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Methane Emissions:

NOAA's GOES Satellites Can Provide Quicker Detection of Large Methane Emissions
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Innovative use of NOAA's geostationary satellites (GOES) has given scientists a new way to detect large methane emissions faster and more ...

Feeding grazing cattle seaweed cuts methane emissions by almost 40% - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle reduces methane emissions 40% and could make cattle farming more ...

Eating Seaweed Could Make Cows Less Gassy, Slashing Methane Emissions From Grazing ...
Smithsonian Magazine
A new study finds that feeding seaweed pellets to grazing beef cattle dramatically reduces their greenhouse gas emissions.
Predicting Enteric Methane Emissions from Dairy and Beef Cattle Using Nutrient ... - MDPage

Sector Based Decarbonization:

S&P Global Commodity Insights Launches New Price-Assessment-Based Indices Reflecting ...
Press Releases - S&P Global
... Based Indices Reflecting Commodity Sector Value Trends. Indices Reflect ... based avoidance, household devices and technology carbon capture credits.

Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry - Emissions and - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... based feedstocks. These four measures address the sector's process ... Chemical sector emissions, key chemical companies emission disclosure, chemical ...

2030 decarbonization objectives for the highest-emitting sectors - Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo
Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo
2030 targets set for cement, aluminium, agribusiness-primary farming, and residential real estate, in addition to the six sectoral targets already ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

How data-driven tools drive smarter business spending decisions - Raconteur
Raconteur
... drive more robust decision-making and strategic planning. Importantly, financial tools allow finance teams to self-serve, with the ability to ...

Decisions, decisions, decisions: the need for the right skills, tools and data | Student
Times Higher Education (THE)
Data-driven organisations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers and 19 times more likely to be profitable. The most effective decision-makers ...

The future of lending decisioning-embracing data-driven insights
Retail Banker International
Our market research indicates that 51% of lending decision-makers believe that automation has enhanced customer trust in the accuracy and reliability ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

KPMG: How the World's Top Firms Embrace Sustainability - Energy Digital
Energy Digital
... Global Reporting Initiative remains particularly popular among three-quarters of G250 companies ... Jan-Hendrik Gnändiger, Global ESG Reporting Lead, ...

IFRS Foundation Reports Progress on Corporate Climate-Related Disclosures
Latham & Watkins LLP
In January 2024, the IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ... Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor developments regarding ...

Update 3 ESG Laws Across the World - Lexology
Lexology
... International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards as described below. 2. IFRS Sustainability ..,

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

Climate in Danger, Health at Risk: Understanding the Health-Climate Nexus - Outlook Business
Outlook Business
Climate change is leading to deaths from extreme weather events, food system disruptions and mental health issues.

Climate Change and Human Health - Colby News
Colby News
The mental health impacts of climate change vary depending on a person's exposure to climate impacts, underlying mental health conditions, quality ...

9 local stories ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health
The Journalist's Resource
... health interventions and community awareness to mitigate health risks. ... climate change can take a mental health toll on people. Find out ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

REAP tops $1 billion in IRA clean energy investments - Brownfield Ag News
Brownfield Ag News
Dr. Basil Gooden says the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is currently supporting more than a thousand clean energy projects in 40 states. “If ...

In renewable energy investing, small is beautiful – and so is large-scale infrastructure

ImpactAlpha
Find out how impact managers are driving investments in clean energy companies. Explore the Liist of funds actively raising capital for the global ...

The launch of a new renewable energy investment bank - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
Catalina Energy Capital reports it has three significant solar and battery energy storage infrastructure deals complete and is on track to advise ...

CDP Sustainability:

Corporate climate action: Learn how our Accredited Solutions Providers can support your ... - CDP
CDP
CDP's 2024 disclosure cycle saw increased corporate reporting on the topics of climate change, water security and forests.

CDP: Why Aren't Companies Hitting Renewable Energy Targets? | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
Corporate responsibility. Operating as a leading environmental non-profit, CDP collects data from an extensive network of more than 24,800 companies ...

Shroders to Adopt FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirement Labels Across 10 Funds
ESG News
... CDP Sustainable Supply Chain · CDP, 20 Landscape Experts Set Standards ... Sustainable Value Equity Fund, which aligns with broad sustainability ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash
Inside Climate News
As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to take ...

Opinion: The U.S. betrayed its climate leadership, and the world is already suffering
Los Angeles Times
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in October in Oaks, Pa., with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. The president-elect has picked Noem to be his ...

