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Methane Emissions:
U.S. Targets Methane Emissions in New Batch of Rules | Scientific American
Scientific American
The Biden administration is poised to release rules and guidance to curb emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Tackling methane emissions | ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
Methane is an invisible, odorless gas that has a higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide – about 28 times more over a 100-year timeframe, ...
Methane rules could be Biden's deliverable at COP28 - POLITICO
Politico
The Biden administration is preparing a regulatory crackdown on methane, a major source of planet-warming pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Business Standard
... decarbonization challenges. While the pathway to net-zero in these sectors will differ based on unique sectoral and regional factors, investments ...
$13.5 Trillion Investment Needed to Fast-Track Decarbonization of Key Hard-to-Abate ...
RECYCLING magazine
While the pathway to net zero in these sectors will differ based on unique sectoral and regional factors, investments in clean power, clean ...
UAE: Masdar and Emirates Steel Arkan to develop MENA region's first green hydrogen ...
energy-pedia
... based project to decarbonize the UAE's hard-to-abate steel sector. 25 ... decarbonization in sector currently responsible for up to 8 percent of ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
OMB sees data-driven decision-making as key for better customer service in government
Federal News Network
OMB sees data-driven decision-making as key for better customer service in government ... The Biden administration, in its push to improve customer ...
5 Pillars for Democratizing Data at Your Organization - Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
... data-driven decision making at all levels of the organization. Managers often confuse the concept of democratizing data with universal access to data.
Data-Driven Strategies for Competitive Edge - CMS Wire
CMS Wire
Like so many technology buzzwords, "data-driven" is the term du jour to describe every business, software, tactic and decision maker.
Global Reporting Initiative:
Utility Dive
GRI said the two standards will be key to how global organizations are held accountable for their climate change roles. GSSB Chair Carol Adams said ...
GRI seeks comments on draft standards to enhance climate action transparency | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
Carol Adams, who chairs the GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), said: “The scientific evidence and international consensus is ...
Simplifying the current ESG landscape for finance & accounting professionals
Thomson Reuters
... report at near-universal rates of reporting. Many countries in the Asia ... Global Reporting Initiative, Task Force on Climate-related Financial ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
The heightened health risks climate change has on children and pregnant women
Open Access Government
UN agencies issued a appeal emphasising the significant health threats confronting women, infants, and children due to climate change.
Pregnant people, children face 'dire' health consequences from climate change, WHO warns
CBC
Pregnant individuals face “extreme health risks from climate catastrophes,” according to a report released this week by the World Health ...
New climate report shows impact of drying on human health in Southwest - Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star
Tanana said fixing those problems starts with better data about the impacts of climate change. Climate data about tribal communities, in particular, ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
InvestorPlace
These environmentally-conscious investors take ethical and climate-conscious companies seriously. These three companies are some of the best to invest ...
Poorer areas have seen the bulk of clean energy funds in the Inflation Reduction Act's wake ...
NBC News
A new analysis shows that 81% of investments in greener energy are in counties with below-average wages, and former coal towns have been at the ...
Unlocking Incredible Solar Energy Potential: 3 Stocks to Invest in Now | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
While large giants like Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) have begun paving the way in renewable energy, in this article, we wanted to ...
CDP Sustainability:
Mile High CRE
... environmental action and transparency, despite the pressures of a challenging global economic situation. CDP runs the world's disclosure system ...
What LEGO can teach us about the folly of ESG inclusions - Investment Magazine
Investment Magazine
... sustainability actions to CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project). However, last year its CDP Climate Change score dropped to C. LEGO ...
Environmental Reporting Coordinator job with Moncler | 256834 - The Business of Fashion
The Business of Fashion
... CDP, DJSI, sustainability reporting and other queries from investors and key stakeholders on environmental data. Key responsibilities: Data ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Los Angeles Times
... change,” Wade Crowfoot, California's natural resources secretary ... Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA, who will be attending the proceedings.
Which California leaders are heading to Dubai for COP28? - KCRA
KCRA
"California really stands as a proof point for other nations and jurisdictions around the world when it comes to climate change," Sanchez said.
California Assembly experiences leadership shakeup - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
Bryan will chair the Natural Resources committee, which oversees bills focused on the environment and climate change. Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat from ...
Impact Investing:
Forbes
Impact investing provides a tangible means for individuals, institutions and societies to direct financial resources toward positive social and ...
What is Impact Investing and 7 Companies That are Transforming the Future
Finextra Research
Impact investing involves channeling your resources towards companies or organizations, which focus on making social, environmental, or other ...
The Benefit Fund - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review
The next step in impact investing is the Delaware statutory public benefit limited partnership, which provides clarity of definition, ...
Energy Storage
Phys.org
Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous ...
2800MWh of battery storage projects win New South Wales firming infrastructure tender
Energy-Storage.News
Three large-scale battery storage projects and one virtual power plant won competitive tender held in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Energy storage could save Germany €3 billion in renewables subsidies by 2037
Energy-Storage.News
Wholesale trading revenues for UK battery storage systems grew 45% month-on-month in October, accounting for half of revenue growth, Modo Energy said.
Climate Change and Satellites:
EU to use satellites to track climate threats to forests | Reuters
Reuters
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a forest monitoring system that will use satellites to track threats such as climate change-fuelled ...
NASA to showcase Earth science data at COP28 – Climate Change
NASA Climate Change
With 26 Earth-observing satellite missions, as well as instruments flying on planes and the space station, NASA has a global vantage point for ...
UK-built satellite to help combat the climate crisis from space - TheNextWeb
TheNextWeb
Open Cosmos will build a satellite to help monitor climate change, as the UK aims to join the Atlantic Constellation project.
