ESG Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Nakagawa joins Microsoft after serving in the Biden administration White House as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the National Security Council, where she played a leadership role on international and domestic climate initiatives, including working on the U.S.’

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 20, 2021

The r ecent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change clearly outlines that climate change is widespread, intensifying, and ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities. In order to prevent extreme heatwaves, rising sea levels, droughts, and other effects of climate change, urgent action must be taken.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. These leaders understood the direct linkage between climate change and financial risk. On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the two years since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement , what progress has the world made on climate change? The primary outcomes of this year’s COP include: 1) the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP); 2) the Talanoa Dialogue; and 3) the Pre-2020 action and ambition.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

dissertation in microelectronics to an entirely different field: climate change. "I Even with decarbonizing the electric and transportation sector, to reach long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, the United States would need an 80 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide emissions by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2024

CA100+ was established in 2017 as an investor-led initiative aiming to collectively support the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to take action on climate change.

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

March 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, show some corporate climate progress against key climate indicators, but find much more action is urgently needed from focus companies to support global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has increased investor representation on its global steering committee, adding Phoenix Group Head of Stewardship Valeria Piani alongside five others to further expand its geographic experience and expertise.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It first entered the climate justice lexicon back in 1992, during negotiations leading to the original United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), when the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) submitted a proposal for a financial mechanism to address loss and damage from sea level rise.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. Climate Change. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy. Sustainable Shipping. BusinessGreen.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This week has been an eye-opener for the dramatic and devastating effects caused by the climate crisis with record temperatures, raging fires and the inevitable deaths among the more vulnerable. The Clean Cooling Collaborative is an initiative of ClimateWorks Foundation which launched as the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) in 2017.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

When the initiative launched at the end of 2017, just five of the focus companies had set net zero commitments. Going forward, the initiative aims to launch additional thematic projects, including fixed income engagement on climate change, the use of offsetting, and engagement strategies for state-owned companies in certain markets.

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Sense and Sustainability

JUNE 9, 2021

“Climate Action” is the thirteenth of the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate action via implementation of the Paris Agreement is critical to the success of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and achieving other related SDGs. April 14 2017). Personal Interview.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 2, 2019

of the Paris Agreement), to which several FABLE country teams are already contributing. of the Paris Agreement), to which several FABLE country teams are already contributing. The FABLE analyses will also assess international spillover effects to ensure that national pathways are consistent with global objectives.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 28, 2020

About FABLE In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use, and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium to bring together leading research institutions forming more than 20 country and regional teams.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

Given that ESG concerns are nudging towards the top of the agenda for all boards, it is no wonder that pension funds, as significant investors, have been tasked with upping their governance and disclosures in relation to climate-related risks. . one other metric which relates to climate change of the trustees’ choosing. .

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

We are committed to combating climate change and empowering makers.". The 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 155 ESG factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society and ESG performance.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The fight against climate change is a story half-written, and so far, big, powerful economies have mostly been the ones to tell it. That needs to change. Yet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement is to limit long-term temperature increases to well below 2 degrees—preferably 1.5 By Maria Teresa Zappia.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

“Clear reporting on engagement objectives, outcomes and escalation activities is essential for stakeholders to monitor progress on climate action and hold both companies and investors to account when their actions fall short,” said Isobel Mitchell, Research and Engagement Manager at ShareAction. .

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Countries are obligated to report their greenhouse gas emissions to international bodies such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but recent studies suggest that the current methods for calculating methane emissions rely on outdated and incomplete information and may not accurately represent actual emissions.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. Climate Strategy. Various climate change-related placards carried by protesters at the Global Climate Strike Rally and March in downtown San Francisco in September 2019. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 BusinessGreen. Shutterstock.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. . “As Wed, 10/21/2020 - 00:45.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

Much of its £14 billion debt pile was built up under the ownership of Australian bank Macquarie, but its current investors – including Canada’s OMERS and the UK’s USS – have not seen a dividend since buying into the company in 2017. They’ve also agreed to fund an eight-year transformation programme to the tune of £1.5

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Last year , US-based asset manager Federated Hermes divested from oil giant Pemex across its credit strategies, citing concerns such as weak governance and an unsafe workplace environment, but nonetheless pledged to continue its climate and social-related engagement efforts. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 30, 2023

Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur. In 2017, the SDSN joined other organizations to form the Food and Land Use (FOLU) Coalition with a shared vision to help transform food and land use systems. Sachs depuis ses quartiers généraux à New York, Paris et Kuala Lumpur.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Ocean Race measured microplastics in the last edition of the round-the-world Race in 2017-18 in a pioneering move that combined racing and science. The ocean plays a critically important role in climate regulation. Three of the samples (two from the Channel and one from the Mediterranean Sea) contained microfibres exclusively.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

The requirements stem from the 2017 recommendations of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a forum set up in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and specifically the board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). There will be a challenge to find the time and resources.”. Cabove pre-industrial levels.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 23, 2018

In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium to bring together leading research institutions which form more than 20 country and regional teams.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium. FABLE brings together leading research institutions from more than 20 country and regional teams. Source: Christine Daum-Farber and Nelson Farber for 3sat.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Gas companies have been able to “regularly gain an audience with EU policymakers”, said Vivek Parekh, Climate Change Analyst at InfluenceMap. Investors have been more closely scrutinising companies’ climate-related lobbying activities. Behind closed doors. Ripple effect.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

In 2021, the TCFD consulted on its metrics, targets and transition plans, with a view to updating its original 2017 framework and guidance. C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. . Most notably, the TCFD framework has already been adopted into legislation around the world, including the UK. .

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A glaring improvement on the 2015 Paris Agreement, which didn’t mention fossil fuels, the treaty resolution proposes a global plan to halt the expansion of hydrocarbon production and then phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible. This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. we need to call that out.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 30, 2022

Globally, the IPCC anticipates that CDR will play a critical role in achieving Paris Agreement targets, estimating billions of tons per year will need to be removed by midcentury to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. At present, however, the CDR market is still nascent. Here and Now.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

But successful cases can catalyse substantial advancements in climate change policy, said Higham, citing the Urgenda Foundation v The State of the Netherlands case.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If we lose that battle, the world will give up a lot of the gains that we’ve had and perhaps many we could have in areas like environment and climate change.".

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Embodied carbon emissions have been overlooked in the past but as shown by milestone research from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), achieving drastic cuts in all carbon emissions over the next decade is critical to keeping global temperature rise to 1.5ºC. The time for action is now!

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