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Methane Emissions:

Significant impact of the covid-19 pandemic on methane emissions evaluated by ... - Nature
Nature
... methane emissions. This study investigates the changes in methane concentrations in Seoul, South Korea, from 2019 to 2023, using TROPOMI satellite ...

Oil and Gas Boom Fuels U.S. Methane Surge | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
Despite federal efforts to reduce methane emissions, the U.S. continues to struggle with a growing methane problem, fueled by a surge in oil and ...

Methane Leads The Way For Greenhouse Gas Taxes - Forbes
Forbes
As policymakers seek to curb greenhouse gas emissions through taxation, the star of the show has always been carbon dioxide, but methane emissions are ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

3 ways the aluminium industry can decarbonize faster - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
... sector-specific carbon footprint measurement methodology. For different primary aluminium products to be comparable based on their carbon ...

Decarbonization in U.S. Commercial Buildings | U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC
This course, based on recent findings presented at COP28, provides ... decarbonization efforts in the U.S. commercial building sector. Access ...

Utility Global Raises $53 Million for Electricity-Free Clean Hydrogen Technology to ... - ESG Today
ESG Today
“For hard-to-abate sectors like steel, decarbonization technologies need to be cost-effective and scalable. ... Oxy's ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

What do we mean by being data-driven? | ArtsProfessional
Arts Professional
The allure of data-driven decision making is clear. It promises objectivity, precision and a scientific approach to solving business problems. By ...

AI Can (Mostly) Outperform Human CEOs - Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Generative AI has demonstrated the potential to significantly outperform human CEOs in strategic decision-making by excelling in data-driven tasks ...

Rakuten Introduces Rakuten Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making - The Fast Mode
The Fast Mode
... data of the Rakuten Ecosystem to deepen customer understanding and support data-driven decision-making. Rakuten Analytics is a platform that ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

How GRI Standards Help Companies Comply with New CSRD Rules - Seneca ESG
Seneca ESG
In this article, we will explore how GRI Standards help companies effectively navigate the new obligations set by the Corporate Sustainability ...
 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Publishes Sixth Annual Corporate Sustainability Report
Business Wire
... international reporting standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”). The report includes pivotal disclosures in accordance with the ...

GLOBAL ESG MONITOR 2024: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF GOOD ... - EQS News
EQS News
The Global Reporting Initiative was also quick to define what makes a good report, including the principles of materiality, stakeholder ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

The Rockefeller Foundation identifies critical gaps in city responses to climate-induced health threats
PreventionWeb.net
... health risks caused by climate change. The ... Community of Practice ... health impacts on vulnerable communities during extreme heat events.

How Climate Change is Making Us Sick: The Hidden Health Crisis - GeekSided
GeekSided
Vulnerable populations are more at risk. Communities with fewer resources due to low-income populations and those living in developing countries face ...

3 ways climate change is affecting kids' health - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
Children are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with heatwaves and extreme temperatures posing serious risks to their health.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Organizations to Bring Affordable Clean Energy ... - USDA
USDA
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc., Sept. 25, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is moving forward in ...

Leading the charge: Surge in US data centre growth is powering renewable energy ...
AXA IM UK
New investment in clean energy production, as well as carbon dioxide capture and removal and other forms of industrial decarbonisation, increased 34% ...
 
Could a new administration claw back EV and renewable energy investments?
Charged EVs
Of course, the Biden administration foresaw this danger from the start, and have worked hard to fast-track the IRA's clean energy investments. Ali ...

CDP Sustainability:

Ryder Releases Corporate Sustainability Report and CDP Climate Change Response
Yahoo Finance
... CDP. As reported annually in the CSR and CDP, Ryder's sustainability initiatives aim to improve the company's operations and to develop the best ...

CDP Report Addresses Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation
Supply Chain Digital
A new report from CDP underscores the urgent need for companies to address their Scope 3 emissions while highlighting the opportunities it ...

Data Centers Deserve Full Transparency on Carbon Emissions from Suppliers
Data Center Frontier
These reports, accessible through the CDP platform or by request, offer a comprehensive look at ABB's sustainability efforts. ABB is embracing ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California's Leadership on Fossil Fuel Pollution Undermined by SB 674 Veto - Earthjustice
Earthjustice
The Law Makes Change. Stay informed on how we hold accountable those who break our environmental laws. Sign Up · Follow Earthjustice on Facebook ...

