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Methane Emissions:
EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and Drive Innovation in the Oil ...
Environmental Protection Agency
Methane is a climate “super pollutant” — over 100 years, one ton of emitted methane traps 28 times as much heat in the Earth system as one ton of ...
US oil and gas firms to face federal fee for methane emissions in new EPA rule
The Guardian
The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane – the primary component of natural gas – and ...
A methane pollution fee on oil and gas faces a cloudy future under Trump - NPR
NPR
The Biden administration issued a new fee on climate-warming methane pollution, but the EPA regulation faces an uncertain future under ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
World Bank Blogs
Meeting the growing global demand for cement while shrinking the industry's carbon footprint is one of the most significant challenges facing the ...
Renewables and Electrification Projected to be the Pillars of Decarbonization - 自然エネルギー財団
自然エネルギー財団
As a result, RE is not only the best option to decarbonize the power sector, but also RE based electricity is the best option to decarbonize industry ...
World Resources Institute
... based on principles of innovation and the creation of green, decent jobs. The launch of government programs such as New Industry of Brazil (NIB) ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
CFO.com
How data and analytics drive CFO decision-making in tight times. Finance leaders who can effectively harness the power of data are better ...
AgriNews
“Science for Success has generated a lot of research that's data-driven and facilitates data-driven decision-making on a variety of topics,” Rachel ...
Shopify
Choose from pre-built dashboards and reports, or build your own to spot trends, capitalize on opportunities, and supercharge your decision-making.
Global Reporting Initiative:
Consultancy.eu
Created by the Global Reporting Initiative in 2016, the GRI standards are aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and sustainable development ...
EQS News
... Initiative (GRI), IFRS (IFRS S1 and S2) ... GLOBAL ESG MONITOR 2024: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF GOOD REPORTING ARE STILL NOT SUFFICIENTLY OBSERVED.
ESG News
International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) officially publishes the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000.
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Psychological And Mental Health Impacts Of The ... - Forbes
Forbes
The Mental Health Effects of Climate Change. The changing climate is increasingly recognized not only as an environmental crisis but as a severe ...
Climate Change Leads to Both Physical & Psychological Effects - - Legal Reader
Legal Reader
In regions like Sudan, droughts and extreme weather events have left communities struggling with food insecurity and mental health challenges.
Children contribute the least to climate change, yet are the ones most affected by its impacts
Unicef
... environmental degradation, air pollution, exacerbated by climate change, is threatening their basic rights to health, education, and safety.
Renewable Energy Investments:
Morningstar
Alphabet and Microsoft are among the companies that have made significant commitments to purchasing renewable energy.
edie
While 72% of investors surveyed are investing in the energy transition, the same number remain engaged in fossil fuel projects.
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
IIGCC publishes its guidance for investors to consider engagement with scaling renewable energy generation within the infrastructure asset class.
CDP Sustainability:
ESG Today
CDP runs a global environmental disclosure system, enabling investors and other stakeholders to measure and track organization's performance in key ...
CDP promises greater alignment with EU Sustainability Reporting Standards - edie
edie
Voluntary disclosure platform CDP has pledged to make its questionnaires more closely aligned with the mandatory corporate sustainability ...
ESG News
... CDP's questionnaire and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). This breakthrough aligns with both organizations' goals of ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been successful, Mary Nichols writes. Here's how CARB should vote to update the program.
No matter who is in the White House, California will still dominate climate policy
Capitol Weekly
OPINION – Whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris sits in the Oval Office in 2025, one thing is certain: California's influence on U.S. climate ...
'Drill, baby, drill!' and climate change denial: California braces for a Trump environment
Los Angeles Times
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at his Trump National Golf Course on in September. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times). By ...
Impact Investing:
Private Equity International
This year has seen the impact investing market begin to bounce back following a slowdown in 2023. Impact fundraising activity has been picking up ...
Impact investing will be a $1 trillion market by 2028, with millennials driving the growth
equities.com
The Business Research Company defines impact investing as a broad strategy that enables investors to allocate funds with the goal of producing ...
The Week in impact investing: New realities - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha · Roundup: Back to the future · Podcast: Agents of Impact take stock of the new political landscape · Plugged In: In fashion, sustainability ...
Energy Storage
Yahoo
Record-book editors had better be ready for another entry, thanks to kinetic energy battery researchers from China. According to Energy-Storage.
The Rise of US Battery Energy Storage Systems and The Insurance Implications
Claims Journal
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) development has been looming in U.S. energy markets for several years. Now, as capacity has begun expanding ...
How energy storage could pave the way for renewables - YouTube
YouTube
California law requires the state's electricity grid to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2045. KPBS Sci-tech reporter ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
Powerful New US-Indian Satellite Will Track Earth's Changing Surface
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure.
Tracking methane super-emitters from space - Nature
Nature
... warming effect, makes it a more immediate target in tackling climate change. ... Although satellites have monitored Earth's climate for decades ...
Climate change in focus | EUMETSAT
Eumetsat
Spotting the potential of meteorological satellite data to tackle the challenges of monitoring water vapour at high altitudes, Viju John, then a PhD ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
PR Newswire
These efforts include: increasing energy efficiency; installation of self-generation systems for renewable electricity; signing power purchase ...
