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Methane Emissions:
New EPA Report: Animal Agriculture Leads U.S Methane Emissions
Center for Biological Diversity
... methane and nitrous oxide, two highly potent climate pollutants ... emissions. For comparison, natural gas and ... “Animal agriculture makes up an ...
To Fight Global Warming, Reduce Landfill Methane Emissions - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
By his estimate, US landfills emit about 10 million metric tons of methane a year — which over the next 20 years have the greenhouse gas equivalent to ...
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice - AP News
AP News
Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Climate Policy Initiative
The industrial sector, a vital driver of economic growth in emerging economies, accounts for a significant portion of carbon emissions, ...
Everything you wanted to know about carbon removals but were afraid to ask | McKinsey
McKinsey
Roberta Fusaro: The report estimates that the industry for carbon dioxide removal could be worth up to $1.2 trillion by 2050. ... You will buy based on ...
Argonne's Decarbonization Scenario Model analyzes ambitious pathways to net-zero ...
Argonne National Laboratory
Users economy-wide are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet. Argonne's newest tool helps users analyze ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
The Keys To Fostering A Data-Driven Culture - Forbes
Forbes
The leaders of the company need to be making data-centric decisions firsthand.
The power of making data-driven decisions to conquer the ups and downs in the dynamic ...
The Financial Express
Continuous analysis of real-time data allows marketers to identify emerging trends and shifts in consumer preferences.
5 Reasons Why Data-Driven Decision-Making Is Key for Startup Success
Jumpstart Magazine
Data-driven decision-making enables startups to spot emerging trends and jump on new opportunities before everyone else catches on. To stay ahead, you ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
PR Newswire
... Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Standards. The report can be found here or on the ESG section of our website. Key highlights of the report include ...
Sonoco Releases 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report Detailing Progress on ... - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
This report was prepared in reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) ...
Warby Parker Publishes 2023 Impact Report - Business Wire
Business Wire
... Report. Each year, Warby Parker tracks and reports its impact on stakeholders following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. Using ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Climate change a health risk for 70% of world's workers, UN warns - CBS News
CBS News
More than 70% of workers around the world face climate change-related health risks, with more than 2.4 billion people likely to be exposed to ...
World Earth Day: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health | Mass General Brigham
Mass General Brigham
April 22 marks Earth Day, an important day focused on addressing climate change. Mass General Brigham researchers share their ongoing work on the ...
On Earth Day, a look at how climate change is impacting health | World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
By 2050, climate change will place immense strain on global healthcare systems, causing 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses.
Renewable Energy Investments:
USDA
ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024 – Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. ...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Projects Receiving Clean Energy ...
Department of Energy
President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Supports New Projects Building Grid Transformers, Manufacturing EV Chargers and Solar Components, ...
Clean Energy Investing Has Been Tough - But is Change Coming? - Morningstar
Morningstar
The progress in renewable energy has been rapid, but investing in the sector has been much less profitable. Experts make the case for a more ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP
Consequently, investors can focus their engagement on the gaps in their portfolio companies, aiming to promote a transition towards sustainable palm ...
Comment: We cannot win the battle of 'planet versus plastic' without robust data | Reuters
Reuters
... CDP questionnaire, bringing together relevant environmental issues in one place. ... sustainability, with a focus on sustainable finance, environmental ...
Ford Motor : CDP Climate Report - MarketScreener
MarketScreener
Our environmental Aspirational Goals include achieving carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050, attaining zero air emissions from our vehicles ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Politico
California Climate. How the politics of climate change are shaping the future of California ... environmental strategies and its environmental ...
Rising Stars: Loyal Terry, Assembly Fellow, office of Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Capitol Weekly
ROADMAP 2035: Cars, Carbon and Climate Change – How Do We Meet California's Zero Emissions Goals? A Conference on Housing, Thursday, March 9, 2023 ...
Statement from Biocom California and MassBio on America's Biotechnology Leadership and ...