The Battle for Congress: Key U.S. House Races in California - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
Min's website has a full page on climate change and environmental justice. ... leaders are failing to meet the challenges of change that are ...

Vote to Protect California Against Climate Change
California Trout
Proposition 4 is a comprehensive climate resilience bond that allocates $10 billion to help prepare Californians for the impacts of climate change.

Impact Investing:

Apax managing partner David Su on impact investing - McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company
Global private equity advisory firm Apax Partners has a long history of prioritizing sustainability and responsible investing. In 2011, it was an ...

NAB report calls for increased allocations to impact investing from Dutch investors
Impact Investor
A new report outlines the growing momentum among Dutch institutional investors in embracing impact investments. Although more asset owners are ...

The Week in impact investing: Social climate - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Roundup: Socializing climate action; Agent of Impact: Philadelphia's next impact leader; Podcast: CDFIs and the green ...

Energy Storage

Large-scale battery storage in Germany set to increase five-fold within 2 years – report
Clean Energy Wire
Clean Energy Wire. The number of large-scale battery storage projects in Germany will increase rapidly over the next two years, ...

Batteries will become a vital part of the new European energy infrastructure say international ...
Renewable Energy Magazine
Clean energy storage in batteries is essential for the mitigation of problems including the increasing curtailment costs of wind and solar farms ...

Smart Energy Storage in the Age of AI - Tech Briefs
Tech Briefs
This webinar series covers cutting-edge advancements in battery energy storage systems (BESS), including emerging technologies like silicon carbide ( ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson | Answering Climate Change from Above - YouTube
YouTube
... changing planet comes from NASA's more than two-dozen satellites and instruments—and from the agency's observations for over 60 years. For more ...

How satellites are boosting climate resilience of EU cities | Research and Innovation
Research and innovation - European Union
Our cities are home to the vast majority of Europeans, but they are under pressure from the complexities of climate change and rapid urbanisation.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Oshkosh Corporation's Science-Based Emission Targets Approved - ESG Today
ESG Today
The Science Based Targets initiative is a corporate climate action ... These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance ...

Infinera's Commitment to Emission Reduction Validated by - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This third-party validation ...

SAP Net-Zero Strategy Expands Beyond Carbon Neutrality - - InsideSAP
- InsideSAP
... Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. By 2023 ... environmental performance and advancements made toward sustainability goals.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Column: Desperate for good news about climate change? Consider the pace of clean energy growth
Yahoo
A rapid transition will create winners and losers, shaking up global commerce and geopolitics. Fossil fuel producers that don't pivot quickly will go ...

Towhey: Lawsuits hinder progress on climate change solutions - Fountain Hills Times
Fountain Hills Times
“When government tries to pick winners and losers, ultimately who loses most are the consumers,” he said. “We have reduced greenhouse gas ...

RSE changes: The winners and losers - Pacific Media Network
Pacific Media Network
RSE changes: The winners and losers. The Government's revised policy settings of the Recognised Seasonal Employers' scheme were the talking points ...

Microgrids:

Leading the Charge: 3 Army Installations Launch Pioneering Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
The Army and other branches of the military are using microgrids to increase energy independence and resilience at bases around the world while ...

JFK International Airport's New Terminal One to host largest airport microgrid in US
Utility Dive
The 12-MW microgrid comprises solar, fuel cells and battery energy storage that can power half of the terminal's daily operations, airport and ...

Campus Microgrid With Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Could Yield 63.5% Reduction in Carbon
Microgrid Knowledge
The SMR-based microgrid would be cost-competitive with grid power in a scenario that includes a modest carbon tax, said Timothy Grunloh, principal ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

Genetic and Biotechnological Approaches to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Advancing ... - Cureus
Cureus
To assess public health strategies, the study ... Integrating educational efforts into community health programs tailored to these high-risk ...

Community health surveys sent out to thousands of Rochester residents | Local - KIMT
KIMT

ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) survey is now being delivered to more than 4,000 Olmsted County households.

