Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Ministers should urgently 'make a clear statement of ambition' on climate and flood resilience, UK climate, infrastructure and insurance experts warn. The current approach has been shaped by our responses to flood events in the past," it states.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

As the science connecting climate change to more frequent and severe weather events becomes clearer, there is mounting evidence that members of the fossil fuel industry coordinated to downplay that link — evidence that could be valuable to lawsuits seeking accountability.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

Extreme weather events are a defining feature of the new, changing climate. The unpredictable nature and the widespread impact of such events pose a myriad of risks to contractual counterparties. As such, climate-change-related events may adversely impact contracting parties' ability to fulfill their contractual obligations.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

With that in mind, he urged the world to "move towards a greener, cleaner, and more resilient future" and to invest in rebuilding economies "so we bounce back stronger than before". I would urge everyone involved in today's event to join the Race to Zero and commit your region, city or company to reaching net zero by 2050 at the latest.".

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

Extreme weather events. Second, risks related to doing business in a changing physical environment, including increasingly severe extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and sea-level rise. Global models should not, however, be relied on to capture low-probability, high-impact events.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

Can you think of a better way to spend Earth Day than planting trees to build heat resilience in your community for years to come? Planting trees to create equitable green space access and heat resilience is an engaging way to build climate solutions right at home while also getting active and strengthening community ties. We can’t!

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for 15 projects across 11 states meant to improve the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the domestic power grid through the research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Generations-old conversations about injustice have been borne out by death rates amongst BAME communities; and the urgent need to build resilience to shocks like climate change has been illustrated by the impacts of this health crisis on economies and societies.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ted Boutrous of law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher , an attorney for Chevron and chief architect of Big Oil’s legal arguments in these cases , said in a statement that “addressing climate change requires a coordinated international policy response, not meritless local litigation over lawful and essential energy production.”

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

In 2022 alone, extreme weather events caused $178 billion to the United States. ” Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are direct threats to companies’ facilities, employees, and use of renewable energy grids. Extreme weather events pose a great risk to a company’s physical assets and areas in which they operate.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 2, 2021

Virtual Event. A panel exploring how mindfulness practices can bolster climate tech innovation, equity, and personal resiliency. This event is complimentary for all WCS members. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

The many faces of energy resilience Michelle Moore Mon, 08/17/2020 – 00:30 This series explores how clean energy can deliver on finance and corporate social and governance goals alongside climate and environmental benefits. “Resilience” is a powerful word in 2020. That’s the vision. But how is that vision valued?

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The event had a lineup of incredible speakers from different facets of the climatetech landscape to talk about both the challenges and the opportunities in Houston’s climatetech startup ecosystem, with an eye on what Houston’s selection as a hydrogen hub means for workforce development and the future of the regional energy transition.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

New report comes as Greenpeace reveals continued lobbying by soya suppliers against EU's landmark rainforest protection law. The Amazon rainforest is becoming less resilient and approaching a potential tipping point which could turn its vital ecosystem into arid savannah, a new report has warned.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

The strategy aims to boost supply chain resilience of critical goods. The strategy forms part of a wider government initiative to back businesses and grow the UK economy by helping companies build resilient supply chains and maintain supplies of critical goods and raw materials. Davies , Michael D.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed last congress were the largest investment to the U.S. Climate disasters are catastrophically costly events. is in the process of making unprecedented change that has the potential to impact the strength and resilience of our national and global economy.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 20, 2024

And as extreme weather events become more rampant, it’s increasingly important that farmers have the resources they need to integrate climate smart agriculture practices to ensure our communities have a reliable food supply. Congress is currently re-authorizing the Farm Bill – a once-every-five-year law that sets the path for the U.S.’s

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Previously, Martin was the chief resilience officer for the City of Boston, where she worked to improve the city’s climate resilience and justice. Here’s a look at their conversation: Azzam: Could you tell us about your experience as the first Chief Resilience Officer in Boston? Then, we’re not resilient.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

