Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Six research teams across the UK will develop new tools and approaches which will help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable the UK to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, it was announced in early August. Study whether trees can adapt effectively to climate change, pests and diseases.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

The World Economic Forum announced today the launch of Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a new program aimed at unlocking $3 trillion per year of financing for initiatives to achieve net zero, nature loss reversal and biodiversity restoration by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The proposal moves beyond traditional frameworks, which consider only how the financial sector is affected by climate risk, to also tackle how investments in polluting industries can make climate change worse. The bill would create a duty for leaders of financial institutions to consider – and take – climate action.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 17, 2022

With the federal government set to release its new climate plan this month, the battle is heating up over how it will rein in emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector. Its report argues that public financing for the oil and gas industry’s emission reductions is the best way to achieve the government’s net-zero goals.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

Bert Kramer, Head of Climate Research at Ortec Finance, says we cannot discount the possibility of a transition-related financial crisis. As the clock ticks down from the 2015 Paris Agreement, there is growing uncertainty that on our current trajectory the world is going to meet the stated goal to be net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We can help provide the transition to future well-paying jobs that will be integral to achieving net-zero goals.” It’s delivered online, including synchronous sessions for real-time interaction with instructors – a mixture of UH academics and industry experts. Students do a class project where we all learn from each other.

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3BL Media

APRIL 10, 2024

The training builds on our inaugural Climate Action Plan launched last year, outlining Expedia Group’s overall climate vision and approach. The training builds on our inaugural Climate Action Plan launched last year, outlining Expedia Group’s overall climate vision and approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050.

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CREA

AUGUST 10, 2023

Toronto, Ontario, August 10, 2023— CanREA joined Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Steven Guilbeault for the announcement of the Federal Government’s new draft Clean Electricity Regulations today. “In Why are they the solution? Photos PHOTO: Vittoria Bellissimo, President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Energy Association.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This has meant combining long-term thinking with shorter-term, achievable, and measurable goals,” commented Christina Downend, head of climate change at Dunelm, a candidate member in home furnishings, a new adjacent product category for the SAC.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. But soil carbon sinks are an important, natural way of balancing the emissions that remain in 2050 – to help us achieve Net Zero by mid-century.”.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The situation is becoming dire: climate change is one of the greatest threats facing people, wildlife and the planet. Tackling this crisis requires a shift in our mindset and practices to change the planet. Changing how we think about our planet is just as critical as building new sustainable technologies.

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Sustainability Matters

MAY 12, 2022

Aurecon has appointed Dr Belinda Wade as Principal, Sustainability & Climate Change to lead its climate transition risk consulting across Australia and New Zealand. Climate transition practice is rapidly evolving and has burgeoning demand for expertise in corporate decarbonisation.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2024

Communities that can adapt to a changing climate have the right skills, infrastructure and economic foundation to build resilient communities that can better withstand the consequences of climate change. Jaza Energy is revolutionizing clean energy access in Tanzania and Nigeria with its solar hubs.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Since 2015, companies have been able to use science to ensure their efforts to tackle climate change are sufficiently ambitious. While these efforts to tackle climate change can have some positive impacts on reducing nature loss to some extent, they are nowhere near enough and can create unintended consequences.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Energy, transport and private equity sectors keep investors in the dark on net zero strategies. . Climate-related disclosures are the strongest and fastest-improving area of corporate sustainability reporting, but investors are still being under-served by a lack of transparency on net zero plans and commitments in key sectors. .

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The world is watching as tens of thousands of leaders gather for the 28 th UN Climate Change Conference ( COP28 ) at Expo City in Dubai, UAE, from November 30 to December 12. SAP can help 87% of total global commerce organize its supply chain, transportation, and financial data in a way that enables a circular and net zero economy.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Enhancing the ocean’s ability to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will be crucial in the fight against climate change, according to a new research paper, published on 21 December in the journal Joule. At present, around 25% of all CO2 emitted to the air is absorbed by the oceans.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: SAN FRANCISCO, AMSTERDAM, and HONG KONG, November 28, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The recently concluded annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) brought delegates from all over the world to discuss the progress the world has made in the fight against climate change and the impact business is having on people and planet.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of 2,500 KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz by failing to act effectively against climate change. But its impact could be much wider, with courts in Australia, Brazil, Peru and South Korea all currently considering human rights-based climate cases.

