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Methane Emissions:

New study sheds light on how much methane is produced from Arctic lakes and wetlands
Brown University
... less abundant than previously thought, greatly reducing the cumulative methane emissions they were thought to contribute to Earth's atmosphere.

Big oil agrees to slash methane emissions - The Economist
The Economist
Methane is responsible for perhaps 45% of current global warming. In debates over climate change the short-lived but highly potent greenhouse gas ...

A win for the climate: the EPA's new rule on methane pollution | Oxfam - Politics of Poverty
Politics of Poverty - Oxfam America
Reducing emissions of the super-pollutant methane could have far-reaching impact on communities, the environment, and the future.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

How Can The Building Sector Become Decarbonized? CleanTech, Of Course
CleanTechnica
UNEP provides evidence-based data to inform policy decisions, collaborates with sectors for low-carbon transitions, provides climate finance ...

Whitehouse and DelBene Reintroduce Carbon Border Adjustment Bill to Boost Domestic ...
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Industry boundaries are drawn by Treasury, based on six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Starting in 2025, covered ...

The most valuable guides to building decarbonization in 2024 - GreenBiz
GreenBiz
By James Ball. December 7, 2023. Guides to sustainable buildings 2024. The last year has seen unprecedented government funds, private sector ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

The Evolution Of Data-Driven And AI-Enabled HR - Forbes
Forbes
... data-driven decisions about managing talent. The introduction of big data ... data-driven decision-making. As the realm of HR continues to evolve ...

Leveraging AI For Data-Driven Decision-Making While Safeguarding Privacy And Security
Forbes
The rise of AI in data-driven decision-making, and how leaders can prepare for the future.

Data-Driven Revolution in Decision-Making and Risk Management - Times Now
Times Now
The shift towards data-driven decision-making is not merely a trend but a strategic imperative for businesses looking to thrive in the 21st century.

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI standards board to approve updated biodiversity standard next week
Responsible Investor
Adams, who is chair of GRI's global sustainability standards board (GSSB), said the updated standard “takes into account all the recent global ...

Pyxus Shares Progress on ESG Targets in Fiscal Year 2023 Sustainability Report
PR Newswire
Pyxus' FY23 Sustainability Report was prepared with reference to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and outlines the Company's ...

Teneo '23 & ESG Series: A European Perspective on Sustainability Reporting
Teneo
... Reporting Standards (ESRS), developed in partnership with the Global Reporting Initiative. It coincides with the finalisation of the International ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

In coastal communities, the health risks of climate change accelerate | AAMC
AAMC
Hurricane Maria illustrates the particular health risks that climate change poses to people in coastal areas. Storms, floods, excessive heat, and ...

How does climate change amplify health inequities? - Economics Observatory
Economics Observatory
These are just a few of the effects of climate change that can disrupt or displace entire communities. But they are not felt uniformly across all ...

How physicians are preparing for climate change and extreme heat's impact on human health - PBS
PBS
William Brangham: This kind of fine-grained data points to problems and solutions which are barely on people's radar now. Dr. Satchit Balsari:.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Financial headwinds for renewables investors: What's the way forward? – Analysis - IEA
IEA
The impressive growth in clean energy investments in recent years has been led by renewable power. Annual spending on solar PV and wind projects ...

New Data Show Clean Energy Investment Trends Across Congressional Districts
Center for American Progress
Over the past year, companies increased investment in clean energy production by 41 percent, increasing to $150 billion announced in the year since ...

Value of private equity-backed renewable investments hits 5-year high of $14.6B
S&P Global
Investments in the global renewables sector are expected to continue to ramp up in the coming year as countries and companies pursue their energy ...

CDP Sustainability:

HH Global discloses environmental impact through CDP - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
CDP pioneered using capital markets and corporate procurement to motivate companies to report on their environmental impacts – and to reduce ...

No global carbon price? Some companies set their own - Reuters
Reuters
For example, a utility expansion project in Ireland added $700,000 to its sustainability budget, a spokesperson said. In its 2023 CDP climate report, ...

SLO becomes one of 119 cities on global 'A List' for climate action - Mustang News
Mustang News
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) gave San Luis Obispo a top score in climate action and environmental transparency, landing the city on the CDP ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

What California Accomplished at COP28 - Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
The Administration showcased California's climate leadership, built ... “Joined by coalitions of dedicated partners, we're tackling climate change with ...

