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The Blue Wonder

3BL Media

10 These ecosystems are worth US$ 375 billion per year to the global economy, from industries and services including fishing, food, pharmaceuticals and tourism. 11 Perhaps the biggest danger to the ocean is climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions are severely damaging blue ecosystems 12 , warming and acidifying seawater.

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MSCI Moves to Innovate ESG and Climate Offering

Chris Hall

The data, indexes and analytics provider recently named Richard Mattison as Head of ESG and Climate, who is tasked to collaborate throughout the company to drive innovation, scale-up products, and develop integrated solutions to support clients’ sustainable investment strategies. “I million in Q3 , up from US$79.9

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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

Also targeted for suppression: the study of climate change the basic physical process of global warming that has been accurately understood and described since the early 19th century. Simply, the fiscal threats posed by climate change and the energy transition are emerging more and more clearly into view.

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Navigating the Rising Tide: The Convergence of Climate Change and Global Trade

3BL Media

This is “imposing significant costs on governments, corporations, NGOs, regional economies and other stakeholders. In 2019, flooding accrued a hefty price tag of $82 billion for global economies,” Enright notes, citing The Wall Street Journal. trillion annually, as rising waters threaten up to 3% of global GDP by century's end.

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Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 Million for Solution to Integrate Climate Change in Financial Decisions

ESG Today

million in a seed funding round, with proceeds aimed at advancing the company’s solutions enabling investors and companies to integrate climate change into their investment and capital allocation decisions. UK fintech startup Unwritten announced that it has raised $3.5

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Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery

GreenBiz

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Many are considering a tried-and-true method to boost economies in the short term and provide wide societal benefits in the long term: infrastructure investment.

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Bloomberg 2023 Impact Report: Supporting Climate Action

3BL Media

Originally published in Bloomberg's 2023 Impact Report Structural and systemic shifts accompanying climate change, such as resource scarcity, new technologies and regulations, pose business risks and offer opportunities to issuers and investors globally.

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