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Methane Emissions:
'Nobody ever saw anything like this before': how methane emissions are pushing ... - The Guardian
The Guardian
... methane emissions in nature, including from warming tropical wetlands and thawing Arctic permafrost. The highest natural methane emissions come ...
Group backed by Bloomberg, NASA launches its first methane-hunting satellite | Reuters
Reuters
... will launch the first in a series of satellites on Friday to pinpoint leaks of the planet-warming gas methane from space.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Clean Air Task Force
... decarbonization of the industrial and transportation sectors via electrification, the growth of data centers, and reinvigorated U.S.-based ...
Decarbonizing U.S. industry: Progress and opportunities - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
Decarbonizing U.S. industry: Progress and opportunities ... Nearly one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from the industrial sector, including ...
Mutual reinforcement of land-based carbon dioxide removal and international emissions ...
Nature
The Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model. We deploy a multi-region, multi-sector dynamic model of the global economy, the EPPA model, ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Forbes
Data plays an important role in decision-making. This article explores what it means to have a data-driven mindset and how it can guide ...
Decube's AI-Powered Copilot Transforms Data-Driven Decision-Making
Database Trends and Applications
Decube, a pioneer in unified data management solutions, is launching its Copilot, an advanced AI-driven tool designed to give organizations ...
Is Your Company Reading Data the Wrong Way? - Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
A conversation with professors Amy Edmondson and Michael Luca on data-driven decision-making.
Global Reporting Initiative:
Insurance Business America
The EY Global Integrity Report ... Traditionally, many organisations established lofty goals, issued audited Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...
KPMG International
Reporting in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. Andrew Yates commented: “We have made important strides in our ongoing ...
Bakelite Synthetics Releases 2023 Sustainability Report - Morningstar
Morningstar
... initiatives for 2024 and beyond. Prepared with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and the United Nations Sustainable ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Biden-Harris Administration Unveils National Heat Strategy to Protect Community Health ...
HHS.gov
Roughly 1,220 people are killed by extreme heat in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making heat ...
Climate change threatens public health, raising the spread of food-borne diseases
Mongabay
An increase in the number and severity of heatwaves, droughts, and heavy precipitation events are all expected to lead to a rise in food-borne ...
Rising public risk of infection at Hilo Bay linked to climate change | University of Hawaiʻi ...
University of Hawaii System
... communities. This collaboration aims to build long-term partnerships that enhance community resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts.
Renewable Energy Investments:
USDA
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 16, 2024 – Today, on the second anniversary of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Forbes
These bonds are not just financial tools but catalysts for substantial change, aligning investment with our planet's ecological needs. As other ...
$41 Million Investment Strengthens and Expands Marine Energy R&D and Testing Infrastructure
Department of Energy
The Water Power Technologies Office invested more than $41 million in the four university-led National Marine Energy Centers to help strengthen ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP
Transparency is a starting point on the path to sustainability · Managing environmental risk · Driving corporate transparency on water · Learn more about ...
CDP extends reporting window after 'technical issues' cause disruption - edie
edie
Global environmental disclosure system CDP has extended its reporting window after users reported technical issues with a new disclosures portal ...
Former CDP Asia boss Donald Chan joins ARE | News | Eco-Business
Eco-Business
Donald Chan, the former Asia head of environmental disclosure non-profit CDP has joined Asia Research & Engagement as chief operating officer.
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Cal Poly
Cal Poly researchers behind the Sustainable Land Initiative research project hope to accelerate California's transition to climate-smart ...
CalMatters
CalMatters/The Markup recently won two prestigious awards at the Asian American Journalists Association 2024 convention, this year in Austin, ...
As a Minnesota 'climate champion', Gov. Tim Walz looked to California for inspiration
Los Angeles Times
The run-up to the 2024 presidential election has been supercharged by hot-button issues ranging from abortion to immigration. But for many voters, ...
Impact Investing:
Kiplinger
In simple terms, an impact investment aims to deliver both positive, measurable social and environmental impact and a financial return. Increasingly, ...
The Week in impact investing: Fight for freedom - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
As head of Sorenson Impact Foundation's early stage investments, Shields backed companies supporting education, healthcare, workforce development and ...
ImpactAlpha
Investors fight for 'freedom to invest'; HBO does impact investing; Crypto as an onramp to opportunity; The Celtic's Jaylen Brown puts superstar power ...
Energy Storage
Energy-Storage.News
Work has begun on pilot using Form Energy's iron-air battery, designed to cost-effectively store and discharge energy over multiple days.
American Public Power Association
Funded by DOE's Office of Electricity, in collaboration with the Office of Science, the Grid Storage Launchpad will be home to all of PNNL's energy ...
Why energy storage is critical to our future
Energy Central
Why is a country with an enormous renewable energy potential like ours now facing an electricity and energy shortage? This should be extremely ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
How satellites could protect archaeology sites vulnerable to climate change - Space.com
Space.com
Satellite studies would be one tool to help monitor and stabilize "underground heritage sites" on Earth that are becoming more vulnerable to human- ...
How NASA's satellites can track wildfires - Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections
We help millions of people understand climate change and what to do about it. Help us reach even more people like you. Donate. more like this ...
NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches
NASA
... Carbon Mapper Coalition's Tanager satellites, the ... Methane and carbon dioxide are the greenhouse gases that contribute most to climate change.
