Sustainability and ESG News
COP28: Historic Agreement Over Fossil Fuels
A historic agreement where over 200 nations agreed upon the transition away from fossil fuels, tripling the amount of renewable energy, halting deforestation, and curbing the release of methane by 2030.
The State of Climate Action 2023: Insights, Gaps, and Promising Initiatives
The World Resources Institute recently published, “The State of Climate Action 2023”. This report provided insight into a roadmap that the world can follow to reach the agreed-upon 1.5℃ degree target in each high-impact area of the market.
IRENA: Investments of $35 trillion needed by 2030 for Energy Transition.
This week IRENA’s Director-General Fancesco La Camera shared the World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023 Preview and warned that our world needs a dramatic shift in the energy transition to avoid surpassing our 1.5 C climate target. What this translates to is a total of $35 trillion is needed by 2030 to expedite this energy transition.
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.
The Environmental coin toss: There’s a 50:50 Chance we will pass the 1.5C Warming Threshold
The Environmental coin toss: There’s a 50:50 Chance we will pass the 1.5C Warming Threshold
IPCC Climate Change Mitigation Report: What you need to know.
IPCC Climate Change Mitigation Report: What you need to know.
Early in April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the second part of their sixth evaluation report. This report primarily focuses on mitigation of further climate change, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.