Green building is one of the best ways to combat climate change, since globally, “Buildings account for about a third of CO2 emissions, and these will continue to rise under a business-as-usual scenario,” Bruce Kerswill told delegates to the World Green Building Congress 2015 in Hong Kong.
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Within two years China will open a national market-based cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse gas emissions from some of its largest industrial sectors, President Xi Jinping announced late last month during his visit to the United States.
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Six of the largest U.S. banks have called for a strong, legally-binding universal climate agreement (Climate Deal) to emerge from the United Nations Paris climate conference in December.
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The largest public pension fund in the United States, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has joined the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in calling for a new culture of sustainable investing.
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Human impacts are no longer minor in relation to the overall scale of the ocean. A coherent overall approach is needed, according to the first World Ocean Assessment, issued earlier this month.
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The multi-billion dollar Green Climate Fund, committed to mobilize $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with climate change, is now ready to fund its first projects.
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More than 1,200 hospitals and health centers in 13 countries are pledging to take meaningful action on climate change in a worldwide campaign.
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The World Economic Forum has been and gone, leaving the Davos snow more than a little trampled. Now that 2500+ of the world’s most powerful people have flown home in somewhat fewer than 1700 private jets, what do we know about what’s coming in 2015? And, more specifically, what lessons did the Forum hold for impact and social investors?
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An IPCC Working Group II report on impacts and adaptation has plenty to say about he current realities and possible future effects of climate change—and it’s not comfortable reading. But what does it have to say about the possible solutions? And does impact and sustainable investing have any role to play?
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