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Methane Emissions:
Satellite measuring methane in the atmosphere launches | BBC News - YouTube
YouTube
A satellite has been launched into orbit, which will track where there are high levels of greenhouse gas methane in light reflected from earth.
Methane emissions | Shell Global
Shell Global
Methane is the primary component of natural gas. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas; its impact on climate change over 20 years is more than 80 ...
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide - Nature
Nature
Landfill methane (CH4) emissions account for ~10% of all anthropogenic CH4 emissions globally, amounting to ~50 Tg per year.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Nature
Climate change mitigation generally require rapid decarbonization in the power sector, including phase-out of fossil fuel-fired generators.
How will the auto sector reach net zero? - Just Auto
Just Auto
In the auto sector, carbon offsets are mostly used to mitigate Scope 1 and 2 emissions. ... Technology-based carbon removals, such as direct air capture ...
JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors - Blog
Harvard Business School
... based on the current local regulatory landscape. To help advance CCUS, JSW believes that key players in the public sector, such as India's ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
5 tips for creating a data-driven culture - TechTarget
TechTarget
Many enterprises have long struggled to build a data-driven culture. Consider these best practices for making data a central part of your ...
Data Amplified Breaking Down Silos For Data-Driven Decision Making - Water Online
Water Online
Data, Amplified – Breaking Down Silos For Data-Driven Decision Making ... The water sector is grappling with the task of effectively handling vast ...
Building a Strong Data Culture: A Strategic Imperative | TDWI
TDWI
... data-driven decision-making, and picking the right tools. Additionally, although the process may seem daunting, the returns -- increased ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
KPMG International
GRI has a key role in shaping impact reporting in the global ESG reporting ecosystem.
93% of firms use a mix of ESG standards, thwarting uniformity efforts: IFAC | CFO Dive
CFO Dive
U.S. companies report on sustainability using several standards and frameworks, with 75% deploying guidelines from the Global Reporting Initiative and ...
Volvo Car AB (publ.) publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2023 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... Report and has been prepared in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Volvo Cars had a record-breaking year in 2023, with the ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Climate change and health: five insights from the frontline | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
"Last year in my community when there was too much rain, many people had problems. Water entered into houses and spoiled so many belongings. As people ...
Wildfire smoke disproportionately affects California's Indigenous communities, new research shows
Berkeley News - University of California, Berkeley
Mega-fires, which are worsened by climate change, are increasingly affecting populations around the U.S. ... health risks in new ways for future studies ...
Study connects early births, childhood health issues to climate change - WBAY
WBAY
Global ecologists are ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
InvestorPlace
However, NextEra Energy Partners is the more concentrated play for investors who are seeking a pure renewable energy investment. NextEra Energy ...
Get Your Green With These 3 Renewable Energy Stock Picks | InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
A top-tier name among renewable energy stocks, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has made considerable investments in green solutions. According to its ...
Embrace Clean Energy, Focus on These 3 Shining Solar Stocks - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is creating opportunities for investors, although it will take huge investments and a lot of time ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP
... CDP and will continue to support companies on their environmental journeys: ... environmental sustainability, global standardization, and climate ...
Fractal Recognized by CDP for taking coordinated action on climate issues - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Fractal's commitment to sustainability and Net Zero emissions reaffirmed through rigorous third-party assurance and strategic environmental ...
YKK Achieves Top Rating For Climate Action: Named To CDP's Prestigious 'A List'
Textile World
... environmental disclosure nonprofit, CDP. CDP scored over 21,000 ... YKK has demonstrated a longstanding dedication to sustainability, epitomized by its ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Politico
With help from Kelsey Brugger, Annie Snider, Blanca Begert and Wes Venteicher. TOP OF THE DAY. SEC Chair Gary Gensler testifies.
Column: It's election day in California. If you care about climate, go vote - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
But if you care about global warming, voting in today's California's primary election is the least you can do — even when the top Republican candidate ...
In a Rural California Region, a Plan Takes Shape to Provide Shade From ... - USNews.com
USNews.com
MECCA, Calif. (AP) — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water ...
Impact Investing:
MIT Sloan
It's no longer enough to invest solely in single-point solutions. Here are nine ways impact investors succeed in driving systems-level change.
Only 5% of U.S. Foundations Invest for Impact, Study Finds - Barron's
Barron's
... impact investing groups, such as the Global Impact Investing Network and Mission Investors Exchange. “If there's any pool of capital that is best ...
Partner Insight: Impact investing has transformed
Investment Week
Impact investing involves the measurement and reporting of the impact of environmentally and socially conscious investments.
Energy Storage
Energy-Storage.News
Energy Vault has connected its first commercial EVx gravity-based energy storage system to the China grid, and three others are being built.
Sungrow launching battery cell production as China's BESS providers move upstream
Energy-Storage.News
Sungrow is launching battery cell production for its battery storage systems, part of a wider industry trend from China-based providers.
Power when the sun doesn't shine | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT News
Energy storage technologies can facilitate access to renewable energy ... energy — one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion battery storage. But how to ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here's why that's a big deal - NPR
NPR
A satellite with a climate solutions mission blasted off on a SpaceX rocket Monday. It's on a mission to detect planet-heating methane pollution ...
'Design for demise' satellite strategy has left ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere
Fast Company
Scientists are concerned that the space sector burning satellites will pollute the atmosphere and cause further climate change on Earth.
Tracking an Invisible Climate Menace From 360 Miles Above - The New York Times
The New York Times
"There's no guarantee that this information leads to a change in behavior," he said. The satellite launch coincides with efforts around the world to ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
CSRwire
While a new building may be able to achieve slightly better operational carbon performance than a retrofit, the embodied carbon is typically much ...
