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Methane Emissions:

Surging Methane Emissions: The Shocking New Climate Threat Worsening Global Warming
The Daily Galaxy
Since the beginning of the industrial era, it has contributed approximately 20 to 30 per cent of the warming observed. For example, systemic ...

Wetland hydrological dynamics and methane emissions | Communications Earth & Environment
Nature
This review aims to improve the accuracy of wetland methane emission reports by carefully assessing biogeochemical kinetics under hydrological ...

What is methane and what's its role in climate change? - DW
DW
How does the energy sector release methane? Most energy consumed by humans comes from burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Oil and gas are ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

How to Decarbonize the Energy Sector With Industrial Heating - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
DirectIndustry e-Magazine
The industrial sector accounts for 30 percent of energy-based carbon emissions in the United States. These levels reached a new peak in 2021, ...
 
Factors Driving Commercial Building Decarbonization and Strategic Electrification
PHCP Pros
The buildings sector contributed more than one-third of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, with HVAC comprising 38% of buildings' energy ...
 
Micro-Nuclear Power Plant Startup Last Energy Raises $40 Million to Decarbonize Heavy ...
ESG Today
Founded in 2019, Washington, D.C.-based Last Energy develops small, 20 MWe nuclear power plants, aimed at bringing nuclear energy to scale, and ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

How To Balance Data-Driven Decision-Making And Intuitive Leadership - Forbes
Forbes
As businesses increasingly emphasize data-driven decision-making and returns on investment, leaders can find themselves buried in numbers.
 
6 key steps form a data-driven decision-making framework | TechTarget
TechTarget
A data-driven decision-making framework provides the logical progression organizations and individuals should follow to make the best professional ...

Hard Facts Vs. Gut Feelings: The Shift To Data-Driven Decisions - MSN
MSN
Not all decision-making is intuitive. Sometimes you have to look at the facts, data, and stats to reveal the truth about an opportunity, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Sustainability Reporting Leader GRI Deepens Multi-Stakeholder Governance - AccessWire
AccessWire
The stakeholder forum that advises the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on key strategic issues has appointed new leadership and members. Erdem ...

ECO-SOLVE South East Asia and Oceania regional consultation | Global Initiative
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
... reporting. The meeting was the second of three regional consultations ... © Global Initiative 2020, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy ...

GRI Issues Open Call for Governance Bodies - ESG Investor
ESG Investor
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a global recruitment call to appoint eight new members to three governance bodies it says have ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

How extreme weather can have long-lasting consequences for community health - NPR
NPR
MAUREEN LICHTVELD: They might not call it climate change. But if flooding or tornadoes are their concerns, we need to meet them where they are, and we ...

Environmental Risks Escalate Cardiovascular Disease Burden, Experts Warn
The American Journal of Managed Care
A joint session from the European Society of Cardiology and the World Heart Federation examined the impact of noise, climate change, ...

Health Experts Highlight Overlooked Medical Checkup, Climate Change Risks - Ponca City Now
Ponca City Now
New research highlights health risks tied to climate change and other significant health issues. A study from the American Society for ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Clean energy investment is set to double that of fossil fuels - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
... renewable energy investment. Image: IEA. This lack of funding in developing nations means they are stuck in a loop: they cannot afford to build ...
 
Behind near-record $313 billion in global renewable energy investment this year - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Global investment in renewable energy projects hit its second-highest level in the first six months of this year, with solar and China leading the ...
 
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $140 Million to Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs in ... - USDA
USDA
Bluestem Energy Solutions TEC1 LLC plans to use a ~$6.6 million investment ... renewable energy for Jessamine County. The project is expected to power ...

CDP Sustainability:

Tracking Progress: Taking stock of ESG ratings and data products regulations - CDP
CDP
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, scores, and other data products such as net-zero portfolio alignment metrics, are tools used by ...
 
85% of banks rely on ESG ratings for financial strategy, reveals CDP report - FinTech Global
FinTech Global
The evolving ESG landscape presents both challenges and opportunities for sustainable investment, with global alignment playing a crucial role in ...

Mastering Scope 3 emissions: From measurement to reduction - FinTech Global
FinTech Global
With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) enforcing mandatory emissions reporting and the rising need for external assurance across ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

CA Legislature Greenlights Skinner's Climate Bills, Including SB 59, Using EVs to Power Homes
Senator Nancy Skinner
The California Legislature has greenlighted Sen. Nancy Skinner's climate bills, including SB 59, which is designed to ensure that electric vehicle ...