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
ESG Today
The SBTi acceptance of KLA's proposed science-based targets is exciting ... performance against stated ESG goals over the last calendar year.
Climate reporting standards insufficient, must be expanded, say experts | ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
To date, corporate climate standards have been created primarily to guide companies in setting targets (e.g. through the Science Based Targets ...
KLA's Science-based Targets for GHG Emissions Earn SBTi Validation - ESG News
ESG News
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. This ... efficiency metrics, ensuring the company's goals align with science-based standards.
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Griffith News - Griffith University
Climate change has microscopic winners – and a lot of big losers. 15 August 2024. The world's oceans are home to microscopic organisms invisible to ...
Global commodities' biggest winners and losers this year - CNBC
CNBC
Global commodities' biggest winners and losers this year — and where they're headed. Published Mon, Aug 19 202410:49 PM EDT Updated 5 Min Ago.
Newsweek
Here are the winners and losers from the first night of the Democratic convention. Winners. President Biden. Biden's long keynote resembled a State ...
Microgrids:
Microgrid Knowledge
Nuclear microgrids of the future are seen as a path to bridge baseload and carbon reduction aims for companies. Most of Oklo's anticipated new ...
Energy, utilities, resources: fast forward to the future with microgrids
Energy Connects
Microgrids are independent of a larger system. If a microgrid fails, even if it is one of many microgrids feeding a larger model, the impact is ...
More Than a Decade of Resiliency efforts culminates with Microgrid Commissioning and ... - DVIDS
DVIDS
Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) continues to lead the way in the Army's energy resilience as the first-ever military installation with a microgrid ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Do we know enough about the health risks of new semiconductor factories? - The Verge
The Verge
That's why they say it's crucial to assess the environmental risks now and give communities a chance to weigh in on new fabs springing up across the ...
Navigating the Health Care Cybersecurity Storm: Strategies for Resilience and Risk Reduction
American Hospital Association
Community Health Data · AHA Funded Partnerships · Resource Center · AHA Online ... Risk-assessment considerations in mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Health-related climate adaptation: How to innovate and scale global action for local needs
McKinsey
... community engagement and monitoring and evaluation systems). The remaining sections of this article outline in more detail the opportunities in ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
US News Money
A common industry slogan is that impact investing means "doing good while doing well." Impact investing has been gaining momentum, with the Global ...
Keep Your Eye on the Long Term, Top ESG Fund Managers Say | Morningstar
Morningstar
The stock market's recent decline pulled many big-cap funds lower, including some of this year's top-performing sustainable-investing funds.
ESG-Labeled Bonds: Quality Over Quantity | AB - AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
We also believe that much of the improved strength is a result of diligent active investors guiding issuers to develop stronger ESG-labeled bond ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
News-Medical
Research led by Amsterdam UMC, across more than 5 years and 1100 patients has demonstrated a strategy for reducing inappropriate IV use by a third ...
How is COVID-19 reshaping the fintech work environment - FF News
Fintech Finance
The coronavirus pandemic is obviously having a major impact on the world economy, and although tech and digital companies, including fintechs may ...
Impact of campus closure during COVID-19 on lifestyle, educational performance, and ...
BMC Public Health - BioMed Central
Higher education students exhibit heightened sensitivity to environmental changes as they navigate the critical transition from adolescence to ...
Sustainability Investing:
Ceres
Use our interactive tools to support your company or investment firm's sustainability journey. View all resources. Latest resources. Report ...
ESG News
78% of investors are willing to pay higher fees for ESG funds, highlighting a growing demand for sustainable finance products. Sustainability-linked ...
How major U.S. companies are investing in the future of sustainability reporting
FinTech Global
Over two-thirds of large U.S. companies have committed to dedicated budgets for sustainability reporting, a recent survey by ESG and EHS ...
Geoengineering:
Semafor
Solar geoengineering remains controversial, but as the climate warms, its potential looks increasingly attractive.
American Enterprise Institute
This drive to reduce sulfur emissions eventually got the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to act. The U.N. agency issued a mandate to reduce ...
The Dispatch
Climate engineering—commonly called geoengineering—is a collective term for a number of different strategies aimed at mitigating climate change on a ...
Green Bond Funds:
Looking to Address Climate Change With Your Investments? Try Green Bonds | Morningstar
Morningstar
The $2.3 billion fund has climbed 3.28% for the year to date. This fund is the top performer on our list over the past year and for the year to date, ...
Iberdrola Hits Big with $525M Green Bond in the U.S. • Carbon Credits
CarbonCredits.com
Green bonds are used to fund or refinance sustainable projects including renewable energy, clean transportation, energy efficiency and waste ...
Bond buyers remain hopeful of green US Treasury despite political headwinds
Responsible Investor
... money market funds. “I imagine they would be quite excited about the prospect,” he says. Green bond funds with a global portfolio will also ...
Low Carbon Funds:
5 Top-Performing ESG Funds in 2024 - Morningstar
Morningstar
One key area of strength for Alger Responsible Investing is its low Morningstar Portfolio Carbon Risk Score of 3.18 and very low fossil fuel exposure ...
Fortera raises $85 million for commercially scalable low-carbon cement - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
The process was honed over nearly two decades of research and development and hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. Capital-intensive and low ...
Decarbonizing the U.S. power sector: Progress and opportunities - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
Additional federal funding for grid improvements and expansion will be necessary to connect low-carbon energy sources to the grid, including in rural ...
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