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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. But other entities such as cities, regions as well as utilities, banks or any sort of company can issue such bonds to finance climate responsible projects.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

These young people have grown up under the shadow of climate change, and they rightly view it as a threat to their future. Since large-scale production of Tesla vehicles only started in 2013, most of these vehicles are still on the road. Unfortunately, global recycling capacity for LIBs is in its infancy.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In just ten years, Jacobson has harnessed passion, determination and science to re-frame the way renewable energy is seen and, ultimately, accepted as a viable solution to climate change and air pollution. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. © Jon Wank.

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Now or Never

Chris Hall

We have primarily concentrated on the oil and gas industry, but the outcomes have been disappointingly limited, particularly with recent target reversals. “It may be necessary to reconsider our approach.” However, for some investors the limited progress of the oil and gas industry on climate forced them to cut ties with the sector.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

For sustainable tech to be possible, funders, including investors, philanthropists, and foundations, must develop a two-pronged approach of intentional investments in those leading justice-centered approaches to technological and economic transitions and informed divestments from extractive and fossil-fuel-dependent systems and enterprises.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

Environmental successes are easily overlooked in a world ravaged by climate change, biodiversity loss, an ongoing global pandemic and attacks against democracy. The dystopian legacy of the former president is becoming increasingly clear to all but the willfully ignorant as is his politicization of climate change and COVID.