Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A great deal of work lies ahead: to be on track to meet Canada’s national climate goal by 2030, emissions from the agriculture sector must decline at an average annual rate of 2.9 But data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) shows a yawning “say–do” gap, with emissions declining by just 0.4

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Fri, 02/26/2021 - 00:45. It makes buildings healthier , cheaper and is essential to addressing climate change (building operations account for 28 percent of emissions globally — more than all of the transportation sector). Early technologies are expensive and can have bugs, which can scare away early adopters.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2024

trillion was invested in clean technologies, including heat pumps, electric vehicles, nuclear power, storage, grids, low-emission fuels, and efficiency improvements. This significant investment in clean technologies underscores the potential and importance of renewable diesel in the energy sector.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

SOURCE: Keysight Technologies. DESCRIPTION: As we release this 2021 CSR Report, I am humbled and honored to assume the role of Keysight President and Chief Executive Officer. In 2021, the world navigated a continued pandemic response, weather-related events, supply chain constraints, and other challenges.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 20, 2023

As more people become concerned by the heat waves, forest fires and flooding exacerbated by climate change, they're switching their carbon-emitting home appliances for electric, emissions-free alternatives. Critics say fear of climate change will not prompt people to adopt new technology.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. It is a complicated place.

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ESG Today

MAY 11, 2023

For the report, the latest edition of the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker, MSCI assessed the climate change progress of companies within the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index (ACWI IMI), and included data from its “Implied Temperature Rise” metric.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 18, 2024

The same, of course, could be said of the battle that is underway to stop catastrophic climate change. But as the world lurches toward increasingly dire environmental scenarios, vows for equitable climate action don’t materialize. In fact, the Global South’s own contribution to climate change is not uniform.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Spanish Bank BBVA announced the launch of a new goal to channel 700 billion (USD$735 billion) in sustainable finance between 2025 2029, with a focus on climate change and inclusive social development projects.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how international development agencies can advance carbon markets. This is the third in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. Key Issue 2—The Corresponding Adjustment.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Energy transition is the fastest and most effective route to mitigating the urgent climate crisis. In the fall of 2021, the United Nations hosted 130 heads of state and high-level stakeholders to map out a plan to achieve accelerated energy transition goals by 2030. SOURCE: Antea Group. Insider's Guide to Energy Podcast.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“We hope the State will seize the opportunity to increase investments in policies that decarbonize the electric grid and increase the accessibility and cost-effectiveness of clean technologies.”. “We

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2023

According to a government statement announcing the launch of the new framework, the initiative forms part of Canada’s commitment under the Glasgow Statement, a 34-nation agreement signed at the 2021 COP 26 summit , to shift public finance away from fossil fuels and in support of the energy transition.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Instead of billions of data points, we are dealing with billions of emissions sources and billions of humans impacted by climate change. Similar coalitions launched in Brazil supporting Brazilian states and cities to take up the mantle of climate leadership. degree limit scientists say can protect climate stability.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 17, 2022

In order to keep up with rapid innovation, stakeholder demand for the transition to clean energy, and the urgent need to combat global climate change, the energy sector must transition significantly. In February of this year, the United States published and committed to the “Strategy to Secure the Clean Energy Transition.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 26, 2024

But since that document was published in 2021, expansion has continued at pace. Also speaking during the E3G event, IEA Chief Energy Economist Tim Gould said a steady shift towards clean technologies would gradually reduce oil demand for oil – but that this was not set to happen this decade. “We

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Some of NZAM’s members – including BlackRock, Fidelity and Capital Group – have “significant holdings” in the oil and gas majors, further increasing their positions in 2022 compared to 2021, Carbon Tracker said. in 2022, with the market value of those shares growing from US$72 billion to US$116 billion.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2025

In Germany, the 2021 floods inflicted $1.4 These examples are increasing, reminding us that climate change is not just an environmental issueit is an economic one. The World Economic Forum estimates that climate impacts have cost the world $3.6 The cost of doing nothing is here, and businesses are feeling it.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 21, 2023

To achieve their targets, these companies – and their counterparts across the G20 nations – need widespread access to clean energy and sustainable infrastructure. But even the most climate progressive companies face obstacles to how far they can go. But time is of the essence.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. The UK published its Hydrogen Strategy in 2021?to These initiatives are essential both to scale capacity and cuts costs.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 17, 2025

After a previous high of $922 billion in fossil financing in 2021, lending and underwriting to the industry fell to $787 billion in 2022 and then again, in 2023, to $707 billion. Last year, this downward trend reversed, and financing increased to $869 billion, according to the report , Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC).

