GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2022

Enter the new TIFD framework, inspired by the TCFD.

348

348

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change. How does it do that?

Climate change 92

Climate change Politics Policy Carbon 92

Impact Alpha

JUNE 9, 2021

There’s as yet no equivalent to “net zero” for the reduction of income inequality, but the systemic risks posed by the income gap. The post Nine ways investors can confront income inequality appeared first on Impact Alpha.

80

80

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.

Climate change 391

Climate change 391

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.

Climate change 364

Climate change 364

GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2023

The recent UN water conference convened almost 10,000 people focused on addressing critical scarcity, quality and inequity issues, but whether they can turn intentional into action remains an open question.

404

404

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

MARCH 23, 2023

A new study found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, and deepen pollution inequalities along racial and ethnic lines.

Pollution 62

Pollution 62

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 3, 2020

As reported in an BBC article by Luke Kemp, as wealth inequality worsens the 1% have increased their share of global income from approximately 16% in 1980 to over 20% today. Climate change is expected to cause a 20 percent drop in GDP in the coming decades and this will exacerbate wealth inequality.

Climate change 98

Climate change Biodiversity Health Government 98

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2022

Designing the energy transition right can tackle not only climate change but mitigate biodiversity loss and address global inequalities.

Biodiversity 420

Biodiversity Climate change Energy Energy 420

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Inequality undermines the credibility of the international sustainability community.

Sustainability 522

Sustainability 522

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Climate change and inequality operate in a vicious cycle. Thanks to years of institutionalized racism and systemic inequality, communities of color and low-income populations – those least responsible for climate change – bear the greatest burden.

Climate change 234

Climate change 234

GreenBiz

MARCH 21, 2022

For profound change, we must recognize rooted inequities, while contextualizing risks and rewards of solutions for communities.

396

396

Solar Power World

APRIL 30, 2020

The average household pays more than $250 per month for critical utilities, and over a four month period of non-payment average household… The post Vote Solar calls for clean energy investment to combat inequities exposed by COVID-19 appeared first on Solar Power World.

Investment 109

Investment Solar Power Energy Energy 109

GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2022

Trying to preserve half the Earth’s surface is criticized for not accounting for global inequality. But it's essential for nature for helping the disadvantaged.

375

375

The City Fix

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Owusu lives with his wife and four children in the Tantra Hills neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, where he shares his residence with five other tenants and their families. The house has a toilet and electricity, but the costs for both. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Electricity 119

Electricity Climate change Government Sustainability 119

Impact Alpha

JUNE 10, 2021

The post The Brief: Global access to vaccines, electric batteries, student-run impact funds, Adobe Capital acquisition, confronting income inequality, alt-capital appeared first on Impact Alpha. Featured: Vaccine Equity Linchpin of Gates Foundation’s health strategies, ‘global access agreements’ fail their COVID-19 test.

Batteries 98

Batteries Electricity Health 98

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Cornwall Insight warns energy crisis will increase inequality in the UK, with sectors most exposed to soaring energy bills found areas the government has pledged to 'level up'.

Energy 69

Energy Energy Government Investment 69

GatesNotes

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In the latest episode of our podcast, Rashida and I discuss what it’ll take to build a more equal society.

127

127

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) lamented continuing racial inequities in the U.S., clean energy organizations joined nationwide expressions of grief and anger this week following the recent killings of black Americans including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2022

The post The Brief: Hedging meat risk, cleaning municipal water, banking off-grid solar in Kenya, tackling income inequality appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Features: Alt-Protein Corporations move into plant-based proteins to hedge against the climate risks of meat. You’ve heard about stranded.

Investment 59

Investment 59

GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2020

COVID-19 is starkly illustrating how critical it is to reduce our impact on the planet and the urgent need to try harder to address societal inequalities.

Earth Day 365

Earth Day 365

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The scale and scope of the climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality challenges facing corporate leaders is extensive. "[We] But that takes courage," said Polman, who in 2019 created Imagine, a foundation aimed at eradicating poverty and inequality and stemming runaway climate change. We don’t want to repeat that.

