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Methane Emissions:

Tracking methane super-emitters from space - Nature
Nature
Identifying and halting these plumes is one way to have a rapid-fire impact on methane emissions. Photograph of the gas leak site works in Cheltenham, ...  

The World Promised to Tame Methane. Emissions Are Still Rising - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Because methane traps much more heat than carbon dioxide in the short term, cutting emissions, especially from fossil fuel systems, is widely seen as ...

World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions
AP News
The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Data Centers: Rapid Growth Will Test U.S. Tech Sector's Decarbonization Ambitions
S&P Global
While carbon emission concerns are unlikely to be a major impediment to near-term tech sector growth, significant long-term increases in energy needs ...

Decarbonization policy initiatives will require more data-based decision-making
UCSC News - UC Santa Cruz
“My research team has been working on the evaluation of decarbonization programs in the residential buildings and transportation sectors for the ...

State eyes maritime sector for sustainability, decarbonization | WCMU Public Radio
WCMU Public Radio
Teresa Homsi is an environmental reporter and Report for America Corps Member based in northern Michigan for WCMU. She covers rural environmental ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

AI & Automation - Data-driven decisions made in real time - Business Reporter
Business Reporter
These technology-aided business decisions are lightning fast, and things are set to get even faster. AI has revolutionised decision-making processes ...

Business Agility: Bridging The Gap Between Critical Data Gathering And Decision-Making
Forbes
Data-driven decisions rely on quantifiable information, reducing bias and ensuring choices are made based on consistent criteria versus personal ...

Why data-driven operations must measure data culture - TechTarget
TechTarget
It shifts the decision-making process from considering data as one of the factors to making data the primary driver of decisions. If gut feelings, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Fosun International Awarded "Best Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting ...
Yahoo Finance
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While ...
 
Ormat Releases 2023 Sustainability Report - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... global effort to combat climate change by providing clean, reliable ... Initiative) standards and guided by SASB's (Sustainability Accounting ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

Addressing health threats posed by climate change | News
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Harvard University
October 31, 2024 – Throughout the fall, Harvard Chan School faculty will share evidence-based recommendations on urgent public health issues ...

'Most concerning findings yet': Climate change effects on health reach record levels - Healio
Healio
... effects of climate change. “Amidst global turmoil, the powerful and trusted leadership of the health community could hold the key to reversing ...  

New data reveals escalating health risks due to climate change | Devex
Devex
From deadly storms to searing heat waves, the world is facing record-breaking threats to health due to climate change, warns the latest Lancet ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Global Renewable Energy Investment Set to Surge 29% to $3.1 Trillion by 2024: Report
Outlook Business
Global Renewable Energy Investment Set to Surge 29% to $3.1 Trillion by 2024: Report ... The renewable energy investment globally is likely to register ...
 
Vopak expects clean energy investments to accelerate towards 2030, CEO says | Reuters
Reuters
Global tank storage operator Vopak has committed just a fraction of the $1 billion it allocated for energy transition projects by 2030 but expects ...

CDP Sustainability:

Mobilizing capital to address climate challenges: The critical role green banks play in the ... - CDP
CDP
CDP and America Is All In collaborate with green banks to bridge investment gaps for climate initiatives.

Look at ESG as a business opportunity, says CDP founder Paul Dickinson - Diginomica
Diginomica
We speak to Paul Dickinson, founder of the Carbon Disclosure Project, about the business opportunity that ESG sustainability represents and the ...
 
EIB, CDP Mobilize €1 Billion to Drive Sustainable Projects in Italy's Public Sector
ESG News
A €500 million guarantee from the EIB enables CDP to provide €1 billion in loans to Italy's public sector, focusing on sustainable projects.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Thank You CA Assemblymembers for Climate Action! - Environment America
Environment America
In 2024, environmental leaders in the Assembly took bold action by authoring, championing or supporting laws that will reduce global warming ...

Project 2025 could be disastrous for the climate. Legal scholars are preparing to fight back.
Berkeley News
California has long been a leader in climate change and environmental action, particularly in setting air quality standards. Could Project 2025 ... 

