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Methane Emissions:

Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap
ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, ...

Waste not, want not: How methane biogases can help us reach our climate goals | The Hill
The Hill
The Biden administration is cracking down on methane emissions from oil and gas operations. Officially, they account for 28 percent of U.S. ...

Methane Eating Microbes - A Novel Solution For Greenhouse Gas Mitigation - Forbes
Forbes
Methane is a significant contributor to human-driven greenhouse gas emissions, but there is useful group of microbes that can help because they ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Why Sectoral Target-Setting Finance Frameworks Are Key to Industrial Decarbonization
RMI
... Sectoral Decarbonization Convergence Approach developed by the Science-Based Targets initiative. This approach ensures that all clients have an ...

Chart: Heavy industry is the next big climate problem to tackle - Canary Media
Canary Media
The Biden administration also recently funded large-scale heavy industry decarbonization projects, including the first-ever hydrogen-based green ...

Market Gateways, Not the EPA, Determine Power Sector Decarbonization - R Street Institute
R Street Institute
The justification is based on the EPA's interpretation of the “best system of emissions reduction” under the Clean Air Act, which has varied wildly ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

Argus Media scales up data-driven decision-making with Amazon QuickSight enterprise ...
Amazon AWS
Argus Media scales up data-driven decision-making with Amazon QuickSight enterprise business intelligence software. by Meltem Dincer, Paul Rogers ...

Lessons From The Gridiron: Using Data Insights To Win In Marketing - Forbes
Forbes
Moving from data reporting to data-driven decision-making can be a win-win for you and your customers.

Empowering Decision-Making: The Transformative Role of Data Analytics
The Economic Times
In today's data-driven world, organizations are increasingly turning to data analytics to gain actionable insights, drive strategic decisions, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Bloomberg Publishes 2023 Impact Report | Press
Bloomberg
The Impact Report is third-party verified, and has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the ...

Gap Inc. Releases 2023 ESG Report, Sharing Progress on Sustainability and Inclusion
PR Newswire
We follow several ESG standards and prepared the report in reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and in alignment with the ...

Equinix Releases Annual Sustainability Report, Highlighting Advancements in ...
Equinix
2023 Equinix Sustainability Report and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Metrics [report] · How We Worked to Build a Better Future in 2023 [blog].

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

What doctors wish patients knew about climate change's health impact
American Medical Association
... health risks of climate change ... community health for Northwest Permanente in Lake Oswego, Oregon. ... “The health effects last longer in these ...

Climate change has disproportionately impacted these vulnerable US communities, experts say
ABC News - The Walt Disney Company
ABC News is taking a look at solutions for issues related to climate change and the environment with the series, "The Power of Us: People, ...

Unraveling Minds: The Impact of Global Climate Change on Mental Health
Psychiatric Times
The first involves the economic effects of drought, which can adversely impact individual and community economic activities, particularly livelihoods ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

3 Renewable-Focused ETFs Just Hit 3-Year Lows. Are They Worth Buying Now?
The Motley Fool
The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF is a bet on increased international investment in renewable power generation. The Invesco Solar ETF targets the ...

TotalEnergies, Octopus Energy step up U.S. clean energy investments - Axios
Axios
Meanwhile, British renewable energy supplier Octopus Energy plans to invest $10 million to $30 million in Ocergy, an Oakland developer of foundations ...

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key Actions to Strengthen America's ...
The White House
Since Day One, President Biden has led and delivered on the most ambitious climate and environmental justice agenda in history, including securing ...

CDP Sustainability:

SAP, CDP, Systemiq and Delterra Back UN Plastics Treaty | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
SAP, EA Earth Action, Systemiq, Delterra & CDP have supported the UN Global Plastics Treaty by creating a data-driven platform to reduce plastic ...

Navigating CDP's upcoming single corporate questionnaire: how our Accredited Solutions ...
CDP
... CDP and will continue to support companies on their environmental journeys: ... sustainability at every step. They offer comprehensive advisory ...

