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Snow, Climate Change and the Olympic Winter Games

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: With the impacts of climate change accelerating, snow conditions in many parts of the world vary significantly from year to year. Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 all relied partially on manufactured snow. How will climate change affect the choice of future Winter Olympic hosts?

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The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

Bush administration that took little interest in regulation or climate change. DuPont may have hired her in the hopes of boosting its troubled environmental image, but in her 12 years with the corporation, Fisher surprised many by bringing in changes that led to notable reductions in pollution.

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Burberry’s Net Zero Emissions Goals Approved by SBTi

ESG Today

SBTi is one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting climate change. SBTi also tightened its criteria for approved climate targets , announcing that it will only accept targets aligned with its 1.5°C by 2030, from a 2019 baseline.

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State, Federal Policymakers Meet With Major Employers To Explore Pennsylvania’s Clean Energy Opportunity at Eaton Experience Center

3BL Media

Attendees emphasized how Pennsylvania can best leverage the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 to benefit the Commonwealth’s economy, bolster its role as an energy provider and manufacturing powerhouse, and reduce costs and pollution.

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Many companies have also chosen to act.

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UK-wide Plan Needed to Boost Climate Investments – Phoenix

Chris Hall

Asset owner’s Head of Climate Change and Nature calls for range of interventions to “unlock finance”. Recent divergence was unfortunate, he said.

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Africa’s Forests

Chris Hall

The fund focuses on four key areas of impact: climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, gender and diversity, and community and livelihoods. African countries can create jobs by developing industries on the ground in local communities, such as wood processing, pulp and paper manufacturing, furniture making, and woodworking.