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This week's post features items from Nature, MSCI, Carbon Herald, Clean Air Task Force, Sustainable Views, Trellis Group, Forbes, Business Wire, BDO, American Bankers Association, ABA Banking Journal - American Bankers Association, Release Details - Enbridge Inc., Healio, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Scientific American, The Guardian, University of Washington, CBC, ABC News - The Walt Disney Company, AP News, Inside Climate News, The CSR Universe, Business Green, Financial Times, Davis Vanguard, Environmental Defense Fund, Fortune and many many more...We scour the web so you don't have to!
Wildfires and Climate Change:
The Guardian
“For the first time, it's not a fire in one region, we have fires in every region. That is a sign of a changing climate that we are going to have to ...
Study projects that increasing wildfires in Canada and Siberia will actually slow global warming
University of Washington
The study is the first to identify the divergence between the observed boreal fire increase and the constant fires used in climate models. Because the ...
'This is classic climate change': Sask. faces worst wildfire season in decades | CBC News
CBC
Saskatchewan is battling the worst wildfire it's seen in decades — including the 300,000-hectare Shoe Fire in northern Saskatchewan — and experts ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Nature
Hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (H2-DRI) is crucial for decarbonizing the steel sector but is limited by the availability of renewable energy.
Climate Goals and Tariffs: Can Companies Stay on Track? - MSCI
MSCI
Sector definitions are based on the Global Industry Classification ... decarbonization targets given their leverage compared to the companies above the ...
CDR.fyi Rolls Out Alpha Version Of New Tracker For Forward Forest-Based Agreements
Carbon Herald
This industry-first tool sheds light on the series of agreements and commitments announced in this decarbonization sector that, up until now, have ...
Methane Emissions:
Four countries have effectively reduced their waste methane emissions through policy action ...
Clean Air Task Force
The waste sector, encompassing both solid waste and wastewater, is responsible for roughly 20% of global methane emissions. As countries develop ...
Low-cost methane solutions face high-level political inertia - Sustainable Views
Sustainable Views
Agriculture's methane emissions are a close second behind energy, with the sector responsible for around 32 per cent of all human-generated methane — ...
How food companies like Danone and Giant are tackling methane pollution - Trellis Group
Trellis Group
Across the food industry — from meatpackers to retailers—companies face varying levels of climate risk from methane pollution. Livestock emissions ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Forbes
It enables us to make data-driven decisions, identify emerging market trends and optimize resource allocation. By analyzing past financial ...
Lucidity Launches Lumen, Bringing Data-Driven Decision Making and Greater Control to ...
Business Wire
Lucidity launches Lumen, bringing data-driven decision making and greater control to cloud storage management.
For CFOs under pressure to become CVOs, how important is data? - BDO
BDO
Enabling data-driven decision making. Financial reporting is essentially a looking-back process, reviewing performance of a business after the event.
Global Reporting Initiative:
American Bankers Association
The ABA and its members are committed to working constructively with the GRI to develop effective sustainability reporting standards for the ...
ABA: Education, due process expansion needed for voluntary climate disclosures
ABA Banking Journal - American Bankers Association
... Global Reporting Initiative to enhance its education efforts and due processes in evaluating climate disclosure proposals. GRI, an independent ...
Enbridge Publishes 24th Annual Sustainability Report
Release Details - Enbridge Inc.
The Sustainability Report and Datasheet were developed with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Universal Standards and GRI 11 Oil ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Community vulnerability to climate change also telling of cardio-kidney-metabolic health
Healio
Areas vulnerable to the environmental and community-level effects of climate change may also be susceptible to poor cardio-kidney-metabolic health.
Healthcare, cities, and climate change: Challenges and opportunities
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Although these entities often work in silos, they can strengthen climate resilience and improve health in their communities by collaborating on ...
The World Isn't Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat | Scientific American
Scientific American
... mental health consequences of climate change. Of 83 action plans for ... communities and individuals most at risk of climate mental health impacts.
Renewable Energy Investments:
ABC News - The Walt Disney Company
National headlines from ABC NewsCatch up on the developing stories making headlines. More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. ...