What California Accomplished at COP28 - Random Lengths News
Random Lengths News
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom's Administration is leading a California delegation at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, ...

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Water, Labor, Business, and Equity Leaders Support Proposed ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Charley Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water ... California for the impacts of climate change. Millions of Californians ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investments - MacArthur Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Impact Investments. Building the field of impact investing and providing catalytic capital to address social and environmental challenges around the ...

Impact Investing Unpacked: Closing the Housing Gap | Ellevest
Ellevest
CIO Dr. Sylvia Kwan reflects on investing to preserve and increase affordable housing supply and investing in innovation to close the housing gap.

Impact investing: Not just for Wall Street types, NGOs are in too | Devex
Devex
Over the past decade, many NGOs have set up impact investing operations. Devex spoke to several of them to find out what they've learned along the ...

Energy Storage

Energy storage outranks solar in company investment plans - Reuters
Reuters
Energy storage is set to overtake solar as the leading technology for energy transition investments in the next three years, a new industry survey ...

Largest energy storage project in Virginia now online in Dominion Energy territory
Solar Power World
The Dry Bridge Energy Storage project in Chesterfield County, Virginia, is now fully operational and providing key power services to Dominion ...

Dominion's (D) Largest Battery Storage System Starts Operation - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Dominion's (D) new battery storage system becomes operational. The company continues to add more clean energy to the grid while enhancing its ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life' | Space
Space.com
... satellites. They keep an eye on Earth's weather and climate change from what's known as a low Earth orbit, from about 520 miles (836 km) above us ...

When Waters Rise, Satellites Now Lag - IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum
And while devastating floods like this are on the rise in a world of mounting climate change, technology used to detect, monitor, and predict flooding ...

Egypt's satellite launch to advance climate research - University World News
University World News
Egypt has launched its second earth observation satellite, the MisrSat-2, also known as EgyptSat-2, to study the impact of climate change on the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

McCormick & Company's 2050 Net-Zero Target Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative
PR Newswire
"Through Purpose-led Performance, our work to increase energy efficiency, create opportunities for regenerative agriculture in global farming ...

Set Ambitious but Realistic Environmental Goals - MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan Management Review - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How far from business realities can companies stretch when setting critical goals to reduce carbon emissions? ... “Science Based Targets,” Science Based ...

Comment: Local councils are where climate pledges will succeed or fail. We need to ... - Reuters
Reuters
... science based targets, to local councils declaring a climate emergency. ... performance-based trajectory. Local governments are a great place to create ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Expert: More losers than winners from climate change on global scale - CGTN
CGTN
Expert: More losers than winners from climate change on global scale. Xu Wen. Translating... Content is automatically generated by Microsoft Azure ...

The geopolitics of climate change - EEAS - European Union
EEAS - European Union
... climate change, and its essential antidote, the green transition, are making winners and losers and shaking up the global balance of power. The ...

The winners and losers of a changing Potomac River - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
The winners and losers of a changing Potomac River. by Whitney Pipkin ... “For many of our friends and neighbors, the fact that climate change is ...

Microgrids:

Review on microgrids design and monitoring approaches for sustainable green energy networks
Nature
Microgrids are power distribution systems that can operate either in a grid-connected configuration or in an islanded manner, depending on the ...

Hawaii, 3 other states earn B microgrid grades. Most get Ds, per scorecard report.
Utility Dive
Microgrids are a network of distributed resources, such as solar panels and backup generators, and loads that can disconnect from a wider grid or ...

Microgrid Market projected to reach USD 108.1 Billion by - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Microgrids are localized energy systems that can operate independently or in conjunction with the main power grid. They incorporate a mix of ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

WebMD Ignite Introduces HealthAdvisor, its New Health Risk Assessment Solution - KXAN
KXAN
Health risk assessments can be a powerful tool that motivate consumers to seek early interventions for health concerns. They are essential to ...

U.S. lawmakers ask CDC to assess health risks in Illinois city where sewage floods homes
Belleville News-Democrat
It's a federal public health agency that protects communities from harmful health effects related to exposure to natural and man-made hazardous ...

