWorld
... Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). ReNew's board exemplifies ... Performance Cookies. Performance Cookies. These cookies allow us to count ...

Operations and Supply Chain Decarbonization: Lower Emissions, Higher Performance
Bain & Company
As of October 2023, more than 6,000 companies representing close to 50 different sectors had set or committed to setting Science Based Targets for ...

Science-Based Targets Can Put Sugarcane Sector on Track To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
CSRwire
... carbon removals (for example through storing more carbon in soils). The ... performance and impact through its system of sustainability standards ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Haley calls DeSantis 'a liberal' on environmental issues | The Hill
The Hill
... climate change, falsely claiming it is a “hoax. ... Most Popular. JD Vance: Ohio's abortion vote 'was a gut punch' · Winners and losers from the third ...

In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track
WSB Radio
In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track ... Georgia ...

'Close the f‑‑‑ing door': Climate protesters interrupt Powell for the second time this month
The Hill
Winners and losers from the third Republican debate · Senate Republicans say election results sound warning for 2024. When the stream resumed, the ...

Microgrids:

Success Story: New Tool Connects Multiple Microgrids to Increase Community Resilience
CleanTechnica
Microgrids are small electric grids that can operate while disconnected from the main grid. They often use solar energy and batteries, which allow the ...

In the News: Mahmoud Kabalan on Power Grid Reliability and the Benefits of Microgrids
St. Thomas Newsroom - University of St. Thomas
Mahmoud Kabalan, associate professor and director of the Center for Microgrid Research at the University of St. Thomas, recently spoke with CNET ...

What a Microgrid in Arizona Teaches Us About Energy Resiliency - CNET
CNET
I toured a church in Arizona that shows how the microgrid model can provide stability in the face of a worsening climate.

Community Health Risk Assessment:

New guidance provides structure for the healthcare compliance community | DLA Piper
DLA Piper
... risks. Risk assessment, auditing, and monitoring: The GCPG outlines the need for periodic compliance risk assessments, internal or external audits ...

HHS Factsheet: National Climate Assessment 5 Unveiled
HHS.gov
... health and emotional impacts of climate change and offers new insights on health system risks and preparedness. Climate-related hazards routinely ...

CMS' New Rules on Physician Reimbursement - AAF - The American Action Forum
The American Action Forum
... Health Policy. CMS will also now pay separately for Community Health Integration (CHI), SDOH Risk Assessment, and Principal Illness Navigation (PIN) ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

How ESG Can Get Its Groove Back - ETF Trends
ETF Trends
It feels like only yesterday that ESG investing and related ETFs were the proverbial toasts of the investment community.

Why Socially Responsible Investing May Be a Good Fit for Physicians
Physician's Weekly
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing urges corporations to function in an ethically responsible manner, and interest is growing ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Infographic: Direct air capture vs carbon capture and storage - S&P Global
S&P Global
Direct Air Capture (DAC) often gets confused with a similar technology known as carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCS).

US, China to collaborate on large-scale CCUS projects, each to advance at least 5 by 2030
S&P Global
US and China each will advance at least 5 large-scale cooperative Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage projects by 2030, including carbon ...

The State of Carbon Capture Is More Promise than Success - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
On its face, carbon capture and storage (CCS) sounds like a great idea. ... That also gets very complicated because some utilization is storage, some ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Lufthansa's Post-COVID Comeback: New Fleets, Tech & Sustainable Fuel Drive Growth
Aviación Online
Production vs. Demand: The Sustainability Strategy and the SAF Dilemma. “Lufthansa aims to lead the effort to make aviation a sustainable industry and ...

Use of €60bn COVID debt for climate fund unlawful, German top court rules
EURACTIV.com
... sustainability · Food labelling · Food safety · GMOs · Innovation in agriculture · Modern farming · Nutrition and health · Organic food · Pesticides ...

Sustainable development goals at St. Joe's - The Hawk Newspaper
The Hawk Newspaper
Coronavirus · Tracking COVID-19 · Coronavirus Timeline · Resources for ... sustainability efforts, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sustainability Investing: 

Prioritizing True Sustainability: Looking Beyond ESG Metrics in Investing | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Statistics show that Texas is investing heavily in a sustainable future; let's look at why this course of action has diverged from the term ESG. ESG ...

Sustainability A Key Investment Factor In 2024, Goldman Strategists Say - FA Mag
FA Mag
The need to consider sustainability practices is crucial to selecting good investments and successful companies, Bruun said during Goldman Sachs Asset ...

An Orwellian moment for sustainable investment - Capital Monitor
Capital Monitor
Mark Tulay, chief executive and founder of SPARC, explains that as the GOP-led "War on Woke" seeks to dismantle ESG investing, there needs to be a ...

Geoengineering:

Exposure to climate change information predicts public support for solar geoengineering in ...
Nature
Solar geoengineering is a controversial climate policy measure that could lower global temperature by increasing the amount of light reflected by ...

Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO₂ removal tool? - Mongabay
Mongabay
... geoengineering approach has the potential to remove “gigatons per year” of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere. The idea behind ocean iron ...

Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss, study says - Phys.org
Phys.org
"If society decides it wants to do geoengineering someday, we need to better understand what we know and what we don't know," he said. "We're ...

Green Bond Funds:

Brazil raises $2 billion in ESG sovereign bonds debut | Reuters
Reuters
Brazil raised $2 billion on Monday with its first-ever 'green' bond ... funds toward the government's ambitious sustainability agenda.

First sovereign green bond of FY24 sails through amid thin greenium - Business Standard
Business Standard
The yield on the 5-year government bond closed the day at 7.27 per cent. Advertisement. green bonds, investment, mutual funds ...

Big Read: What's next for the EU Green Bond Standard?
Responsible Investor
... green bonds, but other issuers have done the same. Transparency welcome. Analysts working on dedicated green bond funds broadly welcome the ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now? - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Making its debut on 12/08/2014, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) provides investors broad exposure ...

GSA to Invest $2B in Low-carbon Building Materials - RTO Insider
RTO Insider
The GSA will spend $2 billion in IRA funds on low-carbon construction materials to repair and upgrade more than 150 federal buildings.

Climate tech investing surges in the third quarter - GreenBiz
GreenBiz
Climate Funds Responsible Investing Stock Market. Image via Shutterstock ... low-carbon startups. According to the report, this is the highest ...

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