Hours after being sworn in, Joe Biden resubmits U.S. to Paris Agreement and lays the groundwork for a major climate-change mitigation push. U.S. President Joe Biden hit the ground running Wednesday, with plans to sign a raft of executive orders to start the process of reversing Trump administration environmental and energy regulations and set the […]
The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021
2020 upended life as we know it. The coronavirus killed almost 2 million people and counting, while roughly 100 million people fell into extreme poverty. The world entered its worst recession since the second world war. Deep-rooted racial and economic injustices were exposed, while the impacts of the pandemic itself fell disproportionately on communities of color. And these crises […]
Gold and climate change: The energy transition
Gold and Climate Change: The Energy Transition’ looks at gold mining’s energy transition and climate impacts over the next decade. This should provide investors and industry stakeholders with greater clarity around gold’s greenhouse gas emissions profile, the opportunities for the gold sector to decarbonise, and its potential pathway to net-zero, in line with Paris Agreement targets. […]
Saul Griffith on Mobilizing America to Fight Climate Change and Win the Future
On this week’s Political Climate, we explore how to launch a “war-time mobilization effort” to tackle climate change and reboot the U.S. economy. It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab, and co-founder of Rewiring America, an organization […]
Vedanta pledges to Carbon Neutrality & drives ESG best practices across the group
Kolkata: Vedanta, the world’s leading natural resources company, has signed a declaration on climate change by pledging to move towards carbon-neutrality at the Second India CEO Forum on Climate Change. The mission is to take the country to net-zero emission goal through specific emission measures, including the promotion of renewable energy, enhanced energy efficiency, water-efficient […]
7 Things to Know About Renewable Natural Gas
The production and use of renewable natural gas made from organic waste is growing rapidly in the United States. In the last five years, the number of production facilities has grown approximately threefold, with about 115 facilities now making the fuel — which is interchangeable with fossil natural gas — out of landfill waste, animal manure, wastewater, […]
Ayana Renewable Power hits $721 million in funding as CDC, NIIF and GGEF agree to inject further capital
The fresh capital will boost India’s clean energy generation to help combat climate change. This will help to ensure clean energy reaches states across India. It reiterates the UK and India’s partnership for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), […]
This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World’s Top 10 Emitters
A lot has happened since countries met in Paris in 2015 and agreed on an accord to combat climate change. So far, more than 189 countries ratified or otherwise joined the Paris Climate Agreement, representing more than 81% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 93% once the United States rejoins. Additionally, 19 countries — including United States, Japan, Canada, Germany and […]
5 Years In, How Should the World Advance the Paris Agreement?
December 12, 2020 marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. A Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK, France and the UN celebrated the event. Heads of government from around 70 countries made commitments, together with CEOs, mayors and civil society leaders. Many of us are reflecting on a critical question: Five years on, is the […]
Five years on, some signs that Paris climate accord is working
Scientists and diplomats say the outlook for mid-to-late century is not as gloomy as it was when the historic 2015 Paris climate accord was signed. New York: The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term. With numerous countries pledging to […]