Inside Climate News
Businesses have cancelled or delayed more than $14 billion of investments in U.S. clean energy projects so far this year, reflecting their ...
CDP Sustainability:
The CSR Universe
ST has been disclosing climate protection-related data to CDP since 2004. CDP's annual environmental disclosure and scoring process is widely ...
CDP: More than 100 global cities awarded top marks for climate action - Business Green
Business Green
"The cities, states and regions on CDP's 2024 A List are setting the global benchmark for environmental leadership," said Hanah Paik, CDP's global ...
Earth-positive data is business-critical data: powering a resilient future - Financial Times
Financial Times
Those who don't will fall behind. By Sherry Madera, CEO, CDP. Disclose environmental data to help build resilient business models that could ..
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
California Reaffirms Commitment to Paris Climate Agreement - Davis Vanguard
Davis Vanguard
Authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), SR 36 positions California as a steadfast climate leader, independent of federal directives. “ ...
California's Leaders Take Action to Save Lives, Lower Costs for Millions Impacted by Deadly ...
Environmental Defense Fund
They reduce the climate pollution that fuels deadly wildfires, droughts, and other disasters. They save hard-earned money at the pump — and they save ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger tells climate activists to 'stop whining' because they don't have any ...
Fortune
... leaders felt climate change was important ... When the Environmental Protection Agency objected to California's ...
Impact Investing:
Impact Investor
After laying the foundations, the MENA region is building an investable impact economy from the ground up, with resilient businesses that are ...
Social impact investing: Reducing reoffending through employment | Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group
Alex already knew the Redemptions Roasters brand but was also interested in Macquarie's focus on social impact investments that break down systemic ...
Redefining Capital For Good: Katie Macc On What It Means To Lead In Impact - Forbes
Forbes
Sorenson Impact Institute CEO Katie Macc discusses the opportunities she sees to expand the impact investing field.
Energy Storage
The Chemical Engineer
Article by James Close CEng MIChemE and Edric Bulan AMIChemE. As battery energy storage systems expand, recent fires and explosions prove ...
US energy storage costs could spike 50% – tariffs are to blame | Electrek
Electrek
The biggest tariff hit will be on utility-scale energy storage, where US projects still overwhelmingly rely on imported battery cells from China. “In ...
Energy storage system based on EV batteries launched at Rome's airport | Reuters
Reuters
Italy's largest energy storage system based on used batteries for electric vehicles was inaugurated on Tuesday at Rome's Fiumicino airport to help ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
Carbon pollution isn't just changing Earth – it could cause crowding in space
Yale Climate Connections
As people burn fossil fuels, carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere – warming the Earth and making it harder to operate satellites in low ...
Satellite measures river flow waves for the first time - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The new data can be used as a baseline so future researchers can better assess the effects of climate change on flood events, they added. The SWOT ...
EO and Climate Change: from Deep Space to Mission Impossible - SatNews
SatNews
... climate change, was a crucial task for smaller satellites. He also told delegates that the upcoming EU-backed 'Space Act' would apply to European ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
ESG Today
Hitachi also announced that its new 2050 emission reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as aligned ...
Navigating Climate Opportunities in APAC Transition Funds - MSCI
MSCI
7 ITR indicates how companies and investment portfolios may align with global climate targets (in degrees Celsius) based on a company's current carbon ...
Trane Technologies Delivers Leading Business and Sustainability Performance by ... - Business Wire
Business Wire
Carbon Neutrality: Reduced operational emissions by 44%, on track toward reaching science-based target of 50% reduction by 2030. Absolute Energy ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Yahoo Finance
As the Q1 earnings season wraps, let's dig into this quarter's best and worst performers in the business services & supplies industry, ...
A Growing Number of Top Scientists Now Doubt Climate Alarmism - MSN
MSN
... climate science community regarding views on climate change alarmism. ... Winners and Losers: 6 Water-Abundant Countries, 3 in Crisis. Climate ...
