The latest UN report is clear: Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels. A new United Nations–led report from hundreds of climate scientists around the world makes it clear: The human-driven climate crisis is now well under way. Earth is likely hotter now than it has been at any... Continue Reading →
Keeping New York Honest on Climate Progress
The state has adopted ambitious climate goals. But so far, there’s no real way to measure its progress. Governor Andrew Cuomo has called climate change an “existential threat,” but it remains in many ways a vague one. New York got a crash course in epidemiology last year, with coronavirus data starring daily in the governor’s... Continue Reading →
The new decade has begun by throwing up huge challenges in the global business environment. The pandemic and extreme climatic changes are just two of the several triggers. For India, which aims at becoming a USD 5 trillion economy, the past year dealing with Covid has brought to the fore the challenges of steering economic... Continue Reading →
Global Townhall – Business Leadership Symposium
Subject: Can you come? Dear Friends, I'm attending an Empire State Indivisible virtual event called "A New Era for New York!" I hope you can join me. New York State is about to enter a new era: new governor, new attitude, new hope. Join Empire State Indivisible virtually on Tuesday, August 24th starting at 5pm... Continue Reading →
Join Us To Reflect & Celebrate! A New Era In New York!
Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are telling their shareholders according to data in a new Greenpeace report. The report finds that prior to the pandemic, Canadian big 5 banks steadily increased their fossil fuel loans and investments since... Continue Reading →
Canadian Banks Are Fueling Climate Destruction
For the last three years, my team and I have generated over 100M organic views on topics like Ocean Plastics, Fast Fashion, and Electronic Waste for some of these wonderful organizations: Along the way, we have provided our consulting services to many others, to translate their business values into unforgettable narratives using the intersection of... Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m Von Wong, and I make your impact unforgettable.
As oil majors exit the North Sea, the region’s new players bring a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations. Companies with histories of environmental abuses and alleged labour violations, backed by private equity and with ties to foreign governments, stand to profit from North Sea oil... Continue Reading →
‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas
Across the U.S., abandoned wells are belching the powerful greenhouse gas. This nonprofit aims to plug them to fight global warming. TOOLE COUNTY, Mont. — The stench bellows from the 1,500-foot hole in the ground, the remains of a well long ago abandoned by a bankrupt oil company. Despite the well’s rotten-egg smell, the real... Continue Reading →
Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
At the corner of a busy intersection in East Oakland sits a three-story apartment building that looks like many others in Northern California. As with many buildings in the notoriously housing-starved Bay Area, its tenants aren’t always happy. A complaint filed last year claimed that a third-floor apartment had leaking windows and mold. One from... Continue Reading →
Fannie Mae promised investors green buildings. What does it have to show for $95 billion in loans?
Unfettered free trade helped get us into the climate crisis. Perhaps there’s some poetic justice if restricting it can help with the solution. . The disastrous flooding in Europe last week is another reminder that the climate crisis is no respecter of borders: carbon (and wildfire smoke) floats above them and roaring rivers crash through... Continue Reading →
Can a Border Tax Help Slow a Borderless Crisis?
Our mission: To nurture a welcoming, connected, and leaderful climate community, rooted in the work and wisdom of women, to grow a life-giving future. The problem: the climate crisis is a leadership crisis. The science is clear: to have any hope of a livable future, we must rapidly, radically reshape society this decade.¹ We know... Continue Reading →
