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2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

3BL Media

Voice Through Divestment The other Honorable Mention paper examines how divestment of stock holdings and pledges to disinvest affect target companies and industries, given past skepticism about this link. The research underscores the significant financial impact of environmental advocacy and public sentiment,” says judge Lilian Ng. “It

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

Denmarks AkademikerPension , a member-owned scheme serving 174,500 teachers and other academic professionals, said it had decided to terminate our relationship with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), after the US-based index fund giant was given a low ESG rating by staff.

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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

That’s why the William Davidson Institute is sponsoring the Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition , which aims to increase the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic. The winners of the competition will receive cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

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Responsible Stewardship: Quality, not Quantity

Chris Hall

Rickard Nilsson, Director of Strategy and Growth at Esgaia, highlights recent academic insights into the effectiveness of ESG engagement. If divesting from harmful industries, communicate this publicly. Sustainable finance is undergoing an extreme change of pace. Collaboration as an enabler.

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

Renewable Energy World

Understanding early on that he would have to apply his scientific knowledge to real-world scenarios, Jacobson added an economics major to his academic pursuits. Congress between 2015 and 2019. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org (Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). and PhD in Atmospheric Science.

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Scaling Climate Solutions “Intertwined” with Coherent Policy Incentives

Chris Hall

In 2021, rebounding fossil fuel prices had already lifted fossil fuel consumption subsidies to US$532 billion, roughly 20% above 2019’s pre-pandemic levels. Research by the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) found that the UK’s policy response to the energy crisis has not matched the response of the US and the EU in scale or ambition.