EPA invests more than $1 billion in California ports for zero-emissions infrastructure, climate ...
American Journal of Transportation
... climate change by implementing unparalleled environmental initiatives,” said CAPA President Kristine Zortman. “We applaud the EPA for this ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investors Are Larger, Skeptical Of AI For Now, Finds The GIIN - Forbes
Forbes
The world of impact investing is maturing and growing, while investors struggle with the effect of AI on their work, according to the GIIN's ...

Impact investing has entered the next stage of its evolution
New Private Markets
This year's GIIN Impact Forum took a different tone to usual, reflecting how far the industry has come.
 
Piecing together the impact investing puzzle - Top1000funds.com
Top1000funds.com
With the goal, then, of either growing, systematizing, or transforming their assets, impact investors are taking active steps during the holding ...

Energy Storage

The value of long-duration energy storage under various grid conditions in a zero-emissions future
Nature
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is a key resource in enabling zero-emissions electricity grids but its role within different types of grids is ...

Which states are poised to lead on battery storage? - Environment America
Environment America
Energy storage can capture renewable energy produced in excess of the grid's immediate needs for later use. When demand increases, these storage ...
 
Texas charges ahead on battery storage - YouTube
YouTube
Texas is known as an oil and gas state, but it's also leading the U.S. in renewable energy and has the second most energy storage.

Climate Change and Satellites:

Satellite imagery may help protect coastal forests from climate change | ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Satellite imagery may help protect coastal forests from climate change ... Sea-level rise caused by climate change poses a serious and often ...

World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions
AP News
Since late 2023, GHGSat satellites detected about 20,000 sites worldwide that qualify as super-emitters, or sites hemorrhaging at 100 kilograms (220 ...

How NOAA Satellite Data Enhances Flood Resilience in Communities | NESDIS
nesdis
As climate change increases flood risks, accurate forecasting and resilience tools are more essential than ever.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Ecolab's Climate Targets Approved by Science-Based Targets initiative | Business Wire
Business Wire
“By decarbonizing our business and empowering our customers to do the same, we are driving positive business performance while helping tackle the ...
 
Holcim pioneers adoption of science-based targets for nature
Holcim
We're pleased to see companies like Holcim leading the way by publicly adopting the world's first science-based targets beyond climate; demonstrating ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers in the new technological shift - Daily Nation
Daily Nation
Winners and losers in the new technological shift. Saturday, November 02, 2024. Scroll down to read the article. Kenya Power offices on Aga Khan Walk ...
 
Net Zero Is Not a Zero-Sum Game - Lexology
Lexology
... climate change and the energy transition will be a zero-sum game played by economic winners and losers. This zero-sum mindset can be found in both ...

Microgrids:

AI-powered microgrids facilitate energy resilience and equity in regional communities
Microsoft
Microgrids, small and localized energy systems, hold promise as a solution to the challenges of centralized energy systems. These microgrids can ...

The rise of the microgrid - Power Engineering International
Power Engineering International
A microgrid can empower a business to not only control when they take energy off the grid but ensure they can push it back to the grid when it ...

Steel Nation forms microgrid division to serve data centers across US - DCD
Data Center Dynamics
UK steel supplier Steel Nation has launched “Steel Nation Microgrids,” a new division that will facilitate partnerships between natural gas ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

A single risk assessment for the most common diseases of ageing, developed and validated ...
BMC Medicine - BioMed Central
The cohorts included the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) [27], the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) [28], the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) ...

Community Health Assessment 2013 - Lincoln County, OR
Lincoln County, OR
A growing body of research shows that children who are raised in families experiencing long- term poverty are at greater risk of significant and long- ...

Safeguarding Health Information: Takeaways from HHS and NIST 2024 HIPAA Security Conference
Holland & Knight
... risk assessment initiative and the resources available to help protect healthcare information ... communities. The panel discussed ethics and AI ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

ESG versus impact investing – two sides of the same coin? - Financier Worldwide
Financier Worldwide
ESG investing can provide diversification to an investment portfolio. Its guidelines are more established than impact investing and can produce ...
 
