Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Hiring the world's first-ever chief heat officer is an important step forward to innovate and adapt to protect people and save lives.". Her work in that role encompassed a variety of issues that intersected with climate change issues such as extreme weather and sea-level rise.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Businesses in response are making strategic, longer-term changes to become more resilient to increased climate impacts like drought, wildfire, extreme weather and sea level rise. Second, innovate to build resilience. The economy’s dependence on a stable climate is more clear now than it’s ever been.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

As a result, this southern flood city has become the spotlighted posterchild of flood prediction and prevention innovations. In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The finance director felt the results could strengthen the business case for investment in low-carbon innovation at operational sites around the world. As shown in Figure 3, targets could help the company understand the reduction in emissions needed to move to a low-carbon economy and enhance innovation.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 3, 2020

s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise alone could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. Co-benefits typically represent more than 50 per cent of direct benefits from investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy. According to the U.K.’s The costs are already being felt.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The finance director felt the results could strengthen the business case for investment in low-carbon innovation at operational sites around the world. As shown in Figure 3, targets could help the company understand the reduction in emissions needed to move to a low-carbon economy and enhance innovation.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

companies and 80% of major global companies will face moderate physical risk due to wildfires, water shortages, and sea level rises by 2050. Thanks to their work, companies of all sizes may be able invest in ocean sequestration. Nearly 95% of major U.S. In a survey of 2,511 registered U.S.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Fortunately, there are alternative ways to assess climate impacts, but these can require careful region- and investment-specific evaluations. Featured resources. Fiedler, T., Pitman, A.J.,

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. By 2030, solar and wind capacity should quadruple and renewable energy investments should triple to maintain a net zero trajectory by mid-century.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 23, 2019

They also single out a study which suggests sea levels could rise more than two meters by the end of this century. s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. Investing one dollar in prevention can save up to five dollars of recovery."

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Well-known examples including sea level rise resulting from the disintegration of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets, or the release into the atmosphere of climate-warming methane deposits from thawing Siberian permafrost. One pension fund was mandated by the courts to consider climate risks in its investment strategy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise. Supporting and investing in nature is critical. People living in cities face worsening heat stress, reduced air quality, food, and water shortages. Company supply chains and transport networks are adversely affected in numerous ways.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. To drive the adoption of heat pumps as a key component of sustainable buildings, the authors focus on examining sustainable practices in heat pump operations and innovative system design.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 29, 2020

Companies are buying many gigawatts of renewable energy , slashing their own energy use, and innovating to create products that help customers reduce their emissions. Significant investments in clean infrastructure such as a high-capacity electric grid (the lack of which is actually slowing China’s amazing growth in renewables).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Rees-Mogg was previously referred to the parliamentary standards watchdog for failing to declare in debates that his investment firm, Somerset Capital Management, held shares worth around £3 million in mining firms, £2.4 That is why we need these companies to be ploughing that investment into the North Sea.”.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Last week, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group , an organization of mayors from around the global, launched a Detailed Agenda for Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19 to ensure that this crisis propels sustainable innovations instead of a return to old ways. . But he did care a lot about the return on investment.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. But he did care a lot about the return on investment. On focusing money towards overlooked communities: The Transformative Climate Communities Program was created by the state through the climate investments, cap and trade dollars.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

trillion investment Carbon neutrality by 2030 Sanders makes it clear that he wants to lead the world to address the climate crisis. In addition to the size of the federal investment, Sander's proposal is unique in terms of time-frames. Warren has proposed a $2 trillion investment in green manufacturing, research and development.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

Women are part of the extraordinary growth of solar energy and they are riding a wave of innovative financing. The climate-induced environmental threats they face include sea-level rise and shifts in the ranges of important species of food bearing plants. Solar enterprises are spawning progressive business models.

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