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Methane Emissions:
Researchers warn methane emissions 'rising faster than ever' - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The largest increases in emissions of the greenhouse gas come from China and Southeast Asia. ... Concentrations of methane are rising at an ...
The world hasn't hit the brakes on methane emissions | Stanford Report
Stanford Report - Stanford University
At least two-thirds of annual methane emissions now come from human activities, including fossil fuel use, agriculture, and landfills and other waste.
Methane emissions are rising faster than ever, research shows - Phys.org
Phys.org
In 2020, the most recent year for which complete data are available, nearly 400 million tons or 65% of global methane emissions came directly from ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
The World Economic Forum
Decarbonization options include clinker substitution using non-fossil-based supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). This newest sector of the FMC ...
Decarbonization as a Business Priority Is Here to Stay | IndustryWeek
IndustryWeek
... decarbonize as quickly as other sectors. Rushing to adopt emerging ... based, strategic consulting experience. Josh works with both public ...
Mantel Secures $30 Million to Bring Low Cost, Energy Efficient Carbon Capture to the Heavy ...
Business Wire
... Carbon Capture to the Heavy Industrial Sector. With backing from leaders in the energy industry, the company is scaling its molten borate carbon ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Maddyness
A robust data culture enables informed decision-making and the identification of investment opportunities that traditional approaches might overlook.
Zappi Unveils AI Quick Reports, Accelerating Data-Driven Decision Making for Insights Teams
PRWeb
Integrated into Zappi's innovation suite of products, AI Quick Reports significantly reduces the gap between data collection and decision-making. With ...
Charting a path to the data- and AI-driven enterprise of 2030 | McKinsey
McKinsey
... decision points that drive automated actions (with sufficient human oversight). ... data and AI first” when making any decision. That means making data ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
CSRwire
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): GRI offers a list of global standards and guidelines around sustainability reporting. Sustainability Accounting ...
CRN
Global Reporting Initiative. A nonprofit and independent standards ... The partnership is between the CDP, World Resources Institute, Worldwide Fund for ...
Harmonisation of sustainability reporting standards - CDL journey - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
Europe has been ahead of Asia in sustainability practices and sustainable finance. I was introduced to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Climate Change and Preventable Injuries | Public Health - JAMA Network
JAMA Network
... communities the importance of early warning systems to mitigate disaster risks. Families who discuss emergency planning with their primary care ...
Climate change and planetary health concentration launches
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Harvard University
Both of them have seen how environmental change has impacted livelihoods and health in their home communities. ... These problems—both driven by climate ...
A call for solutions-oriented research and policy to protect children from the effects of climate change
Nature
As a community of pediatric researchers, our work has unequivocally demonstrated the harmful effects of climate-related exposures on children's health ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
USDA Rural Development
BISMARCK, N.D., Sept. 5, 2024 – President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announce more than $7.3 ...
U.S. Department of the Interior
Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi visited Las Vegas today to announce ...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $31 Million for Transformative Clean Energy ...
Department of Energy
Funding Supports Disadvantaged Communities, Energy Transition Communities, and Small-and Medium-sized Jurisdictions to Implement Clean Energy ...
CDP Sustainability:
CSRwire
Principal maintained “Management” status for environmental stewardship from CDP, after receiving a B rating on our 2023 CDP Climate Change ...
Sustainability Leadership | British Land
British Land
CDP Climate Change Questionnaire. 2023: A-. 2022: B. 2021: A-. Visit the CDP website. Social Mobility Foundation Employer Index. 2023 56th overall.
Collating carbon data shows there is a pay-off to emissions cuts - EUobserver
EUobserver
The ambition set out in the EU Green Deal, including comprehensive and consistent sustainability ... Corporate environmental data, which CDP has been ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Impact Investing:
USNews.com
Impact investing pursues both financial returns and positive social and/or environmental results. This kind of investing aims to effect meaningful ...
The Week in Impact Investing: Sustaining the surge in entrepreneurship and ownership
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! We're getting out and about. Connect with ImpactAlpha's Amy Cortese, who will be sniffing out signs of the sustainability ...
Nick O'Donohoe reflects on the impact investing sector ahead of stepping down from BII
Impact Investor
Nick O'Donohoe, CEO of UK's development finance institution British International Investment (BII), is among the pioneers of impact investing. As he ...
Energy Storage
Department of Energy
... Energy Demonstrations (OCED) today opened applications for up to $100 million in funding to support pilot-scale energy storage demonstration projects.
Energy Storage – SEIA
Solar Energy Industries Association
Energy storage is a key technology to allow us to fully retire polluting natural gas, oil, and coal plants that emit harmful carbon dioxide and other ...
Utility Dive
... energy storage system or battery container units in a factory or warehouse. Developers installed 11 GW of new utility-scale solar, storage and ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
Dispatch from the Carbon Mapper Satellite Launch - RMI
RMI
Methane is particularly exciting, because as a short-lived climate pollutant it offers the fastest down payment we can make to address climate change.
Sentinel-2C satellite uses Earth observation to map climate issues
Innovation News Network
... climate change. The Sentinels are a fleet of satellites that observe the planet and gather vast quantities of data, which feed into Copernicus ...