IDPH Reports that COVID-19, Other Respiratory Viruses are Mounting Across the State - Illinois.gov
Illinois Department of Public Health - Illinois.gov
Healthy Illinois Survey ... Community Health Data (IQUERY) · IL Health Data Portal · IL Hospital Report Card · Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

What Are Green Stocks? | Bankrate
Bankrate
What is socially responsible investing? ... Socially responsible investing (SRI), a subset of ESG investing, refers to an investment strategy that ...

EXPLAINER: Understanding the terminologies around sustainable finance, ET EnergyWorld
ET EnergyWorld
While sustainable, green, and climate finance is related to financing, the terminologies such as ESG, Responsible Investment, and Socially Responsible ...

Bristol Myers Squibb A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 4.8% Yield - Forbes
Forbes
... Subscribe to newsletters. Sign In. Forbes Money Investing ... socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

475 Carbon Capture Lobbyists at COP28 Exposes Fossil Fuels' Grip
Center for International Environmental Law
A new analysis conducted by CIEL uncovered the presence of at least 475 lobbyists at COP28 specializing in Carbon Capture (Utilization) and Storage (

3 Companies Leading the Charge in Carbon Capture Technology - InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
According to the International Energy Agency, “40 commercial facilities are already in operation applying carbon capture, utilization and storage.

UW's Krutka Discusses Carbon Capture and Storage on '60 Minutes'
University of Wyoming
... carbon capture and utilization test facility located at Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Dry Fork Station near Gillette. Opening its doors in ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Asia's airports have to be reinvented for greener post-COVID world
Nikkei Asia
... sustainability and innovation into the fabric of airport planning is underway as the aviation industry navigates the post-COVID-19 landscape of travel ...

Seafarers bear brunt of failures to respond to Covid-19 crisis, says owner | TradeWinds
TradeWinds
There is only a finite amount of work that a ship owner can do to improve the lot of his crew on board.” The Philippines environment minister Maria ...

Philips Human Rights Report 2023 - News
Philips
Why climate action must stay top of the global agenda as we emerge from COVID- ... Social impact Governance Access to care Environmental sustainability ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Investing In Sustainability: Long-Term Benefits For Businesses - Forbes
Forbes
So what exactly are the benefits of investing in sustainability as a business? As the founder and CEO of a sustainable beverage company since 2015, I' ...

Investing in the Circular Economy: 3 Sustainable Stocks | InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
“Sustainable investing refers to a range of strategies in which investors include environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria in ...

What Are Green Stocks? | Bankrate
Bankrate
Investing in green stocks, or stocks of companies that prioritize environmental sustainability, is a key component of socially responsible investing ...

Geoengineering:

A potential climate solution in the works: reflecting sunlight back into space - NPR
NPR
IRVINE: Solar geoengineering, yeah, as you said, describes a set of ideas to increase the amount of light that the Earth reflects back to space. And ...

How much should we worry about climate tipping points? - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
It is also clear that solar geoengineering could never be a substitute for preventive tipping point mitigation. Effective preventive action involves ...

Stratospheric effect boosts global warming as carbon dioxide levels rise - Physics World
Physics World
It also suggests a potential new approach to geoengineering. The surface of the Earth is warmed by solar radiation and it emits infrared radiation ...

Green Bond Funds:

Can Record Global Green Bond Issuance Drive U.S. Market? | Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
... green bond. The funds will finance eligible green projects, spanning green buildings, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation, in ...

Amundi launches Asia green bond fund
Funds Global Asia
French asset manager Amundi has increased its fixed income portfolio by launching an Asia Income ESG Bond fund.

European Commission to issue €75 billion in long-term EU-Bonds in the first half of 2024
European Commission - European Union
... funds under its unified funding approach, using single-branded EU ... As ever, green bond issuances will continue to remain firmly anchored to climate ...

Low Carbon Funds:

These cities gladly took at least $365 million in climate funds spurned by GOP | AJOT.COM
American Journal of Transportation
Low Carbon Fuels Coalition releases ICF International report demonstrating opportunities for California to accelerate ITS path to carbon neutrality.

Why the EU Innovation Fund matters for net-zero technology funding - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
In this blog, we explore the role of the Innovation Fund and what needs to be done to effectively fund low-carbon technologies. Our next blog ...

Don't applaud the climate summit's loss and damage fund deal just yet
Sustainability Times
Low Carbon Energy · Environmental Protection · Sustainable Business · Green ... low-income countries mired in debt, proposed that the fund be ...

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