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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the allocation of $425 million in funding for small and medium businesses to support clean energy manufacturing and industrial decarbonization projects in former coal communities.

Creating an effective regulatory framework will be critical to deliver Net Zero. But does that mean more – or less – regulation?

Climate Policy Priorities for the Next European Commission.

„Neben generativer KI ist die Ökologisierung der Weltwirtschaft das wichtigste langfristige Investmentthema unserer Zeit“, betont Chris Iggo von AXA IM. Es würden immer neue Technologien entwickelt, die bei der Dekarbonisierung helfen und das Artensterben bremsen, sagt er, wovon sowohl Aktienanleger als auch Käufer grüner Anleihen profitieren können.

The debate around the most appropriate climate-policy instruments to reduce emissions is buoyant. Studies have discerned public opinion about various climate policy instruments but there is little systematic evidence on what scientists across disciplines see as most adequate and viable. Ivan Savin and co-authors conducted a global expert survey, demonstrating consensus on and controversy on […]

We might just have time to stop the worst effects of climate change and adapt to its effects by making net zero blueprints a reality by 2050. AI has the potential to mitigate 5 to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Technology companies must expand their climate ambitions and help level the playing field for […]

Global consumer brands company Unilever announced today the release of its new Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP), outlining the company’s strategy to become a lower-emissions business and achieve its climate goals, and introducing new value chain emissions targets, amounting to a 39% absolute reduction in total targeted Scope 3 emissions by 2030. The new Unilever […]

A coalition of ten Republican states announced the launch of a lawsuit in the U.S. federal appeals court, aimed at blocking the implementation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new climate-related disclosure rules. The new suit could mark the first major hurdle for the new rules, only hours after their adoption by the […]

Zurich-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal provider Climeworks announced today a new long-term agreement with Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines aimed at addressing the airline’s unavoidable CO2 emissions. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today the approval of its long-awaited climate-related disclosure rules for U.S. public companies, requiring companies for the first time to provide information in annual reports and registration statements on climate risks facing their businesses, plans to address those risks, the financial impact of severe weather events, and, […]