Who decides what ESG is and how to make investments greener – new research
More than 30 US states have proposed or implemented legislation in recent years to stop the government and its pension funds from investing in environmental…
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UN Provides Blueprint for 80% Cut to Global Plastic Pollution by 2040
The Biden administration has called for protecting mature US forests to slow climate change, but it’s still allowing them to be logged
No justice without credibility
Conditionality mechanisms and the green transition: the case of EU funding for Poland
Hopeful signs of climate culture shift at COP27
Copper lock
Commodity bonds as a development tool
What the tiny remaining 1.5C carbon budget means for climate policy
The latest estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP) show that total worldwide CO2 emissions in 2022 have reached near-record levels. The GCP’s estimates put the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C…
Five steps to get industries on track for net zero
An industrial-scale problem… Today, industrial sectors account for nearly 40% of global energy consumption and more than 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The five…
Net zero: Copenhagen’s failure to meet its 2025 target casts doubt on other major climate plans
The city of Copenhagen, often celebrated as one of the world’s greenest for its cycling culture and other initiatives, recently defaulted on its pledge to…
The risks and rewards of the minerals required for the energy transition
In order to limit global temperature rises, the world will have to undergo an urgent energy transition that will leave the fossil fuel era behind….