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3BL Media

JUNE 7, 2022

The Company will begin accepting applications today and will select six candidates for the 2022-2023 academic year to each receive a $10,000 scholarship and a paid summer internship in National Grid’s Massachusetts or New York business. DESCRIPTION: WALTHAM, Mass., I strongly believe that National Grid can be a force for doing good.

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Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Comprising approximately 30,000 islands, the region is also one of the most exposed to the impacts of climate change and the digital divide. The program, which now operates in 48 countries, leverages co-investment and co-innovation with government, academic and industry leaders to tackle unique economic and societal challenges.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Launched in 2017, the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is a global project established by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate change and the Environment (LSE GRI) in collaboration with the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and backed by individual asset owners and managers.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

François Faelli, Global Managing Partner for ESG at Bain, said: “Reaching net zero on a global scale requires a tremendous investment in ESG skills. As demand from companies for support on sustainability, ESG and climate issues grows, several professional services firms have announced initiatives to upskill their employees.

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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2022

The lobbying resolutions filed so far this year—with two more expected—illustrate investors’ realization that effective policies aligned with the latest climate science are necessary if the world is to prevent global average temperature rise from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert irreversible climate catastrophes.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Governments around the world are promoting clean-burning hydrogen as a critical component of our net-zero drive to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. In Canada, the federal government’s 2020 hydrogen strateg y posits the fuel could supply as much as 30% of Canada’s final energy consumption by 2050.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 9, 2024

The Danish pension fund for academics has joined the European asset owners opting for divestment, as fossil fuel companies remain at odds with the Paris Agreement. P+, which has more than 110,000 members, recorded a 78.2% P+, which has more than 110,000 members, recorded a 78.2%

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

SMEs from 31 countries in all continents have already made the SME Climate Commitment , an initiative supported by the SME Climate Hub. Several major multinational corporations have also committed to support the SME Climate Hub through a “1.5°C

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2023

Climate finance channelled into Africa cannot be upscaled in line with a 1.5°C The Loss and Damage Fund was unveiled at COP27 and aims to compensate countries most vulnerable to climate change. Recommendations for funding arrangements will be made at COP28 in December.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Initiatives offer breakthrough for asset owners looking to align their sovereign debt investments with net zero; open door to engagement with governments.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

That happened recently when I thought to myself, “Huh…it seems to me that the burden of proof on climate change has finally shifted in America.”. Climate Scientists and Advocates Have Satisfied Their Burden of Proof. And in America, Deloitte projects that inaction on climate would contract our GDP by 4% in the next 50 years.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

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.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

What happens when the march toward net-zero runs headlong into human activity that benefits health, welfare and conditions on Earth? In those scenarios, how can we reconcile conflicting priorities so that net-zero targets and the need for continued scientific and medical advances don’t work against one another?

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

The toolkit includes a Climate Justice Reflection Challenge, glossary, and calls to action. Climate Change 4. With new pressure to act on climate change, NBS members want to know how to get to net zero throughout operations. Get Started: How to Be a Net Zero Company offers guidance (with a video).

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3BL Media

JUNE 1, 2022

Academics at MIT Sloan School of Management say the lack of standardization on ESG scoring is leading to “aggregate confusion,” according to a recent report. The approach paves the way to achieving goals like our commitment to net-zero emissions by 2030.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Net Zero on Campus: From Principles to Action initiative, a collaborative effort between SDSN, the Climateworks Centre, and Monash University, aims to facilitate the sharing of lessons and resources to accelerate the decarbonization of university campuses around the world.

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3BL Media

MARCH 9, 2022

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) gave the funding to the university for the construction of the lab at its Langford campus to enable large, close-to-prototype-scale experiments for academics and industry alike. Professor Ian Bond, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering said:?

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