Zenobē has announced it has begun construction on pioneering battery storage projects totalling £750 million in Scotland at Blackhillock, Kilmarnock South and Eccles.
The EY 2022 Sustainable Value Study finds that companies acting on climate change are surpassing expectations financially but are not progressing at the speed or scale required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
At Day 1 of the Sustainable Innovation Forum, Dr. Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC, called on governments to step up action in the fight against climate change.
At the Hydrogen Transition Summit we heard from governments, the energy industry, corporates, investors and policymakers on how to navigate the challenges of scaling up green hydrogen in the transition to net zero. EU-Africa collaboration, the importance of private and public sector collaborations and how to address supply chains to bolster hydrogen infrastructure were all high on the agenda.
The World Economic Forum and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate announced today at the Climate Action Innovation Zone at COP27 the expansion of a coalition of global companies to commit $12 billion in 2030 purchase commitments for green technologies to decarbonize the cement and concrete industry and other hard-to-abate sectors.
Day 1 of the Climate Action Innovation Zone began with a New York Times Climate Forward Conversation, where NYT climate correspondent Max Bearak interviewed Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the UK. Johnson dived straight in with a description of his morning swim off the coral reefs: “90% of our coral reefs around the world face extinction… as a result of anthropogenic climate change.”
Partners Ecosphere+ and AIDER will this November support the attendance at COP27 of an indigenous-led group of climate leaders from the Peruvian Amazon. Made up of indigenous spokespeople, a forestry engineer and NGO staff, this diverse delegation will bring vital perspectives to COP27 to unearth much-needed dialogue around implementing effective and equitable solutions to climate change that are rooted in nature.
Six leaders in circular economy innovation came together for a high-level roundtable to discuss collaboration as a strategy for scaling up circularity in the global economy – and to share examples of ecosystem partnerships.
Walmart Inc., Ørsted and Schneider Electric announce that they have successfully convened the first cohort of suppliers to participate in Walmart’s renewable energy accelerator: Gigaton PPA.
GFANZ unveils new pan-sector framework for financial institution transition planning supports actionable strategies and unprecedented accountability on net-zero commitments.
Recent study, ‘Navigating Energy Transitions: Mapping the Road to 1.5°C’, finds investments in new oil and gas fields can fully finance the wind and solar energy ramp-up.
Over 500 influential brands including John Lewis and Stella McCartney, are stepping up and eliminating endangered forests from their fashion fabrics, says recent report.
(Panama City-ANPanama) Today, Green Coin, is presented as the simplest and most transparent decentralized financial and investment instrument on the market. It is an environmental crypto asset that is focused so in the responsible citizens that want to measure, mitigate or reduce their carbon footprint and bringing value to things that have no value right now.
Britain’s cities need urgent transformation in the next decade and beyond if the country is to meet its 2050 net zero targets and create cleaner, safer spaces for citizens, according to a major study from E.ON and the UK Green Building Council.
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The Voluntary Biodiversity Credits launched by ClimateTrade and Terrasos last May are gaining traction as a tool to direct financing towards nature conservation.
Recent CDP data presents frightful statistics of the state of our climate. 80% of cities are facing extreme conditions such as exorbitant heat to damaging floods in 2022. However, on a positive note, their press release stated that 63% of cities are participating in citizen-focused climate action which has resulted in better health, increased job opportunity, biodiversity and social inclusion.