Real risks related to climate change, resource degradation and scarcity, and widening inequality are rapidly materializing Innovative companies addressing systemic risks are leading long-term economic growth Investing in those companies is our best opportunity to preserve and grow clients’ capital Our best chance at achieving outsized results for our clients is to follow science and... Continue Reading →
Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2022 See for yourself which banks are saying one thing and doing another. How much they are funding the fossil fuel. Amazing site! Continued at BankingonClimateChaos.org
Banking on Climate Chaos
It seemed like an easy ask. Jamie Alexander wanted Google to sign onto an ad in The New York Times earlier this year, calling on the federal government to “ACT NOW” on the climate crisis. After all, Google was an original partner of Alexander’s group, Drawdown Labs. It’s part of a larger movement to harness... Continue Reading →
‘A Pretty Damning Critique:’ Google, Netflix and LinkedIn Wouldn’t Sign Onto Climate Action Ad
Achieving Climate Ambition at COP26 and Beyond
The Stimson Center and the British Embassy Washington are pleased to invite you to a discussion with two distinguished Ambassadors on the urgent need to mobilize more climate finance to build resiliency, fund innovative nature-based projects, and sustain meaningful climate ambition beyond the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November. As a COP26 host, UK... Continue Reading →
Decarbonization – Achieve net zero
Leading net zero transformation Decarbonization has long been a priority for Atos, and we believe that through bold climate action a net zero future is possible. Wherever you are on your net zero journey, we can help build an effective strategy and deliver on ambitious targets through our climate expertise and efficient digital solutions. What... Continue Reading →
Billions of dollars are spent every year on climate resilience projects across the globe. As the impacts of climate change continue to grow, decision makers in governments, financial institutions, and the insurance industry need targeted risk information to ensure that limited resources are being used to safeguard people, their livelihoods, and to build a more... Continue Reading →
CORVI: Understanding and Measuring Climate Risk
The recent Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that the world has little chance to achieve agreed climate change mitigation targets in our lifetimes given the continued degradation of the environment. The climate action timelines of many nations are not ambitious enough and current global governance approaches remain weak, lack... Continue Reading →
From UNGA to COP26 & Beyond: The Future of Climate Governance
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
Gas-fired stoves are emerging as a burning issue as American cities consider phasing out natural-gas hookups to homes and businesses to reduce carbon emissions. Many restaurant and home chefs prefer cooking on gas-burning ranges, and persuading some to switch to electric stovetops is proving to be a hard sell—a sentiment the natural-gas industry has seized... Continue Reading →
Cities Try to Phase Out Gas Stoves—but Cooks Are Pushing Back
The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. According... Continue Reading →
Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by James Hoggan In the world of environmental communication, we are learning as we go. For years, we thought facts and outrage changed minds in ways we now know they don’t. We need to explore reliable new ways to speak, listen, and connect in the face of environmental... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 