Accelerating the Market Transformation towards a Net Zero Built Environment - wbcsd
wbcsd
Transform the supply and demand dynamics to incentivize low-carbon solutions based on the Whole-Life Carbon approach ... The Science-based targets ...
Nasdaq
An internal carbon pricing strategy has been implemented to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset electricity usage and reduce Scope 1 ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Bloomberg
... winners and losers. And Congressional Republicans have a long history going after the program, deriding its performance partly based on a half ...
Euronews
As Donald Trump returns as the 47th US president, several markets respond strongly to his policy shift. Here are five winners and losers as ...
The Winners and Losers of Trump 2.0 - The New York Times
The New York Times
The Winners and Losers of Trump 2.0. Donald Trump's return to the White House could upend some industries and the economy. But stocks and other ...
Microgrids:
Propmodo
A microgrid is essentially a localized power grid that can operate independently or in conjunction with the main grid. These compact, self-sufficient ...
What Microgrids Offer the Golden State could prove a Golden Opportunity Globally
Microgrid Knowledge
A microgrid is a localized energy system operating independently or in conjunction with the larger grid. These systems generate, store, and distribute ...
How solar microgrids could power the future - Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections
How solar microgrids could power the future. They could strengthen the U.S. grid – and provide a lifeline to the 1 billion people around the world who ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Assessment Reveals Gaps in Risk Communication Preparedness in Member States
Africa CDC
Africa CDC, in collaboration with the Public Health – Risk Communication and Community Engagement – Community of Practice for Africa (PH-RCCE-CoPA) ...
Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Professionals Take Crucial Steps to ...
Business Wire
... Communities Against Hazards. Leading OEHS association introduces ... Greater efficiencies in assessing risk via tools that require less time ...
Community Health Needs Assessment identifies top priorities for Shawnee County
WIBW-TV
Health, housing and ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
The Kenyon Collegian
... socially responsible investing. Titled the “Community Engagement Policy for Socially Responsible Investment Considerations,” the new policy ...
WWU establishes board for Socially Responsible Investing - The Western Front
The Western Front
The Western Washington University Board of Trustees formally enacted the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) during their ...
J.M. Smucker A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 3.7% Yield - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes Money Investing. J.M. Smucker A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 3.7% Yield ... Smucker has been named a Top Socially Responsible ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Deloitte
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies are an important solution for the decarbonization of the global energy system as it ...
Role of carbon capture, utilization and storage to achieve Net Zero in India - Energy News
Energy News
... Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies. CCUS has very high potential and is crucial for India's successful achievement of Net ...
Why Vycarb is focused on capturing carbon dioxide from the East River | ESG Dive
ESG Dive
... CO2 into other molecules, whether it's for utilization or storage or just removal. And traditionally, the way that folks measured that is by ...
Nature
Gauging the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the SDGs is critical for shaping policy interventions aimed at achieving Agenda 2030 and ensuring the ...
exploring how community parks influence residents' social interaction during the COVID-19 ...
Nature
Social interaction is recognized as a key factor in promoting people's health, wellbeing, and social sustainability within urban communities. Public ...
FCA publishes speech on sustainable investment and finance
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Recent regulatory changes introduced by the FCA to encourage sustainable investment, including the Sustainability ... Coronavirus · Coronavirus ...
Sustainability Investing:
LSEG
Sustainable investment is becoming a more conventional investment strategy. But this mainstreaming brings new challenges: sustainable investment ...
New IBM Report Shows Strong Tailwinds Behind Corporate Investment in AI for Sustainability
IBM Newsroom
Business leaders see the benefits of investing in IT for sustainability, with 88% planning to increase investments in IT for sustainability over ...
Sometimes Sustainability Costs More. So What? - MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan Management Review
Many smart, strategic business decisions come with a price. Only in sustainability is this considered a problem.
Geoengineering:
AIP.ORG
The principles aim to build public trust in climate intervention experiments, as several have been blocked by local opposition.
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
If COP29 agrees, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could promote dangerous Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) schemes. And undermining precautionary work ...
The justice and governance of solar geoengineering: Charting the path at COP29 and beyond
Africa Policy Research Institute
Can solar geoengineering be a viable tool to combat climate impacts while ensuring justice and inclusion? This paper delves into the complexities ...
Green Bond Funds:
US Green Bond Sales Near Record High, Reaching $550B: BloombergNEF Report
ESG News
... Fund Hits $5B Mark, Boosted by $250M Green Bond. Energy and Policy Outlook: BloombergNEF foresees US solar, wind, and storage installations ...
Green, social and sustainability bond issuance hits $5trn - Impact Investor
Impact Investor
The green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds market has broken through the $5trn (€4.6trn) mark in cumulative issuance in the first half of ...
US green bonds near record high | Insights | Bloomberg Professional Services
Bloomberg
US issuers are helping green bond sales approach previous records even under evolving policy priorities. ... green bonds and environmental funds ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it may be more about ...
Yahoo Finance
Our results also reveal a peculiar pattern: Industries with relatively low emissions, such as services and financial industries, are much more ...
Government Incentives for Low Carbon Construction Materials Are Great, but Not Enough
Propmodo
Programs like the Buy Clean Initiative and the EPA's labeling program, as well as the new funding for low-carbon materials in the transportation ...
Banks can save the world by unlocking climate finance - JLL
JLL
We have most of the ingredients to deliver low-carbon and climate resilient buildings – the commitments, the tools, the technology, the expertise and ...
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