Yahoo Finance
Climate change · Health · Science · 2024 election · Originals · The 360 · Life · Health · COVID-19 · Fall allergies · Health news · Mental health ...
Impact Investing:
HBS Working Knowledge - Harvard Business School
The researchers found that employee satisfaction dropped twice as much when impact investors bought a stake in a company, compared to the decline ...
5 ways to guide clients on ESG and impact investing | Financial Planning
Financial Planning
As ESG investments face political backlash, here's how financial advisors are talking to clients about impact investing.
JPMorgan Says New SDG Guidelines to Empower Impact Investors - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
... impact investing. The goal is to bring more structure to impact reporting from governments and corporates in order to help investors single out ...
Energy Storage
Forbes
Clear policy guidance and strong renewables growth make energy storage a rising star in China. Yet, despite rapid growth, crises has arrived much ...
World's biggest battery maker debuts grid-scale energy storage system - Freethink
Freethink
CATL, the world's biggest battery manufacturer, just unveiled TENER, a new energy storage system for utility companies.
NYCEDC Advances NYC's Green Economy Action Plan with Next Round of Support for ...
NYCEDC
NYCIDA Approves Four Battery Energy Storage Projects in Queens and Staten Island. Battery Storage Will Power New York's Clean Energy Transition, ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
The Essential Role of Satellite in Combating Climate Change
Via Satellite
Satellite and satellite technology will be on the frontlines in the battle against climate change. The Earth Observation (EO) sector is one of the ...
Tech Today: Taking Earth's Pulse with NASA Satellites
NASA
... space. Changes ... For over 50 years, NASA's Landsat satellites have recorded our planet's changing surface. ... climate change. By combining data from ...
NASA Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change
NASA Science
Competitively selected, the missions provide opportunities to supplement satellite observations and make innovative measurements. "These missions will ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Sustainalytics
Performance Indicators for Highest Reporting Industries on GHG Reduction Targets | Morningstar Sustainalytics ... science-based targets. One area where ...
Logicalis net-zero emissions targets approved by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
PR Newswire
Global technology service provider is on track to achieve net-zero by 2050 and carbon neutral on Scope 1 and 2 by 2025. LONDON, April 22, 2024 / ...
SBTi Board Announces Role for Carbon Credits in Scope 3 Emissions Abatement
Lexology
On April 9, the Board of Trustees of the Science Based Targets ... science-based approach to corporate climate action. ... Performance Index · Research ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Forbes
There will be winners and losers, as there are in most things. One thing no one can deny however is how damaging this will be. “Our analysis shows ...
By 2100, Some Destinations Will Lose Half Their Nice Weather Days - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
... climate change,” said MIT environmental engineering professor Elfatih Eltahir, who led the study, via email. There are clear winners and losers.
Some of the winners and losers in the 2024 federal budget - Yahoo News Canada
Yahoo News Canada
That could see even higher scrutiny from climate change activists and interest groups hoping to sway investment decisions. —. Winner: Cellphone and ...
Microgrids:
Iowa State University
... Microgrids-integrated Distribution Systems. DERs are distributed energy resources such as wind and solar farms or energy storage technologies ...
Hybrid cheetah particle swarm optimization based optimal hierarchical control of multiple microgrids
Nature
Microgrids provide reliable and sustainable electricity supply to specific areas, such as communities, campuses, military bases and industrial ...
Global Microgrid Controller Market Projected to Reach $18.7 Billion by 2029 with a CAGR of 22.6%
Yahoo Finance
Microgrid controllers play a pivotal role in fulfilling the requirements for uninterrupted power supply, especially in industries such as healthcare, ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
(PDF) Risk Assessment Tools from the One Health Perspective: A Narrative Review
ResearchGate
... risk assessment at the environmental. levels, animal health risks assessment, and human health risks assessment at the community and individual levels ...
Modeling health and well-being measures using ZIP code spatial neighborhood patterns
Nature
Individual-level assessment of health and well-being permits analysis of community well-being and health risk evaluations across several ...