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) Vs The Rest Of The Beverages, Alcohol, and Tobacco Stocks
Yahoo Finance
Winners And Losers Of Q1: Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) Vs The Rest Of The Beverages, Alcohol, and Tobacco Stocks. STZ Cover Image. Winners And ...
Microgrids:
Microgrid Knowledge
While federal funding for microgrids and distributed energy resources (DER) is shrinking, microgrid seekers–especially municipalities and schools– ...
Quick Poll: What's Biggest Obstacle to Microgrid Adoption?
Microgrid Knowledge
From university campuses and military bases to rural communities and commercial facilities, microgrids are proving their value in real-world ...
AI and microgrids: Moving towards seamless, resilient energy solutions | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Microgrids provide a way to decentralize energy production, improving grid resilience by reducing strain on the main grid. However, for microgrids ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
NYC Health Department Identifies the Top Public Health Hazards New Yorkers Are Most At Risk For
NYC.gov
... risk-informed response to ensure we are helping the most vulnerable communities. ... health risk assessment tool. This tool enabled hundreds of New York ...
California announces tool to protect at-risk communities from dangerous heat waves ahead ...
OEHHA - CA.gov
CalHeatScore, developed by the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), brings together ...
Hospital board accepts Community Health Needs Assessment - Gillette News Record
Gillette News Record
Within prevention care, cardiovascular risk, cancer and chronic conditions are areas for CCH to focus on. Cash also pointed to the statistics as ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Sustainable Brands
The investment world is evolving, and a new frontier is emerging — one that moves beyond environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics to ...
Investors say they're moving away from ESG as 'an umbrella concept' - Financial Post
Financial Post
While asset owners say they remain committed to sustainable investing, they're less wedded to ESG as “an umbrella concept.” Find out more.
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Tax Management India. Com
Here's a deep dive into Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)—a vital technology in the global fight against climate change. Deep ...
Eni and BlackRock's GIP Discuss Investment in Carbon Capture Portfolio
The Maritime Executive
Italy's Eni Group which has moved aggressively to build a presence in the emerging carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) segment reports ...
Enabling gigatonne scale engineering based carbon capture solutions and novel chemical ...
Nature
ETC, “Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage in the Energy Transition: Vital but Limited,” Energy Transition Commission, (2022). IPCC, “Ch. 8 ...
Sustainability Investing:
Barron's
Investors seem to be yanking money from “sustainable” stock funds ... investing with sustainability considerations in mind isn't over. It ...
Beyond ESG: Purpose as the Next Frontier in Investing - Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Brands
The investment world is evolving, and a new frontier is emerging — one that moves beyond environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics to ...
Investor appetite for sustainable investment remains strong - Institutional Asset Manager
Institutional Asset Manager
The anti-anti-ESG backlash has begun with asset managers claiming investor appetite for sustainable investment is stronger than ever.
Geoengineering:
The Conversation
The UK becomes the first country to put serious public money into solar geoengineering.
Geoengineering is fast becoming the only solution - Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is geoengineering: direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into space ...
GWYNNE DYER: How can 'geoengineering' help save us from the climate emergency?
Saltwire
The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is 'geoengineering': direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into ...
Green Bond Funds:
How to Invest in Green Bonds | Morningstar
Morningstar
The market for green bond funds continues to grow. According to research from Environmental Finance, green, social, sustainability, and sustainability ...
Green bonds enjoying fresh shoots despite US pushback on ESG | Investor Strategy News
Investor Strategy News
... green bond market trading almost on par to conventional bonds,” he says. ... funds under management, is well placed to not only survive but thrive.
5 trends shaping the Sustainable Debt Market in 2025 and beyond | Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds Initiative
While investor demand to support funding in areas relating to A&R exists, a lack of clear definitions around what constitute genuine and credible A&R ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization - World Bank
World Bank
The report outlines three fundamental strategies to bridge the gap to pay for these critical investments, focused on funding, financing, and ...
Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now? - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
However, some investors believe in the possibility of beating the market through exceptional stock selection, and choose a different type of fund that ...
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