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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

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climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations.

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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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Investors are warming to opportunities stemming from climate change, and other takeaways from COP28. COP28, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change, delivered mixed results on some key agenda items but provided new insights into climate-related opportunities and the initiatives needed to implement them.

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Water Must Be “Third Peak” in Climate, Nature Challenge

Chris Hall

Failure to focus on water-related issues risks derailing efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The UN has previously said that water and climate change are “inextricably linked”, with the latter “exacerbating” both water scarcity and water-related hazards, such as floods and droughts.

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Mining Sector Needs “Social Compass”

Chris Hall

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative. It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

UNEP 98
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The Adapted Metropolis

Chris Hall

Targeted investments are required to save our cities from the climate-related risks flagged by the IPCC. The effects of climate change aren’t limited to distant ice caps. It’s therefore vital that cities are built or renovated to be more sustainable and resilient in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather events. “As

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A Very African Climate Conversation

Chris Hall

COP27 must boost Africa’s adaptation to the physical risks of climate change, says Amal-Lee Amin, Head of Climate Change at British International Investment. Africa contributes less than 3% to global emissions but is the most vulnerable continent in the world to the negative impacts form climate change.