On June 11, the California Public Utilities Commission plans to vote on a proposed decision that would greenlight PG&E’s plan to secure up to 450 megawatts of mobile generators to back up communities during public-safety power outage events this summer and fall. PG&E did not respond to a request for comment on its plans.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Greentech Media dug into what action, if any, PG&E has taken to build local grid resilience that softens the blow of its power shutoff strategy. But it recently built two "resilience zones" that provide temporary backup power in fire-prone Napa County towns, and it plans to scale this concept to 40 other communities.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

"Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

It was the planet’s largest civic event at the time and compelled governments to take concrete actions, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies. In addition to these practical outcomes, the event demonstrated just how much can be achieved when people come together and demand action.

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Varuna

MAY 11, 2020

So, while we are in the middle of COVID19 what can we learn to aid our plans to ensure we are better prepared, resilient, for the next shock or pandemic? Resilience Planning. Without a resilience plan, you’re bound to struggle during a pandemic like Coronavirus. Resilience Planning for Water Systems.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

As unprecedented as these times are, and as uncertain as the near future may be, some past events offer small but important parallels that could yield tools and ideas for how to proceed. 11, I was in Malaysia watching events unfold from half a world away. But we never experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Cities all over California, as well as in Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, and New York, are heeding the call and passing or considering laws that limit gas-powered heating and cooking appliances in new buildings. Making the electric grid more resilient to extreme weather is urgent, regardless of decisions about gas. In the U.S.,

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A report released from the London Flood Review concluded the capital’s Victorian sewage system can’t handle the extreme weather events. Water companies are required by law to report overspill events, but difficulties arise in recording accurate readings due to old infrastructure and inadequate sensors. of the time.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

For transmission operators battling extreme weather events and walking what can feel like a commercial tight rope in terms of the balance sheet, those day-to-day priorities have been relentless. And there’s no let-up in sight with climate change making more frequent extreme weather events more likely.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Closing, which is subject to the applicable employee consultation process in accordance with Dutch law, is expected by the end of 2023. It was a privilege to attend this event and celebrate the winners’ achievements. A subsidiary of E.ON Essent has 2.3 million electricity customers and approximately 2 million gas customers.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As part of Louisiana’s newly announced energy resilience initiative, Hubs for Resilient Energy Operations (HERO), The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will create Community Resilience Hubs and undertake a project meant to enhance electric grid resiliency. This award is the largest in University history.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

First, the decision creates a $100 million equity resilience program to promote battery storage as a means of providing backup power for vulnerable customers in high fire threat areas. What's new. Our most recent action regarding the program adopts several significant changes. California faces unprecedented risks from wildfires.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Kujawa said Tuesday that NextEra has contributed a bit more than $1 billion to that total but would be insulated from significant impacts in the event of its complete cancellation because of the company’s big balance sheet. Costs for that project have continued to tick upwards, now reaching $5.4 billion for all partners.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

🦴 BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the "backbone," providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. — three climate policy packages since 2021.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

One reader, Katrina Amaral, shared a response that struck at this balance: As part of the resources for dealing with extreme heat, I would love to see examples of heat-adaptation and climate-change mitigation ordinances or laws that have passed at municipal / state / federal levels.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

The government and Ofwat have announced plans to approve 31 schemes proposed by water companies designed to tackle water pollution and increase the country's resilience to drought, amid growing pressure on both the government and the water sector over the country's record on water quality and sewages discharges.

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Vote Solar

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The location of the event, at 1871, Chicago’s hub for tech start-ups, underscored NextGrid’s vision to open the grid as a platform for new technologies and third-party services. Second, NextGrid should engage experts to set performance targets for grid resiliency. able to withstand these events and easier to restore?—?is

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan Tom Baruch Tue, 06/23/2020 – 01:30 The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan Tom Baruch Tue, 06/23/2020 – 01:30 The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan.

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