Effect of climate change on inequities in healthcare and on (vulnerable) health systems
BioMed Central
... risk assessment, healthcare cost evaluation, public and community health promotion, and vulnerable population health research. Dr Tong's research ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Power thirst complicates ESG investors' love affair with tech stocks - Reuters
Reuters
Investors press tech giants for more data on AI's environmental impact · AI boom could boost data center power demand 160% by 2030 - Goldman Sachs ...
 
It's Not About ESG: Why Investment Outcomes Matter More Than A Label - Forbes
Forbes
In recent years, the term ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing has been at the centre of both praise and controversy.

The politicisation of social responsibility - CEPR
CEPR
This column investigates whether institutional investors' voting patterns on socially responsible investing vary according to the political party in ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Will Carbon Capture Make Local Air Pollution Worse?, with Andrew Waxman
Resources Magazine
Andrew Waxman discusses carbon capture, utilization, and storage; the capacity of the technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and the mixed ...
 
Feasible deployment of carbon capture and storage and the requirements of climate targets
Nature
Second, we use this estimate to project a range of medium-term (10–20 years) CCS expansion, assuming quasi-exponential growth typical of early stages ...

Carbon Capture and Storage Market is expected to grow from - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Carbon Capture and Storage Market by End Use Industry (USD Billion). Oil and Gas; Coal and Biomass Power Plant; Iron and Steel; Chemicals; Others.

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Doughnut Economics: Bold Blueprint for a Sustainable Future – Part Two
Population Matters
A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus pandemic.” Daniel Boffey, The Guardian. Efforts ...

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — October 2024
Mondaq
Coronavirus (COVID-19) · Corporate/Commercial ... Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — October 2024 ... Environmental Justice Climate Corps ...

Strengthening Global Health Systems: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 for Future Preparedness
fundsforNGOs
Sustainable Monitoring and Evaluation Practices: A robust monitoring and evaluation framework that tracks the progress and impact of health ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Silencing the doubts: the unstoppable rise of sustainable investing - Lombard Odier
Lombard Odier
Right now, sustainable investing is being questioned. But the cold reality of global heating cares nothing for market fluctuations.
 
It's Not About ESG: Why Investment Outcomes Matter More Than A Label - Forbes
Forbes
In recent years, the term ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing has been at the centre of both praise and controversy.

The top five business reasons to invest in Natural Climate Solutions
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
In addition to their carbon mitigation potential, NCS projects yield many other environmental, social and reputational benefits – each project ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering is now essential to saving the Arctic's ice - New Scientist
New Scientist
If we want to preserve the dwindling ice in the Arctic, cutting our emissions is no longer enough – we also need to use geoengineering to refreeze ...

Political Momentum for Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Growing
Center for International Environmental Law
As the 79th UN General Assembly and New York Climate Week draw to a close, momentum towards a Solar Geoengineering Non-Use is growing.

In Silicon Valley, a Rogue Plan to Alter the Climate - The New York Times
The New York Times
As the perils of climate change become more extreme, interest in the idea, known as stratospheric solar geoengineering, is growing. Scientists at ...

Green Bond Funds:

Opportunities in energy, from fossil fuels to green bonds | J.P. Morgan Private Bank U.S.
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
The first bar chart shows the number of funds in 5 Morningstar Categories while the second. Source: Factset; data as of December 2023. Universe: S&P ...

How New York City Has Lost Out on $4.2 Billion in State Green Bonds - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News
Voters in New York City were the biggest backers of the Environmental Bond Act, but funding formulas have steered nearly every dollar upstate, ...

REC raises $500 million via green bond - The Economic Times
The Economic Times
The latest fund raise was part of USD 10 billion global medium-term programme of the company. The proceeds will be used to finance eligible green ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Identifying climate solutions can unlock finance for low-carbon growth - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
“We can halve emissions by 2030.” That's what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded two years ago.

Unlocking trillions: Banks, carbon trading offer untapped funding for net zero transition, says report

Carbon Copy
... carbon markets, which integrate national emissions trading ... funds into low-carbon technologies by de-risking through regulated schemes.

CRH, Holcim Invest $75 Million in Low Carbon Cement Developer Sublime - ESG Today
ESG Today
The investment from these partnerships will fund construction of Sublime's first-commercial facility in Holyoke, expected to open as early as 2026. It ...

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