Pace of decarbonisation by UK businesses falls by a third, with businesses set to miss Paris ... - CDP
CDP
... Sustainability practice who leads the firm's sustainability work with UK industrial business. “Companies can still establish credible transition ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California's Plans for Slowing Climate Change Through Nature-Based Solutions - KQED
KQED
They discussed wildfires, indigenous leadership, natural land and the State's plans for slowing climate change. “If I had one point to make,” said ...

What is Gov. Newsom's California Climate Action Corps and Why is He Expanding It?
California Globe
In California, climate change is a growing threat to systems and people across the state. The impacts to our environment and health are worsening as ...

Padilla Applauds Announcement of First-Ever National Goal of Zero-Emissions Freight ...
Senator Alex Padilla
Despite California's leadership and significant progress in reducing carbon ... change, and ... environmental injustice impacts of the climate crisis.

Impact Investing:

ImpactAlpha Open: Impact investments in AI + climate capital at family offices
ImpactAlpha
In this week's ImpactAlpha Open, we explore why three major foundations made impact investments in AI platform, Anthropic.
  
Impact investing and better healthcare for all - PE Hub
PE Hub
Not all private equity managers track the impact of their healthcare investments. Nor are all investors seeking to improve health outcomes or deliver ...

ESG lays the groundwork, impact investing extends the boundaries | IFLR
IFLR
Impact investors engage closely with the businesses they invest in, offering them not only funding but also guidance and mentoring. Impact investment ...

Energy Storage

Tumble in storage battery costs to boost shift to renewables, says IEA | Reuters
Reuters
An expected sharp fall in battery costs for energy storage in coming years will accelerate the shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels, ...

G7 ministers: Energy storage is key to global renewable goals - VOA
VOA
G7 environment ministers committed on Tuesday to ramp up the production and deployment of battery storage technology, an essential component for ...

Long-Duration Energy Storage to Play Critical Role in Renewables Buildout, Grid Reliability
RBN Energy
The intermittent nature of renewable energy is a well-documented thorn in the side of efforts to decarbonize the power grid, especially with more ...   

Climate Change and Satellites:

Beavers are helping fight climate change, satellite data shows - Space.com
Space.com
As global warming intensifies droughts, floods and wildfires around the world, scientists in western United States are turning to beavers to help ...

Tiny Islands Look to Space Technology to Help Fight Climate Change - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
... climate change and melting ice caps. Satellites can play a critical role in monitoring the effects of rising sea levels that threaten to overwhelm ...

NASA's CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
... weather- and climate-tracking satellites in Earth orbit. ... Climate Change . This US-Indian Satellite Will Monitor Earth's Changing Frozen Regions.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Sphera's Near-Term Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target Receives SBTi Validation
PR Newswire
... performance and risk management software, data and consulting ... carbon economy. ... The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a corporate climate ...

ZTE's science-based targets approved by SBTi
ZTE
This initiative aims to set emission reduction targets based on climate science ... performance by 52 ... efficiency and creating a "zero" carbon network.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Beyond higher temperatures: Preparing for national security risks posed by climate change
Phys.org
"Geoengineering is a volatile topic," said Kravitz. "There would be winners and losers. Some people find the concept scary—but so is climate change.

WATCH: 'Changing Climate' highlights sustainability in our region - NBC10 Philadelphia
NBC10 Philadelphia
NBC10's "Changing Climate" highlights sustainability and shows how Philly-area people and businesses are combatting climate change.

Scotland's leader resigns after conflicts over climate change, gender identity weakened government
WSB Radio
Georgia football winners and losers following the 2024 NFL Draft ...

Microgrids:

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Microgrid Project: Energy Innovation, Integration and Assurance
Morningstar
FARGO, N.D., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BWR Innovation announces it was recently granted a two-year subcontract by The Global Connective ...

Elevating Lives Through Electricity: The 2024 Microgrid Knowledge Greater Good Award Winners
Microgrid Knowledge
This solar plus battery storage, building-scale microgrid enables the recreation center to be a resiliency hub for the historically black Scotland ...

Schneider Electric Releases All-In-One Battery Energy Storage System for Microgrids
PR Newswire
Designed to fully integrate with EcoStruxure™ microgrid software, BESS is driven by Schneider Electric's controls, optimization, ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

Community Health Survey | Sampson Independent
Sampson Independent
... Community Health Assessment ... Community Health Opinion Survey. Sampson County is ... risk for health problems, and existing and needed health resources.

