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The hunt for the world's most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

I’ve attended the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference on sustainable communities for more than a decade, first as a city councillor, then as mayor, and now as an advisor on climate investing and community resilience. He was mayor of Edmonton from 2013 to 2021. This year we have organized the ranking by region.

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Travel & Tourism’s Impact on Global Warming

3BL Media

But there is a downside cost: it was estimated that the travel and tourism industry’s contribution to global GHG emissions was about 8% of the total from 2009 to 2013, based on study results published in Nature Climate Change in July 2018. These respondents are “tired of constantly hearing about climate change.”

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Four ways we can prepare tomorrow's workers for green jobs

Corporate Knights

There is also a growing demand for urban sustainability officers who can help transition cities to be net-zero carbon and more resilient. In 2013, when the Rockefeller Foundation launched 100 Resilient Cities , a network to help cities become more sustainable, few cities had a resilience or sustainability officer.

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

GreenBiz

Solutions to the world's biggest problems, including climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, are studied in research laboratories across the globe. But as sterile as those labs may appear, they have a dirty secret: immense carbon footprints. How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D. Elsa Wenzel. Tue, 01/19/2021 - 00:30.

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AllianceBernstein: Carbon Handprints: A New Approach to Climate-Focused Equity Investing

3BL Media

By combining an assessment of carbon handprints with research of business fundamentals, we believe investors can create a portfolio of companies with superior long-term return potential that are providing solutions to the world’s biggest climate challenges. What type of companies are held in climate-focused portfolios?

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach . Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative .

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Investing in Our Planet Through Science and Innovation

3BL Media

The question now is: “How do we maintain the gains of societal progress while protecting our planet from some of our most pressing challenges like climate change?”. And to help us decarbonize and grow, we plan to build the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Alberta, Canada.