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? Blackrock’s $550M DAC bet #174

Climate Tech VC

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.    Heirloom, on the other hand, plans to sequester all its carbon in materials and geologic formations. 

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Could COVID-19 bring us back to our humanity?

Unsustainable

The overwhelming solitude we are all going through has possibly opened up an opportunity to reconnect with who we really are and what has defined the human species for the majority of our history. In today’s society, the world of work and material resources take ultimate precedence.

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'We will be the biggest green energy company in the world': Bankrolled by UAE, Masdar embarks on its 100GW journey

Business Green

"Our original target was to double our capacity, and that target has now grown 10-fold," Al Muharrami told journalists at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on Tuesday. For context, 100GW is more than the UK's entire current electricity capacity, which stands at around 75GW from both clean and fossil fuel sources.

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Net Zero Finance: Financial innovation and how to bridge the green investment chasm

Business Green

By commercialising new products and services specifically designed to mobilise investment into net zero infrastructure, banks can harness the drive to slash emissions to benefit their own businesses - steering them into a future that is both prosperous and sustainable. "We Such challenges, however, are only one side of the picture.

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How transforming the mica supply chain transforms lives

GreenBiz

Setting foot in Jharkhand was an eye-opener for Sasha Calder, director of sustainability at the cosmetics company Beautycounter. As Sourcemap’s Bonnani put it: "I go to some rough raw-material sourcing locations and this was by far the worst I've ever seen in terms of clear evidence of malnutrition and child labor.".

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested. Matt Reynolds.

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How transforming the mica supply chain transforms lives

AGreenLiving

” Setting foot in Jharkhand was an eye-opener for Sasha Calder, director of sustainability at the cosmetics company Beautycounter. We were asking questions about their daily lives and you could just tell that there was both excitement but also nervousness and uncomfortableness in the room. What do you like to do?