Climate change 545

Climate change Fashion Government Investment 545

The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Local-level, high-quality data can provide powerful insights for urban planning and lead to better policies on mobility, climate adaptation, gender equity and more. But only if the inputs are good and there’s enough capacity to analyze it effectively. New technologies.

Policy 127

Policy Technology 127

The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2020

They marched for human rights, for health care and education, but they came for the metro system, burning and damaging more than 86 stations across the city. Massive protests in Santiago last October forced the government to agree to rewrite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 125

Transportation Education Health Government 125

Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2019

Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition will launch at the G7 summit this weekend, warning inequalities around the world are economically-damaging.

63

63

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Currently, 16% of city residents live in the “most deprived” areas of The post Bristol’s place-based fund secures £10 million to tackle hunger, inequality and climate appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, October 10 – The city of Bristol, U.K.

Sustainability 70

Sustainability 70

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The vast majority of women are both less aware of and feel more underqualified for 'green' job opportunities compared to men, underscoring the need for both the government and businesess to work far more proactively to prevent existing gender inequalities from taking root across the UK's rapidly expanding green economy.

Government 68

Government Health Sustainability Policy 68

Grist

MARCH 6, 2021

The longstanding racial and ethnic inequities exemplified in South Seattle were central to the most significant example to date of the movement to decarbonize Cascadia running headlong into aspirations for people of color to be part of the so-called “just transition” to a carbon-free future. All of that has consequences. on Mar 6, 2021.

Climate change 104

Climate change Organic Pollution Health 104

Impact Alpha

APRIL 2, 2024

Overhauling systems designed for inequality and exclusion starts a few dollars at a time. On this month’s Liist of actively raising impact funds, The post The Liist, April 2024: Fund managers deepen and broaden impact strategies for underserved communities appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

105

105

GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

14), Reduced Inequalities (No. Proportions of seven in 10 or higher see progress in these areas as being poor — particularly on Reduced Inequalities. Far fewer (6 percent) say they focus their work on Reduced Inequalities, despite the relative parallel urgency of this secondary issue. Life Below Water (Goal No.

Sustainability 414

Sustainability Africa Organic Education 414

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As Science, Innovation and Gender Day gets underway at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, UK announces raft of initiatives designed to tackle gender inequality around the world. The event will also feature 'Little Amal', a 3.5 metre puppet that has travelled 8,000 miles to highlight the plight of refugees.

Climate change 39

Climate change Education Resilience Asia 39

The City Fix

JUNE 11, 2021

Half a century ago, a lethal haze of smoke and fog, otherwise known as the Great Smog of 1952, covered London and killed as many as 12,000 people. More recently, in 2013, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died at the hands of air pollution. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Pollution 98

Pollution Climate change Health Sustainability 98

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This year’s COVID-19 crisis and racial justice movement have highlighted the systemic inequities in the U.S. No longer can businesses ignore entrenched social inequality — greater inequality leads to greater environmental degradation. and revealed how crises disproportionately affect certain populations.

Climate change 508

Climate change Sea level rise Fossil fuels Education 508

The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2020

They marched for human rights, for health care and education, but they came for the metro system, burning and damaging more than 86 stations across the city. Massive protests in Santiago last October forced the government to agree to rewrite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 98

Transportation Education Health Government 98

The City Fix

DECEMBER 16, 2020

City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from ability to work from home to access to green space. The pandemic’s. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Resilience 110

Resilience Climate change Pollution Waste 110

GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

If we don't do this, then the question of access will always end up in inequality, because when you lack access, you create inequality. If we don't do this, then the question of access will always end up in inequality, because when you lack access, you create inequality," Owens said. Finance & Investing. Social Justice.

Policy 333

Policy Investment Sustainability 333

The City Fix

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruptive new normal for everyone through shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. Social distancing is a critically important response. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Resilience 98

Resilience Health Government 98