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The Palisades Fire is the first big test for California's new home insurance scheme

Corporate Knights

Over the past five years, California has become a poster child for what climate-fueled weather disasters can do to a states home insurance market. RELATED What 2024s costly climate disasters mean for home insurance rates in 2025 Where old-growth forests are clear-cut, theres fire Is the insurance industry walking away from fossil fuels?

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Voting rights advocate Jerome Foster is raising youth climate awareness

GreenBiz

In 2017, Foster created his second entrepreneurial venture in digital media, The Climate Reporter, a collection of international youth writing about climate change, global warming and environmental justice,

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COP27 litmus test: Will wealthy countries finally pay for climate change loss and damage?

Corporate Knights

It first entered the climate justice lexicon back in 1992, during negotiations leading to the original United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), when the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) submitted a proposal for a financial mechanism to address loss and damage from sea level rise.

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Dr. Ellen Williams Joins Climate Vault's Technology Experts Chamber To Help Evaluate Innovative CDR Projects

3BL Media

Williams, a globally recognized leader at the nexus of energy technology and policy, brings over 40 years of expertise to support Climate Vault’s mission of verifiably reducing and removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Throughout my career, I’ve worked to advance pioneering solutions that can make a real impact on climate change.

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Companies that mitigate climate change reduce their cost of capital

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A recent study explored the relationship between corporate climate change mitigation actions and the cost of capital for 2,100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The findings reveal that companies that maintain lower carbon intensity and disclose more climate-related information can reduce their capital costs.

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How to talk about racial justice in sustainability

GreenBiz

A June medical study links air pollution and extreme heat from climate change to pregnancy risk that disproportionately affects Black women. This reality is why poll after poll shows that BIPOC communities care more about climate change and strongly support action. . Second, ask who is affected and what could go wrong?

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How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool

GreenBiz

However, as the effects of climate change have caused higher temperatures, the battery HVAC systems are not powerful enough for long amounts of time. But as the effects of climate change cause higher temperatures, the battery HVAC systems are not powerful enough for long amounts of time. Pull Quote. Collective Insight.