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Decarbonizing the built environment: Takeaways from COP26

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Here are the key takeaways from a roundtable discussion McKinsey hosted at the COP26 Climate Change Conference. How can the cement and construction industry achieve net zero by 2050?

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Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

3BL Media

SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Governmental Pledges. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Private Sector Initiatives.

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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, concluded in November with 200 nations signing the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), an agreement that could accelerate climate action and drive big carbon cuts. COP26 Reflects Increased Drive for Climate Action .

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Look for easy-to-decarbonize areas of your operations where you can make a difference right away.

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COP 27: How Can ICT Help Us Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change?

3BL Media

On the eve of COP 27, we lay down the critical role of ICT and public-private partnerships in helping our world mitigate, adapt to and build resilience against climate catastrophe. More and more, I think the questions we need to ask ourselves are no longer just ‘what is climate change?’, and ‘why should we care?’.

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Climate change: Mars and PepsiCo offer lessons in decarbonization, call for a ‘redesign’ of supply chains

Environmental News Bits

With world leaders vowing increased scrutiny over businesses’ climate policies at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and regulators crafting disclosure rules to increase transparency around firms’ climate risk profiles, executives are scrambling to accurately map their carbon footprint.

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Tetra Tech's Justin Goonesinghe Discusses Designing Clean Hydrogen Markets to Support Decarbonization Efforts

3BL Media

Discussing designing clean hydrogen markets to support decarbonization efforts. He works across Tetra Tech on decarbonization and clean hydrogen market design within the gas sector. Since 2017 Justin has focused largely on the role decarbonization of gas can play in achieving rapid and sustainable decarbonization.