Prioritizing affordability while delivering California's clean energy future - Capitol Weekly
Capitol Weekly
But financing new transmission lines through the state's investor-owned utilities – as it is done today – has drawbacks. Consumer electricity rates ...

Impact Investing:

The $5 Trillion Impact Investing Opportunity: When Patience Pays Off - Forbes
Forbes
Impact investing focuses on creating opportunities. It encourages investors to embrace a triple-bottom-line mindset, seizing opportunities that ...

Impact provides risk-adjusted returns, academic research finds - New Private Markets
New Private Markets
Investing in private markets impact funds does not require accepting concessionary returns, according to a paper published by academics at HEC ...
 
Subsidy and Synergy: How Philanthropy Can Complement Impact Investing More Effectively
NextBillion
From our experience as impact investors at SIMA Funds, this belief is holding the sector back. Below, I'll explore how philanthropic subsidy has ...

Energy Storage

Utilizing Energy Storage and Renewables in Extreme Weather Events | AltEnergyMag
AltEnergyMag
I've been immersed in the renewable energy industry for over 15 years, beginning with solar and finding my way into the budding energy storage space.

Calling all energy storage innovators! A share of $300k might have your name on it
Power Engineering
DOE is offering $300000 to innovators working on nascent or emerging energy storage solutions that address less conventional use cases.

SolarEdge exits energy storage manufacturing
Solar Power World
Power electronics giant SolarEdge announced today it will shut down its energy storage division. This will result in the loss of 500 jobs, ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

Striking Satellite Images Reveal Antarctica Is 10 Times Greener Than 35 Years Ago
ScienceAlert
Our satellites are dispassionate observers of Earth's climate change. From their vantage point they watch as pack ice slowly loses its hold on ...

How Earth Observation satellite data is used to benefit society - Innovation News Network
Innovation News Network
... Satellites (CEOS) in utilising satellite data to tackle global challenges. ... space data to address the impacts of climate change. These services ...

Our Eyes In The Sky: Satellites Recognised As Vital To The Protection Of Our Environment
Mondaq
At COP29, the UK Space Agency emphasized the critical role of satellite data in monitoring climate change. Satellites track environmental changes ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

UCB net-zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative: a critical step in our ...
UCB
... targets for carbon emissions, supporting their shift towards a low-carbon economy. ... Performance Cookies. Performance Cookies. These cookies ...

City–company collaboration towards aligned science-based target setting | Nature Sustainability
Nature
Companies with science-based targets for the climate have more ambitious aims for greenhouse ... environmental performance of cities. The proximity and ...

Fortescue pauses Science-Based Target validation as rules around emission counts are reviewed
Renew Economy
“The stringent targets set out by the SBTi keep businesses focused on genuinely decarbonising rather than voluntarily using carbon offsets. “While we ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change makes winners and losers out of cod and snow crab, says scientist - CBC
CBC
Climate change makes winners and losers out of cod and snow crab, says scientist · New modeling predicts snow crab biomass could decline by 60 per cent ...

New Orleans' 2025 budget: The winners and losers | AllSides
AllSides
New Orleans' 2025 budget: The winners and losers. Environment ... Girls are more anxious about climate change than boys, new research reveals.
 
Top UN court hearing landmark climate change case | Watch - MSN
MSN
Winners and Losers from the Broncos wild 41-32 victory over the Browns.

Microgrids:

8 Promises Fulfilled in 2024: Significant New Microgrid Projects Move Forward to Highlight a ...
Microgrid Knowledge
We're not saying these are the only or most important microgrid efforts, but we are saying they cover most situations and intrigued many of our ...

Houston Seeks to Boost Resiliency in Neighborhoods, Beginning with a Microgrid for an ...
Microgrid Knowledge
We need to be prepared for high wind and high water, heat and flooding,” said the city's resilience officer. The city is deploying a microgrid in the ...

Tencent launches renewable-powered microgrid project at data center in China - DCD
Data Center Dynamics
The project will use onsite wind power, solar PV, and battery energy storage in a microgrid solution to power an adjacent data center.

Community Health Risk Assessment:

Nationwide assessment finds urban areas face higher cancer risk from air pollution
Phys.org
Communities with the highest levels of estimated cancer risk, like "Cancer Alley" in southern Louisiana, have significantly more Black and Hispanic ...

CMS World AIDS HIV Day Fact Sheet
CMS
... community-based settings to hospital to post-acute care ... CMS also pays providers for social determinants of health (SDOH) risk assessments ...