Even in California, infrastructure spending is a climate time bomb. Here's how to fix it.
Transportation For America
Yet while Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to tout California as a climate leader ... climate change. This lack of accountability allows Gov. Newsom ...

Kicking out the 72-hour jams - California Climate - Politico
Politico
And both sides — industry and environmental justice groups — are upset about the warehouse bill. (Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability ...

Impact Investing:

The push and pull of impact investing for wealthy families in Latin America - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
The number of wealthy families with allocations for impact investments is increasing across Latin America. That is giving fund managers, high-impact ...

Clayton K Shum: Impact Investing – How to Align Your Investments with Your Values
Lakeland Currents
Impact investing is a method that allows investors to support causes they care about while still achieving financial gains. Rather than simply seeking ...
 
Schroders Aims to Scale Impact Investing - Markets Media
Markets Media
Impact investing is not just about finding impactful companies and assets, but also about what investors provide in terms of both financial and non- ...

Energy Storage

Solid-state electrolyte advance could double energy storage for next-gen vehicles
Tech Xplore
Using a polymer to make a strong yet springy thin film, scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are speeding ...

California PUC authorises centralised procurement for long-duration energy storage
Energy-Storage.News
California PUC has authorised centralised strategy for procuring long-lead-time resources, including long-duration energy storage (LDES).

Tesla gets buy rating from William Blair on its 'underappreciated' energy storage business
CNBC
Tesla Energy is poised for a compound annual growth rate of 50%, according to William Blair analysts.

Climate Change and Satellites:

Satellite watches as hazardous wildfire particles drift into the air - Space.com
Space.com
This analysis is particularly key as human-driven climate change continues to exacerbate these disasters. Comments (0).

NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
These measurements by the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE) are key to better predicting how climate change will affect ...
   
Methane leaks are a climate problem. These satellites could help find them. - Grist.org
Grist.org
Data from a new fleet of satellites is poised to change how we monitor — and mitigate — a potent greenhouse gas.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

DP World sets new carbon reduction goals after receiving SBTI validation - Offshore Energy
Offshore Energy
... Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its commitment to reduce carbon footprint ... efficiency, and low carbon fuels. Furthermore, we look ...
 
Holistic approach to carbon capture bridges the 'Valley of Death' - Nature
Nature
... research and development towards achievable performance targets at scale. ... research institute in China in condensed matter physics and related ...

DP World wins SBTI validation for its carbon reduction goals - WorldCargo News
WorldCargo News
DP World has obtained validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its carbon reduction targets.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Big Oil is the main winner from Dutch carbon capture subsidies - FTM.eu
FTM.eu
... climate change: Will carbon capture actually help reduce the emissions fuelling the crisis? ... Who are the winners and losers of the battle for ...
 
Cool off at your local swimming hole — if you can find one - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Proponents say the changes will lower costs for sellers, leading to a decline in home prices. ... Here's a look at the Patriots' winners and losers from ...

Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility in the Face of Climate Change
CEOWORLD magazine
Billionaire Winners. Billionaire Losers. Best Business Schools. Best Hotel Schools. CEOWORLD magazine - Latest - CEO Briefing - Sustainability and ...

Microgrids:

How Microgrids Help Utility Companies Balance Electricity Supply and Demand - T&D World
T&D World
Here I'll explain how microgrids can ensure there's enough power for the people and places that need it. Renewable Microgrids Smooth Out Energy Demand.
 
How microgrids can take mining, minerals and metals one step closer to a greener posture
Mining Weekly
By integrating various energy sources—such as solar, wind, battery storage, and diesel generators—microgrids provide a stable and continuous power ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

Pennsylvania Public Health Risk Assessment Tool
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Public Health Risk Assessment Tool ... healthcare services, inpatient healthcare infrastructure, community health and public health services.

Community Health Assessment Resources - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The links below provide health statistics or analysis guides for community health assessments. There are resources useful for everyone from ...

WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: responding to mpox: community protection
World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr Viema Biaukula, Technical Officer, Health Emergency Information & Risk Assessment, WHO WPRO. Dr Omar Sued, Advisor, HIV/STI Elimination, Care ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Ethical Investing: 3 Easy Ways To Align Your Financial Goals With Your Values
Yahoo Finance
ESG stands for environmental, social and governance, and these are three criteria some ethical investors rely on when evaluating a company's ethics ...

