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Mastercard: Planting Seeds of Change: How People and Partnerships Tackled Climate Change in 2024

3BL Media

But amid the chaos were signs of hope, courtesy of people who proved that our efforts do make a difference in the fight against climate change. These Mastercard employees, partners and innovators made a marked effort in 2024 to restore and protect areas all around the globe in ways that will be long-lasting and impactful.

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Canada isn't challenging banks enough to prepare for climate chaos

Corporate Knights

The joke is a good reminder of the limitations of the climate-scenario exercise about to be conducted by Canada’s financial regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). In the climate context, possible future scenarios centre on physical risk, transition risk or both.

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Going for the E-S-Gold: Home of the Paris Agreement Hosts the Olympics

3BL Media

With global attention focused on Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad), the event organizers have used the opportunity to highlight efforts to make the games more sustainable. Athletes have also expressed concerns about the threats posed to competitors by climate change.

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AllianceBernstein: Kicking Off Climate Week in NYC

3BL Media

As we kick off Climate Week in New York today, I’ve been reflecting on our teams’ climate-related work over the last year. We believe that climate change can have a material impact on investment outcomes. One way we do this is through our collaboration with Columbia University’s Climate School and its climate scientists.

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Global Heat Reduction Registry Sheds New Light on Climate Solutions

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September 17, 2024 /3BL/ - Today, the Global Heat Reduction Initiative (GHR) formally launches two innovative programs to accelerate the fight against climate change. s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). EMERYVILLE, Calif.,

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One year on: Impacts of a landmark legal opinion on climate change

Eco-Business

Small island states are especially susceptible to climate impacts such as flooding. They are also driving legal battles to force action against climate change. But in 2022, it looked at perhaps the biggest international question there is: climate change. Image: ILO Asia-Pacific , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Flickr.

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Mindset Shift

Chris Hall

Professor Steve Keen says asset owners should dedicate more investments to the climate transition, while prioritising scientific predictions over economic ones. Institutional investors are ill-prepared for the impending societal and economic changes likely to be triggered by climate change and have their priorities all wrong.