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

3BL Media

July 25, 2023 /3BL/ - A new report released today by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets and the California Department of Insurance reveals that insurance companies are pursuing a wide variety of strategies to manage the increasing risks associated with climate change. Climate Risk Management in the U.S.

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Ecocentricity Blog: Embracing Clean Technologies, Even If We Don't Have All of the Answers Yet

3BL Media

Not Every Climate Change Question is an Honest One. It suggests that proponents of clean technologies like renewables and electric vehicles are being dishonest by ignoring or glossing over any downsides that come with them. The incumbent and extractive fossil-based technologies. Okay, so here’s my actual answer.

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Bio-CHP provider selected to join Google’s climate change accelerator program

Renewable Energy World

Enexor BioEnergy, LLC, said it has been selected as one of 11 companies in North America to participate in the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change. Launching in June, the three-month program grants climate-change-focused start-ups access to Google programs, products, people and technology.

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If done well, financial regulations play a crucial role in cutting carbon emissions

Corporate Knights

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted last week, we are in the midst of a climate emergency. Canada needs to adopt a package of financial regulations that will drive down carbon emissions and shift billions of dollars toward investing in clean technology and renewable energy.

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The Sleeping Giants of the Green Economy: New Research in India and Kenya Shows How Small Businesses Can Lead the Way in Addressing Climate Change

James Militzer

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change global synthesis report has sounded a sobering alarm. The stakes could not be higher in the global struggle to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and time is running out. by utilizing clean technologies) or by providing products or services in a green sector (e.g.,

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International Energy Agency - Clean technologies are driving job growth in the energy sector, but skills shortages are an increasing concern

Global Renewable News

IEA report examines energy employment worldwide by region and technology, offering vital analysis on the industry's evolving labour needsThe number of jobs in the global energy sector rose in.

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The sooner we start the energy transition, the faster Canada’s economy will grow

Corporate Knights

In its latest report released February 28, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its most dire warning yet about the consequences of inaction on billions of people around the world. Henry Stoch is the national leader of Deloitte’s sustainability and climate change practice in Canada. Lives were lost.