Climate change risk factors can now be calculated as investment risks with a tool launched by Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI, a data and software company, the two firms announced. The tool assesses the physical risks posed to companies by climate change so that investors and advisors can take these factors into consideration when making investments, the […]
Read MoreWhen people think about the Amazon, a picture of a tropical forest, teeming with life, with a network of majestic rivers might come to mind. But a historic drought in the region is putting the lives of hundreds of thousands, especially Indigenous People and traditional communities, at serious risk. Life in the Amazon region is […]
Read MoreLONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spent the week listening to the opposition Labour Party pull apart his green policies. Now another damning verdict has arrived — this time from his own climate advisers. Sunak’s recent package of climate policy reforms “increase longer-term risks” that the U.K. will miss its goal of net […]
Read MoreThe populations and leaders of several South American countries are determining the fate of their natural resources, as the question of a green transition and deforestation loom over them. In both Ecuador and Brazil, state powers are deciding whether to approve new oil and gas licenses or put the health of the rainforest first. While […]
Read MoreThe vast majority (96 percent) of companies publish voluntary climate goals, data or metrics in their sustainability or CSR report, though this data is also spread across eight other corporate sources, according to research from the Society for Corporate Governance and Persefoni. The company website is the next-most popular place to publish such information (59 percent), while […]
Read MoreThis summer’s extreme weather onslaught is shedding a light on a nationwide problem: Local governments aren’t ready for emergencies. When natural disasters fueled by a changing climate grab the headlines, the Federal Emergency Management Agency gets most of the scrutiny on the government response. But the feds generally swoop in to aid recovery after the […]
Read MoreThe economic feasibility of the climate change targets specified in the Paris Agreement depends on the prioritization of non-market elements like human health and biodiversity conservation, according to a recent study led by Dr. Taikan Oki, ex-Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University, Japan, and published in IOP Publishing’s academic journal Environmental Research Letters. A team of […]
Read MoreData from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows that about 192 square miles of forest were cleared last month, compared to 574 square miles last July. The data appears to show a significant shift after Brazil’s hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro lost re-election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known colloquially as Lula, in October 2022. Under Bolsonaro, deforestation increased, spiking […]
Read MoreIn the last two years, the private aviation industry has unprecedentedly spiked. Although a small percentage can afford the luxurious and hassle-free mode of traveling, more jets have taken to the skies, leading to concerns over the amount of pollutants being emitted into the atmosphere. Additionally, most US airports that handle private jets are funded by the […]
Read MoreCosta Rica, a country known for its remarkable natural beauty, is taking significant steps to protect its oceans and environment. President Rodrigo Chaves Robles, along with Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnoldo André Tinoco and Minister of Environment and Energy Franz Tattenbach Capra, recently introduced a comprehensive blue agenda aimed at preserving the marine ecosystem. At the […]
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