Copernicus: Summer 2024 – Hottest on record globally and for Europe
Copernicus Climate Change Service
... satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world. ... Atmosphere, Marine, Land, Climate Change, Security and Emergency. It ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
LSE
... based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since ... The authors note that Carbon Performance and Management Quality ...
Rise in corporate climate targets continues, but credibility concerns persist - edie
edie.net
New research from the TPI Centre based at the London School of Economics and Political Science found that 30% of the world's biggest companies now ...
Study: 2050 corporate climate goals lack teeth, despite rise in science-based targets
Business Green
... targets, strategic risk assessment, and executive remuneration. They also assessed the carbon performance of 409 companies. On management quality ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Microgrids:
AltEnergyMag
The grid-connected segment leads the microgrid controller industry. These microgrids contribute to grid resilience, enhance power quality, and exhibit ...
Continuous-time robust frequency regulation in isolated microgrids with decentralized fixed ...
Nature
The microgrid ensemble encompasses a suite of energy sources, including a diesel generator, fuel cell, electrolyzer, wind generation system, and an ...
Gas turbine microgrids for data centers in an era of grid instability - DCD
Data Center Dynamics
We will examine how gas turbine-based microgrids are becoming a cornerstone in bridging the power gap for data centers. Discover how to leverage gas ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Lack of research as contaminated Yaqui River poses health risks - Mongabay
Mongabay
They argue contamination has led to diabetes and health complications among community members, as well as cultural impacts. ... Health Risk Assessment ...
Innovations in CRR: Data-Centered, Web-Based Forms - Firehouse Magazine
Firehouse Magazine
We were taught that CRR is based initially on risk assessments that focus activities on target populations or communities. What about the CRR things ...
CDC to lead investigation into health impacts of sewage crisis on community
San Diego Union-Tribune
... community. In ... risk populations. The process is formally known as a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response, or CASPER.
Socially Responsible Investing:
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
American Politics, Corporate Voting, Institutional Investors, socially responsible investing. More from: Manish Jha, Meng Wang, Todd Gormley.
ESG Investors Are Going to War | The New Republic
The New Republic
That ESG-branded funds are investing in companies that manufacture ... That so-called sustainable investment funds are now padding the ...
The Financial Benefits of Sustainable Investing - Kansas State Collegian
Kansas State Collegian
Introduction to Sustainable Investing Sustainable investing integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into investment ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Yahoo Finance
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technologies involve the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from large emissions source points, ...
A numerical feasibility study of CO2 foam for carbon utilization and storage in a depleted ...
Nature
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) offers a viable solution to reduce the carbon footprint in the petroleum industry, and foam ...
Texas A&M Joins $26 Million Initiative To Revolutionize Carbon Utilization
Texas A&M Today - Texas A&M University
... carbon capture and storage at a large scale,” Dai said. “We have designed a new system with great potential to add value to CO2. The new design ...
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Supporting the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. ... Coronavirus · Farm Bill · Food ...
Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings-Paris-06 September 2024: Belgian communities and regions' debt levels have risen in recent years, due to the impact of the Covid-19 ...
Strengthening Sustainable Health Systems - greaterkashmir
Greater Kashmir
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the interconnectedness of biodiversity, a healthy environment, food systems, and human health, highlighting ...
Sustainability Investing:
UBS
Explore policy expectations across energy, renewables, social issues, and SI investments, as well as implications for global investors.
Global Sustainable Funds Are Up Nearly 11% This Year - Morningstar
Morningstar
What Is Sustainable Investing? Sustainable funds are funds that use environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria to evaluate investments ...
Driving conversations and action on sustainability | UBS Germany
UBS
Additionally, the nature of underlying investments can vary greatly across private market portfolios, ranging from multi-family housing to software ...
Geoengineering:
USA Today
This category of geoengineering involves trying to find other ways to artificially cool Earth, to offset the damage done by greenhouse gasses while ...
Humans warmed Earth. Can't we just cool it? Here are some ideas. - USA Today
USA Today
“Maybe?” and “Are you insane?” And yet ideas for geoengineering – literally engineering ways to either lower carbon dioxide levels or temporarily cool ...
Green Bond Funds:
The Evolution of Green Bonds: From Niche to Mainstream - Kansas State Collegian
Kansas State Collegian
A key development in the green bond market was the establishment of the Green Bond ... funds, and report on environmental impact. The GBP has been ...
Robeco Launches First High Income Green Bond Strategy in Credit Market - RankiaPro
RankiaPro Europe
BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund Raises €150m to Accelerate Ecological Transition. The fund invests in climate tech startups across Europe and ...
Understanding What Makes the Green Bond ETF Tick
ETF Trends
That includes green bonds, an asset class accessible thanks to a small number of exchange traded funds including the ... “However, unlike conventional ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Global Sustainable Funds Are Up Nearly 11% This Year - Morningstar
Morningstar
The fund looks for stocks that have moved away from their intrinsic values, with a high ESG investment profile and a low carbon footprint. Companies ...
Brookfield to Invest Up to $1.1 Billion in Infinium to Scale Ultra-Low Carbon eFuels - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors. Brookfield operates Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP, TSX ...
Bank of America Provides $205 Million Tax Equity Financing for Carbon Capture Project at ...
ESG Today
Low carbon biofuels producer Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (HLCP)announced that it has closed a $205 million tax equity financing with Bank of ...
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