Defense stocks in an ESG portfolio? A profound — and controversial — shift seems to be underway

CNBC
Retail investors just do not want to have anything to do with these types of companies.” As a result, Johannesen said that fund managers have ...

6 Sustainable Banking Options | Banking | U.S. News
USNews.com
Socially responsible banks also focus on economic justice by investing ... social and governance, or ESG, investments. If you make the switch from ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Department of Energy grants WMU $5M to advance carbon capture and storage
Western Michigan University
"I'm really excited, and I think it's important for Western Michigan University—as well as other universities—because carbon capture, utilization and ...

CCUS PART I: Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage In Alberta - Chemicals - Mondaq
Mondaq
One such innovation that is beginning to show promise is Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (“CCUS”)/Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”). CCUS/ ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Valued at USD 3.9 Billion in 2023 ... - Taiwan News
Taiwan News
Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage (CCUS) involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion or industrial activities ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Health co-benefits of post-COVID-19 low-carbon recovery in Chinese cities - Nature
Nature
Post-pandemic green recovery is pivotal in achieving global sustainable development goals by simultaneously revitalizing economies and reducing ...

The Curious Case of No Take-up for Pandemic Preparedness Funding from the IMF's ...
Center for Global Development
The IMF's newly instituted Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) has committed $7.4 billion to 20 low-income and emerging market countries ...

Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research
Nature
... COVID-19 pandemic on urban sustainability. This study reveals a notable increase in the total SDG11 research output from 2016 to 2022, reflecting ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Trends Watch: Investing in Sustainability, Diversity, Philanthropy, Health Care, and Blue Tech
EisnerAmper
This week, Elana talks with Dylan White, Founder & CEO, Alleviate Ventures. What is your outlook for venture capital investing in sustainability, ...
 
Guest Post: Sustainability is a Driver of Innovation, Not an Expense to Manage - ESG Today
ESG Today
Investing in a robust human capital program is taking a loan out on the future innovation of your company. What reporting alone fails to recognize is ...

SEB Launches Global Fund Investing Only in Sustainable Companies - ESG Today
ESG Today
Classified as Article 9 under the EU's SFDR regulation, the new fund will target only investments that contribute to environmental and social ...

Geoengineering:

Marine cloud brightening, a controversial geoengineering technology with potentially harmful effects
Le Monde
An experimental technology that projects marine salt aerosols into the clouds in California was recently challenged in a study that suggests the ...

Geoengineering Delay of Climate Change Sea-Level Rise? - Energy Central
Energy Central
At current rates, global warming will force coastal cities to contend with about 1 meter of sea level rise by 2100, according to a 2021 report ...
 
Geoengineering: the scientists who argue modifying the climate could buy the world time – podcast
Yahoo News UK
In the first of two episodes on geoengineering, The Conversation Weekly examines the case for repairing the climate with technological ...

Green Bond Funds:

Energizing sustainable bond markets in Asia - IEEFA
IEEFA
... green bond issuers and mitigates fears of greenwashing. EUGBS issuers must ensure that at least 85% of the funds from a green bond are used for ...

EIB's New EUR 5 Billion Climate Bond Surpasses EUR 100 Billion in Green Funding
ESG News
The EIB issued a €5B 10-year green bond, reinforcing its sustainability efforts. Priced at 98.937%, it was over seven times oversubscribed.

Clean-Seas seeks green bond investment to expand plastics processing | Impact Investor
Impact Investor
The company, which processes hard-to-recycle plastics, is in talks with institutional investors over the launch of a $340m bond to fund expansion.

Low Carbon Funds:

Financial institutions Taking Actions to Guide Capital towards Green and Low-carbon ...
Yahoo Finance
... capital in green and low-carbon projects. Against the backdrop of fund managers' rising dedication in ESG investment strategies, leading ...

3 Green ETFs With Promising Upside And Long-Term Potential - The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
... funds (ETFs), recent indicators showed that conditions are steadily improving again. ... low-carbon stocks to respond to a market shift. Return Of Green ...

US Department of Transportation Allocates $800M in Major Boost to 'Buy Clean'
Sierra Club
' This funding, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will go to state, local, tribal governments to make use of low carbon construction ...

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