Sustainability and ESG News
New CDP Report with Oliver Wyman says G7 Countries won’t meet 1.5ºC Goal
Recently, The CDP published a new report after partnering with Oliver Wyman, that outlines that the G7 countries that have agreed to the Paris Agreement will not reach the Paris Agreements 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels goal. Instead, these countries are poised to only mitigate global temperature increase to 2.7 degrees, missing the goal by over 1 degree, which could have catastrophic impacts.
California Rules that by 2035 the State will ban the Sale of new Gasoline Powered Cars.
The California Air Resources Board on August 25th approved the Advanced Clean Cars II rule. This rule outlines a year-by-year roadmap as to how the state will make it so that 100% of new cars and light trucks sold in California will be zero emission vehicles by 2035.
How Climate Change, Supply Chain Strain, and COVID-19 may Impact our Food
A new insight from McKinsey warns that a food shortage could be coming sooner than later. Many people have heard the rumors or worries regarding possible food shortages and have even felt the impacts of rising prices. As it turns out, due to the War in Ukraine, supply chain issues that are leftover from COVID-19, and climate events such as heat waves and droughts, this could leave the world about 60 million tonnes of grain behind by the end of 2023.