DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks to overhaul their financing approaches to global problems such as climate change, referring to it as “an existential threat to our planet.” On the same day as the report’s release, U.S.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made the case on Twitter this week: Climate science is relatively new to financial institutions & regulators. Delaying action until there is a carbon price, clearer risk projections or a systemwide standard is something governments are warning could quickly become unaffordable.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently voiced concerns in Beijing. Without China’s contributions, the global installation figures for last year barely show any progression from 2020, marking a period of apparent stagnation outside the Asian giant’s borders.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Federal Stability Oversight Council just issued a new report showing climate change as a growing threat to the U.S. The economic threats run beyond horrific weather. financial markets and with it a threat to the economy overall.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The approach is fast gaining traction, with the EU actively exploring the idea, French President Emmanuel Macron having repeatedly voiced his support for carbon border tariffs, and new US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen having previously advocated for carbon pricing mechanisms.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen pressed companies for "credible" net zero commitments at the Bloomberg Transition Finance Action Forum on Tuesday. Kim spoke on a panel of founders at the Climate Capital Summit, hosted by Equal Ventures, on Wednesday.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

Whatever Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her department decide will shape the future of the nation’s clean hydrogen industry for years to come — and by extension, the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act. There’s a lot of great uses there that don’t have a lot of great alternative solutions,” he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Janet Yellen, former head of the Federal Reserve and Biden's pick to head up the US Treasury Department, is a friend of the climate, and she explains it in her native tongue - economics. As head of the Treasury, Yellen could add a climate lens to the administration's tax, regulatory and budget policies.

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

Jigar Shah at LPO, Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary, etc… Link Other News BloombergNEF (BNEF) dives into 2020 data on climate tech investing. While most administrations hire lots of extremely qualified individuals (my own career notwithstanding), this Administration has been able to attract a dream team of folks.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Malpass insisted that he had overseen record levels of investment from the bank in climate-related projects, but ahead of his resignation Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had called publicly for the bank to pursue reforms that would help catalyse increased flows of climate finance into developing economies.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Jeff Sica of Circle Squared Alternative Investments argues Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is ‘scared to death’ of bitcoin because it’s seen as a menace to the Federal Reserve. The electric-automobile maker’s $1.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Last week US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went public with calls for the bank to move "quickly" to ramp up investment in climate projects, urging it to "expand its vision to include addressing global challenges".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Meanwhile, reports suggest Janet Yellen - former Fed Chair and a long-standing advocate of a carbon tax - is set to be nominated as Treasury Secretary. Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken and proposed UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield have both repeatedly argued for a multilateral approach to tackling the climate crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The appointment of Didem Nisanci, part of the TCFD secretariat and previously employed as Bloomberg's global head of public policy, as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's chief of staff provides further evidence of how the new administration is likely to take a very different approach to climate risk.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2022

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the GOP group highlighted concerns that climate policies - especially mandated disclosure for public companies - could limit access to capital for US energy firms, ostensibly leaving the US more vulnerable to foreign suppliers.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

That same week, a lead candidate for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Bloomberg New Energy Finance that “we need public policy oriented to make a difference on climate change,” indicating that acknowledging climate risk is viewed as a prerequisite for those seeking key financial regulator positions in the Biden administration.

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