Refining tools that spot risk of violence in young adults in urban ERs may save lives
Michigan Medicine
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) · Community Outreach and ... The study, part of the SPARK, Screening to Predict Young Adults at Risk ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Cat bonds have emerged as a socially responsible investment: Man Group - Artemis.bm
Artemis.bm
The stable return profile of catastrophe bonds and their historically low correlation with broader financial markets have traditionally been the ...
 
The $5 Trillion Impact Investing Opportunity: When Patience Pays Off - Forbes
Forbes
Impact investing is about directing capital towards start-ups, organizations or funds that seek to create financial, social and environmental impact.

Morgan Stanley Sustainable Signals: New Survey Shows Institutional Investors Expect ...
Morningstar
ESG investments may also be referred to as sustainable investments, impact aware investments, socially responsible investments or diversity, equity, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors with Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Asian Development Bank
This brochure explains the potential of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) to significantly reduce emissions from heavy industry and ...
 
Optimizing Gas Analysis in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Pipeline and Gas Journal
For many process manufacturers, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a central part of their efforts to reduce emissions of one of the ...

Mines researchers prioritize responsibility with carbon capture and storage | Colorado ...
Mines Newsroom
A regional carbon storage hub near Pueblo, Colorado, works with local stakeholders to find emissions solutions.

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

In data: What fuels world hunger, from Covid to climate, conflict | News | Eco-Business
Eco-Business
In data: What fuels world hunger, from Covid to climate, conflict ... Receive the latest news in sustainability, daily or weekly. Sign up for our ...

Lockdown DIY linked to Walleys Quarry gases - BBC
BBC
A chemist and former senior lecturer in environmental sustainability ... coronavirus lockdowns. Issuing the closure notice, the Environment ...

Environmental education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Ontario, Canada
Frontiers
This study investigates the integration of place-based environmental education (PBEE) during emergency remote education (ERE) and in-person ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable investing: A year in conversation | ESG Dive
ESG Dive
The rapidly changing global economy poses several challenges for institutional investors and corporations. From intensifying geopolitics, to the ...
 
5 High-Yielding Stocks Addressing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals | Morningstar
Morningstar
For the world to achieve these goals, investors must back climate change solutions such as renewable energy and solutions to hunger and other problems ...

Morgan Stanley Sustainable Signals: New Survey Shows Institutional Investors Expect ...
Morningstar
... sustainable investing market,” said Jessica Alsford, Chief Sustainability Officer and Chair of the Institute for Sustainable Investing at Morgan ...

Geoengineering:

Environmental Groups Demand Transparency over Geoengineering Experiments
Friends of the Earth
“Geoengineering” describes attempts to manipulate Earth's atmosphere and oceans in order to address the effects of climate change. These range from ...

The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering
The New York Times
It could be a relatively quick way to cool the planet. But it could also unleash untold dangers. Many worry that solar geoengineering could have ...

Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It? - Undark Magazine
Undark Magazine
In the best-case scenarios, successful geoengineering experiments could put a pause on or slow down the warming of Earth's climate, buying time for ...
Geoengineering detection - Cipher News - Cipher News

Green Bond Funds:

Green Bond Issuance May Reach Over $1 Trillion in 2024 - ETF Trends
ETF Trends
Whether the purpose is to fund government projects or corporate initiatives, green bonds are an ideal solution to obtain the funding while also ...

IFC launches $450-mln green bond to fund biodiversity - Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued a A$700-million ($451 mln) so-called green kangaroo bond in ...

A $12 Billion Climate Fund Is Readying a Rare Bond Issuance - Bloomberg Law News
Bloomberg Law News
A multilateral climate fund is preparing to access capital markets for the first time, as governments balk at providing the extra financing needed ...

Low Carbon Funds:

ADNOC Launches $80 Billion Low Carbon Energy and Chemicals Investment Platform
ESG Today
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced the launch of XRG, described by the company as a new “lower-carbon energy and chemicals ...

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
Fund Sponsor & Index. The fund is managed by Blackrock. CRBN has been able to amass assets over $997.30 million, making it one of the larger ETFs in ...

ADNOC Launches $80+ Billion Global Investment Platform for Low-Carbon Energy and Chemicals
ESG News
Core Platforms: Targets leadership in global chemicals, natural gas, and low-carbon energy markets. Abu Dhabi, UAE – November 27, 2024 – ADNOC has ...

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