Progress on sustainability in fashion: the move to circularity - Lexology
Lexology
Members of WRAP's 'Textiles 2030' initiative have united to set ambitious, science-based 2030 targets to reduce the carbon and water footprint of ...
Ocean carbon emission prediction and management measures based on artificial ...
ScienceDirect.com
The YOLO framework is selected for its efficiency and effectiveness in target detection within remote sensing images. ... science, computer ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
The Conversation
In any competition, there are winners and losers. In the race to adjust to a changing climate, some butterflies seem to be doing well. But others ...
Climate Change Is Pushing Butterflies And Moths To Their Limits - NDTV
NDTV
In any competition, there are winners and losers. In the race to adjust to a changing climate, some butterflies seem to be doing well.
Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped the pros and cons of ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped the pros and cons of each and found clear winners and losers. By Volker Sick ...
Microgrids:
Yahoo Finance
As traditional centralized grid infrastructure faces strains from aging infrastructure and extreme weather events, microgrids offer a resilient and ...
DOE Issues RFP for Transmission Projects to Connect Remote Microgrids
American Public Power Association
... microgrids to existing infrastructure corridors in Alaska, Hawaii, and ... 28 announced a Request for Proposals for up to $200 million for transmission ...
First utility-scale microgrid in Iowa will make small city more resilient, sustainable
The Gazette
Microgrids are scaled-down versions of the larger power grids that weave across North America. The smaller projects are connected to the surrounding ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
News Flash • Community Health Needs Assessment Published - Coconino County
Coconino County - az.gov
The chna is a comprehensive evaluation, conducted every three years, to gain a deep understanding of the health status, risk factors, ...
CMS details new opportunities to get paid for health equity services - AAFP
AAFP
... for caregiver training, social determinants of health risk assessment, community health integration, and principal illness navigation.
CDC Guidance for Community Assessment and Investigation of Suspected Suicide Clusters ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Risk factors or any precipitating circumstances or events (e.g., mental health condition and exposure to other suicide attempts or deaths by suicide), ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Columbia Spectator
The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing announced that Columbia University Apartheid Divest's Dec. 1, 2023 proposal concerning ...
Unveiling the social impact revolution in real estate investment: Why doing good is a good investment
Proactive Investors
Independent UK property organisation Assissted Living Project managing director Thomas Williams joins us to discuss ethical real estate investment ...
On the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing's shameful divestment decision
Columbia Spectator
On February 29, day 146 of the genocide in Gaza, the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing rejected Columbia University Apartheid ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Yahoo Finance
The Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Size was Valued at USD 2.98 Billion in 2023 and the Worldwide Carbon Capture, ...
Carbon capture: progress that's getting the industry buzzing - Offshore Technology
Offshore Technology
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage set to play key role in reducing global emissions.
World's First Carbon Capture and Storage Facility: Key Insights - PreScouter
PreScouter
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is a pivotal technology that involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from sources like power plants ...
ScienceDirect.com
The paper estimates travel and environmental impacts pre and during COVID-19 via scenario analysis. •. Results are particularly relevant for both ...
Climate School hosts first in-person All-Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development ...
Columbia Spectator
... Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair since COVID-19 pandemic ... sustainability management and sustainability science. Undergraduates ...
Call for Evaluator(s) to conduct an Final External Evaluation of the project "COVID-19
ReliefWeb
... COVID-19: Civil Society Resilience and Sustainability (COVID CSR&S). This 48-month regional project was launched in July 2020 in response to the COVID ...
Sustainability Investing:
Morgan Stanley
... Sustainability Officer and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Investing. “This comes on the heels of our survey of individual investors, which ...
Comment: Flexiblity is key to minding the ESG investment returns gap | Reuters
Reuters
And yet, despite the hype, some experts are questioning the efficiency of ESG investing. They say that putting money behind social and environmental ...
How Sustainability Is Changing for Corporations, Startups, and Investors | Inc.com
Inc. Magazine
Investors recognize the growing market opportunities in sustainable industries. As consumers and businesses prioritize sustainability, startups that ...
Geoengineering:
CleanTechnica
Geoengineering is a way of reflecting some of the sun's rays back into space in order to cool the Earth. It's a long shot at best.
Geoengineering: 3 Novel Ways To Artificially Alter The Climate | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
One geoengineering method involves spraying sulfate aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect away sunlight. Another solar geoengineering method ...
Geoengineering: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight is a dangerous distraction
Cosmos Magazine
The UN Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification. This geoengineering is a dangerous distraction.
Green Bond Funds:
Global Green Bond Sales Top $54 Billion in Busiest February Ever - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
... green bonds, that allows the country to raise funds to support nuclear power. And Brazilian ethanol and sugar producer Raizen SA says it plans to ...
Sustainable bond fund assets hit $41bn record - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
Not registered? Sign up today for free. Register now. Channels: DebtGreen BondsInvestmentMarkets. Companies: MirovaAlphaFixeAffirmative Investment ...
Nuclear Debt Passes Investor Test in Canada With Green Deals - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
The funds will be used to fund ... “With the demand we see for green bonds, we have no dobut all future bonds funding nuclear projects will be green ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Permira assembles new team to invest in low carbon transition - Reuters
Reuters
Permira is putting together a dedicated investment team to focus on the transition to a low carbon economy, the private equity group said, ...
Jamie Dimon takes a stand by signing JPMorgan up as the first big bank to reveal a key ... - Fortune
Fortune
... finance initiatives to help foster the transition to a low-carbon economy. ... emissions by 2050, said the NYC funds. The move comes just weeks after ...
iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (NYSEARCA:CRBN) Reaches New 1-Year ...
American Banking News
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ...
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