Understanding ESG Investing: Key Aspects and Importance - Bizz Buzz
Bizz Buzz
ESG investing stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance investing. It focuses on putting money into companies that are not only ethical but ...

What is ESG investing? - The Telegraph
The Telegraph
Investors who are concerned about where their money is invested may opt for “ESG” options – which take environmental, social and governance ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Canada enacts and updates investment tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage
EY Global Tax News
... carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The CCUS ITC is refundable and available to businesses that incur qualified CCUS expenditures ...

LanzaTech and Eramet announce plans for first-of-a-kind - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
LanzaTech and Eramet announce plans for first-of-a-kind integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in Norway. October 31 ...

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Market Set to Surge to $51.6 Billion by 2050
EIN Presswire
The global carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) market, valued at $3.5 billion in 2023, is poised for remarkable growth, ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

New climate resilience officer ready to take climate action in LA County - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
Health and Coronavirus · Homelessness · Housing · Human Interest · Mental ... — Wednesday is World Sustainability Day, a time to think about how we ...

IATA Highlights Aviation Priorities for Thailand – Infrastructure, Digitalization and Sustainability
Aviation Pros
IATA urged Thailand to strengthen the foundations of its aviation sector as it emerges from the impact of COVID-19.

FCA updates SDR webpage to include examples of pre-contractual disclosure
Global Regulation Tomorrow
The document notes that the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) ... Coronavirus · Coronavirus · Coronavirus · Coronavirus · Coronavirus ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Investi: Accelerating innovation in sustainable finance through collaboration - UN PRI
UN PRI
To meet today's social and environmental challenges, it was necessary to build a new investment vehicle that would enable institutional investors to ...

Sustainability: The best of both worlds - Infrastructure Investor
Infrastructure Investor
Greensphere Capital is one firm investing in sustainable technologies, companies and projects, including via a venture and growth fund for ...
 
Ridgewood: Sustainability from the bottom up - Infrastructure Investor
Infrastructure Investor
Any infrastructure investment has the potential to deliver on two fronts: returns and impact. According to Sam Lissner, partner at Ridgewood ...

Geoengineering:

'Doomsday' Antarctic Glacier Melting Faster Than Expected, Fueling Calls for Geoengineering
State of the Planet - Columbia University
With the fate of the Thwaites Glacier still uncertain, some experts are pushing for geoengineering and more intense climate action.
   
UN Biodiversity Conference Reaffirms Geoengineering Moratorium but Falls Short on Fossil ...
Center for International Environmental Law
Mary Church, CIEL's Geoengineering Campaign Manager, said: “The Convention on Biological Diversity has, by consensus, reaffirmed the de facto ...

Green Bond Funds:

What Are Green Bonds And How To Start With Sustainable Investments - Forbes
Forbes
As global awareness around climate change and environmental challenges grows, many investors are looking for ways to align their financial goals ...

Green, social and sustainability bond issuance surpasses $5trn - ESG Clarity

ESG Clarity
The report – Q3 2024 GSS Bonds Market Trends – found green bonds represent 57% of total GSS bond issuance year to date. In the first half of 2024 ...

Global ESG Funds Attract $10.4 Billion in Q3 2024 - Morningstar
Morningstar
European ESG funds gain $10.3 billion, while flows into sustainable bond funds outstrip conventional bond funds.

Low Carbon Funds:

Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund Backs Startups Tackling E-Waste, Low-Carbon Tech
ESG News
Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund: Invested in three startups—Molg, Paebbl, and 14Trees—to accelerate solutions for e-waste, carbon storage, and low-carbon ...

A drop in the ocean: Carbon markets have provided limited finance for least developed countries
unctad
... lower emissions and special development needs. Differentiate carbon finance from climate finance to ensure funds raised through carbon markets are ...

Aviva Investors launches Carbon Removal Fund
Agri Investor
“Beyond carbon removal credits and low-carbon investments, the fund will also seek assets and projects that can provide measurable co-benefits ...

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