Public health assessment of Kenyan ASGM communities using multi-element biomonitoring ...
ScienceDirect.com
Reliable risk assessment and management of ASGM is therefore still complex in Kenya as the country lacks data and harmonised nationwide information ...
 
Assessment of the integrated disease surveillance and response system implementation in ...
BMC Public Health - BioMed Central
Assessment of the integrated disease surveillance and response system implementation in health zones at risk ... community health workers in 15 health ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Amid a backlash in the US, is there a future for ESG investing? - The Irish Times
The Irish Times
ESG – environmental, social and corporate governance – investing was supposed to be a noble call to arms for the global investment community, ...

Impact of ESG preferences on investments and emissions in a DSGE framework
ScienceDirect.com
ESG principles, therefore, are instrumental in shaping both investment decisions and environmental outcomes, underlining the significant influence of ...

500+ New Reasons To Sweat The Details On Sustainability: Global And Local Rulemaking ...
Forbes
... ESG topics such as climate change, stakeholder engagement, responsible investment, biodiversity and more. The sheer volume of activity should be ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

(PDF) A review of global carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization ...
ResearchGate
PDF | To attain zero carbon emissions while combating climate change, this paper presents an overview status of the global carbon capture and ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

New Sustainability Research Findings Reported from Zhejiang University (The Impact of ...
InsuranceNewsNet
In the context of the ongoing global challenges, particularly the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, our analysis underscores the potential of long- ...

Hospitals take scalpel to waste as health sector's carbon footprint is double that of aviation
ABC
A clinical waste bin in the basement of Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne. Efforts to improve sustainability have increased since the COVID pandemic.

Harvesting Community - 34th Street Magazine
34th Street Magazine
And, according to Karlen, “sustainability is at the top of the list.” Currently, Pandemic Pantry is working on developing an official values ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Record $8.8 bln pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1 - Reuters
Reuters
European and American investors showed converse interest in sustainable funds during the first quarter, research firm Morningstar said on Thursday ...

Sustainable investing in a fractured world - Lombard Odier
Lombard Odier
How is today's geopolitical and investment landscape changing drivers of sustainable investments, and what strategy should investors adopt?

GS SUSTAIN: From Aspiration to Action: 10 predictions for Sustainable Investing in 2023
Goldman Sachs
GS SUSTAIN: From Aspiration to Action: 10 predictions for Sustainable Investing in 2023. Published on30 APR 2024. Inflationary pressures ...

Geoengineering:

Solar Geoengineering To Cool the Planet: Is It Worth the Risks?
State of the Planet - Columbia University
Most research into solar geoengineering strategies is currently focused on stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI, also called solar radiation ...

The Sunday Story: Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight - NPR
NPR
There's evidence some types of solar geoengineering could lower global temperatures a lot. But along with potential benefits come huge potential risks ...

Opinion Humans might need to re-engineer the climate - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
That will take a lot more research on geoengineering's impacts and some international framework to guide its deployment. Unfortunately, the global ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green Bonds – CalCCA
CalCCA
Green bond prepayment transactions are one of ... Green bond proceeds are being used to finance CPA's ... The bonds' sale provided funds for the ...

AUGA group, AB has published Green Bond Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... green bonds. The Company has an obligation to publish a separate annual report regarding the use of funds. This Green Bond Report (see attachment) ...

Equity gains wiped out while bonds claim best selling fund – flows latest - Citywire
Citywire
Eight of the best-selling funds in the peer group were trackers, with the Amundi Euro Government Tilted Green Bond fund the top flow taker after a € ...

Low Carbon Funds:

BlackRock-Backed $1.4 Billion Fund Proves There's Cash to Make in Climate Tech | Inc.com
Inc. Magazine
The fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, has already invested in seven companies including low-carbon hydrogen firm Monolith, biotechnology firm ...

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 bln for first fund - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... low-carbon economy, include U.S. insurer Allstate, Spanish lender BBVA and energy firm TotalEnergies. In total, more than 30 institutional investors ...