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 22, 2021

Fri, 01/22/2021 - 01:00. Have you heard about the clean energy triangle? . The theory goes that in order to rapidly deploy clean energy, you need three elements: technology; policy; and finance. When these components are integrated, we’re able to thoughtfully accelerate the speed and scale of clean technologies.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

Last fall, an ambitious survey covering 10 countries found that 84% of young people aged 16 to 25 are at least “moderately worried” about climate change – and 59% are extremely worried. They don’t see the “adults” – in business or government – making any of the hard decisions required to avoid the climate crisis.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2022

The clean energy investments in the current reconciliation bill will help the U.S. increase production and export of clean technology to Europe. The lawsuit, the IPCC report, and the reminder that fossil fuel dependence doesn’t just create climate risk, it equals geopolitical risk, make it clear there is no time to waste.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, the climate finance gap still yawns wide. To address climate change issues properly, the developing world needs more than US$2.4 As well as raising sustainable revenues, climate taxes could encourage a wider adoption of clean technologies and sustainable practices, which in turn could accelerate transition efforts.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Government of Canada on Thursday released its proposed Clean Electricity Regulations, aimed at advancing the decarbonization of the country’s electricity grid, and supporting its net zero emission climate goals. to release clean energy regulations in 2023. Canada also joined a commitment last year with the U.S.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

The case for raising up women in climate tech. Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. Shana Rappaport. From classrooms to boardrooms. Carbon removal.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

That means putting money on deploying existing technology in the near term, while continuing to fund innovation to deliver cost-effective approaches in the future. Deploying Clean Technology. Despite COVID-19 and the economic downturn, clean energy investment did surprisingly well in the United States last year.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 11, 2023

The United States: A (green) giant awakens Since the early 2010s, technological developments, increasing competition and declining capital costs have led to a significant decline in the cost of renewable energy. At a time of climate emergency, it is a relief that the political will for a green transition is present.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In Canadas 2021 election, a top issue driving voters was climate change. In more recent polls in Canada and around the world, climate change has fallen firmly behind issues like housing and the cost of living. But in the battle of our lifetimes, were losing sight of the human element. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 24, 2024

Canadians of all stripes expect government to act on climate change: 81% think a Conservative government should deal with climate change seriously, according to the latest Abacus Data polls. Rebates to lower-income families could help families afford to trade up to these clean alternatives. and the U.K.

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Chris Hall

JULY 9, 2024

Reducing them is crucial to fending off climate breakdown, and the ETS is one of Beijing’s key tools to achieve this. Greenhouse gas emissions by country After a decade experimenting with smaller regional schemes, the national ETS was launched in 2021. Carbon pricing is key to bringing down the costs of clean technology.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

NDCs are national climate action plans presented by each country under the agreement, and are required to be updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition. current NDC, set by the Biden administration in 2021 , is to achieve a 50% – 52% reduction in emissions by 2030. Thats not wishful thinking; its happened before.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 29, 2024

The plan, dubbed Project Prosperity, had the financial support of the United Arab Emirates, which seeks to lead the region in tackling climate change, and the diplomatic blessing of the United States, which said it exemplified how Israel might weave into the political and economic fabric of the Middle East.

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Sustainable Round Table

OCTOBER 19, 2022

beyond their already record shattering 2019-2021 levels. Now, with the surprise election of pastor Ralph Warnock, who occupied the same pulpit as MLK in Atlanta, to become the all-important 50th Democratic Senator in the first days of 2021, the political evolution of the American South continues. .

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