Community-engaged research | UMD News Center
UMD News
... risk factors in women from ... Versnik Nowak's "Public Health Communication” and "Community Health ... UMD public health students pilot testing the survey ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Bloomberg
ESG is part of a wider strategy known as sustainable investing. Broadly, the goals are to achieve societal impact, align with personal values or ...
Theory of Socially Responsible Investment | The Review of Economic Studies
Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
Based on such an impact mandate, we derive the social profitability index (SPI), an investment criterion that characterizes the optimal ranking of ...
5 ways to guide clients on ESG and impact investing | Financial Planning
Financial Planning
As ESG investments face political backlash, here's how financial advisors are talking to clients about impact investing.
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Yahoo Finance
Visiongain has published a new report entitled Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Market Report 2024-2034: Forecasts by Application ...
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technologies - a key enabler for India's net ...
CXO Today
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, commonly known as CCUS technology can capture and make effective use of the high concentrations of CO₂ ...
Fast-forwarding carbon capture with neustark - Holcim
Holcim
... carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). LEARN MORE ABOUT CCUS. Partnering to drive decarbonization. Turn on sound. MaQeImpact: Accelerate ...
UN News - the United Nations
The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost sustainable and resilient tourism practices to protect ...
GLP Podcast: Anti-vax doctor claims COVID vaccines 'shed'; Abandon milk and meat for the ...
Genetic Literacy Project
Are they better for the environment? Here's why we need to do more research — and weigh nutrition losses against environmental impact. Podcast:.
Waiting for normal in a volatile post-COVID economic reality | Plastics News
Plastics News
A scenario in which spending growth consistently exceeds income growth is not sustainable in the long term. Spending growth can exceed income growth ...
Sustainability Investing:
InvestorPlace
People are increasingly concerned about the environment and see value in companies that pursue sustainability. Investing in sustainable stocks ...
What is ESG Investing? What are the Risks, and Why is It Facing a Backlash? - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
In one sense, defining ESG is easy — it's an approach to finance and investing focused on managing risks from environmental factors, social issues ...
Understanding sustainability risks and opportunities | Rothschild & Co
Rothschild & Co
Investing is not just about short-term success. It's important to find businesses which can adapt to a changing world and are part of shaping the ...
Geoengineering:
NPR
In a parking lot and on San Francisco Bay, NPR witnesses two different tests for solar geoengineering to tackle climate change.
Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided | MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
Such interventions, commonly known as solar geoengineering, may include releasing sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere to cast away more sunlight, or ...
Playing God With the Atmosphere - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Cloud seeding is a type of geoengineering, a set of technologies aimed deliberately at influencing or altering Earth's climate systems. The warmer our ...
Green Bond Funds:
IFC and Amundi Raised $436 million to Support Green, Resilient, Inclusive Recovery in ...
IFC Press Releases
"This Fund underscores the growing interest in sustainable bonds as well as their resilience in the face of global economic uncertainty," said Tomasz ...
Climate-related funds grow 16% in 2023 to $540 billion — Morningstar | Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
The green bond fund category, nearly doubled its asset size in 2023 ... “The global landscape of climate funds continued to grow last year despite ...
Morningstar: 'Unstoppable rise' of passive climate funds | Portfolio Adviser
Portfolio Adviser
By Natalie Kenway. Green bond and climate transition strategies were the most popular sustainable funds in 2023, according to a Morningstar report ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Chevron arm launches $500 million fund to invest in low carbon technologies | Reuters
Reuters
Chevron's venture capital arm launched on Tuesday its third fund to invest in renewable energy technologies with a $500 million commitment, ...
Chevron arm launches $500 million fund to invest in low carbon technologies
Yahoo Finance
... fund also aims to expand investment in the areas of novel low carbon fuels, advanced materials and transforming carbon to higher value products.
Carbon price fall deprives Europe's green funds of billions - Reuters
Reuters
Holcim said the Innovation Fund had been a trigger for low-carbon investments in Europe. The world's largest cement maker has already won fund ...
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