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
AgFunder News
... goals, such as those set with the Science Based Targets initiative. ... Also worth noting is the drift away from carbon offsets in climate performance.
CIMB sets science-based targets for palm oil sector | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific
Eco-Business
Southeast Asia's fifth-largest bank is aiming to reduce the emissions intensity of its palm portfolio by 16 per cent, to 1.52 tonnes of carbon dioxide ...
Nucor's Carbon Neutral Steel Pledge - SteelGuru
SteelGuru
Outokumpu's climate target, approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative, commits to a 42% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
UBC News - The University of British Columbia
Climate winners and losers. Every species of animal will respond to ... “There will be winners and losers when it comes to climate change, and ...
The Winners and Losers in Sam Altman's OpenAI Kingdom | The Business Standard
The Business Standard
... Winners and Losers in Sam Altman's OpenAI Kingdom. So far, that is. This ... Climate change impacts have severely affected local farmers ...
Microgrids:
Yahoo Finance
The growing use of microgrids in a range of applications is increasing the demand for creative and smart microgrid controllers. Smart grids are ...
Improving efficiency of parallel inverters operation in island mode microgrids - Nature
Nature
DC/AC inverters play a vital role in microgrids, efficiently converting renewable energy into usable AC power. Parallel operation of inverters ...
UW-Milwaukee laboratory works to keep the lights on - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
A microgrid is a smaller electrical grid that generates and consumes electricity on site. This differs from traditional utility grids, which generate ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Strategic Framework for Action for Strengthening Surveillance, Risk Assessment and ... - ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb
Manual and Guideline in English on World about Disaster Management, Health and Epidemic; published on 29 Nov 2023 by WHO.
Schistosomiasis control in Senegal: results from community data analysis for optimizing ...
Infectious Diseases of Poverty - BioMed Central
... health post has functional health huts managed by community health workers. ... risk assessment tool. The analysis was performed using Excel software ...
Volpara Health and LehYup Partner on Cancer Risk Assessment Services at RSNA 2023
Tullahoma News
"However, when it comes to creating and delivering a comprehensive cancer risk assessment program, healthcare networks typically need assistance to ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
The Conversation
The “S” in ESG has evolved into the financial innovation of social impact investing (SII), which promotes social benefits such as environmental ...
When it comes to responsible investing, language matters - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
A recent survey shows clients were more likely to talk to advisors about responsible investing than ESG investing.
What is ESG investing and is it worth it? - Times Money Mentor
The Times
Free to read: Hundreds of millions of pounds has been withdrawn from ESG funds in 2023. So has ethical and socially responsible investing had its ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
CNBC
An “inconceivable” 32 billion tons of carbon would need to be captured for utilization or storage by 2050 to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees ...
Alberta unveils carbon capture and storage incentive to help decarbonization | Reuters
Reuters
... building new carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects to help industry cut emissions that cause climate change.
Global Carbon Capture And Storage Market Analysis Report 2023-2030 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
This is attributed to the ability of carbon capture and storage technology to serve as a large-scale solution for achieving high CO2 emission ...
United States Conference of Mayors
Childhood Obesity Prevention/Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards ... COVID-19 pandemic. This end to the national emergency triggered several ...
Virgin Atlantic jet lands after maiden transatlantic flight on low-carbon fuel | Reuters
Reuters
Sustainability · Sustainable Markets · Climate Change · Transport Fuels ... coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester. [1/8]Virgin Atlantic Boeing ...
Curbing pharmaceutical effluent pollution: A crucial step in fighting antimicrobial resistance
News Medical
Sustainability-Focused Recovery Approach for Cruise Tourism After COVID-19: Key Issues and Opportunities in the Port Destination of Mahahual ...
Sustainability Investing:
Amazon Press Releases - About Amazon
These insights empower 150 million shoppers to purchase from sustainable brands and help investors direct more than $30 trillion in funds toward ...
Can I invest sustainably across my portfolio? | UBS United States of America
UBS
The sustainability transition is not just driven by policy, as investors and corporations alike are integrating SI into their portfolios and ...
What to look for when investing in green, social, and sustainability bonds - FT Adviser
FT Adviser
The emergence of sustainable bonds as an asset class has been relatively rapid, and the spectrum of different classifications of investments can ...
Geoengineering:
The Economist
Since the start of this year, solar geoengineering, sometimes known as solar radiation modification (SRM), has been the whole or partial focus of ...
Geoengineering May Be The Least Worst Climate Solution - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
Solar geoengineering — a series of steps designed to reduce the amount of solar energy that reaches the surface of the Earth — is starting to be ...
Green Bond Funds:
Ericsson issues first green bond - Funds Europe
Funds Europe
Ericsson's green financing framework enables the company to issue green bonds and other green financing instruments. Proceeds from this operation will ...
Ericsson issues €500m green bond to fund energy efficiency initiatives - FinTech Global
FinTech Global
Ericsson, a prominent information and communication technology company, has successfully concluding its inaugural green bond issuance, ...
Low Carbon Funds:
World Needs More Policy Ambition, Private Funds, and Innovation to Meet Climate Goals
International Monetary Fund
For example, to keep within 2 degrees of warming, high, upper-middle, lower-middle, and low-income countries will need emissions reductions of 39 ...
BlackRock plan would free up to $4T in climate change funding - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
The world's largest asset manager has identified the global transition to a low-carbon economy as one of five “mega forces sweeping markets and ...
INTERVIEW: Green Climate Fund to prioritise scaling private capital to meet $50 bln target
Carbon Pulse
ANALYSIS: EU's embattled petrochemicals sector seeks out low-carbon funding · Exit polls call far-right Freedom party victory in Dutch election, but ...
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