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Keysight Announces Winners of the 2022 Innovation Challenge

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“It was fascinating to see the wide range of innovative solutions each student team created when posed the same challenge: to design an IoT device that will help the world reach net zero,” said Jeff Harris, Vice President of Portfolio and Corporate Marketing at Keysight, who also served as a judge and co-sponsor of the Keysight Innovation Challenge.

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AllianceBernstein: Reflections on COP28: Opportunities Amid Challenges

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This is well below the US$387 billion a year that developing countries need, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Adaptation Gap Report. One of the ways to increase funding, according to UNEP, is for the Loss and Damage Fund to move toward more innovative financing mechanisms.

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CFA Launches Climate and Investing Qualification

Chris Hall

Financial institutions still don’t have expertise to handle net zero transition, according UNEP FI-backed report. The 12-month programme launch follows increasing demand from asset owners and managers for resources and qualifications that will help them develop the relevant skills for managing the net zero transition.

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New Report Highlights U.S. Insurance Sector's Efforts in Addressing Climate Change Risk

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It spurs action on climate change as a systemic financial risk—driving the large-scale behavior and systems change needed to achieve a net zero emissions economy through key financial actors including investors, banks, and insurers. ET Thursday, July 27. Teletypewriter (TTY), please dial 800-482-4833.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ? GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. .

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Investors’ Fight to Track Impact on Nature

Chris Hall

In March 2021, the Align project was also launched, led by the United Nation’s Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and funded by the European Commission.

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New Roadmap for “Drastic” Response to Global Stocktake

Chris Hall

In addition to the global stocktake, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report will soon be updated, illustrating the gulf between current commitments and the levels needed to avoid the worst climate impacts.