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Turner Center for Housing Innovation Launches Housing + Climate Research Initiative

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We have pursued this mission by focusing our research on issues such as land use and zoning reforms that unlock new supply, racial gaps in access to homeownership, improving the way we finance and provide affordable housing, and addressing homelessness. A Futures Perspective of Health, Climate Change and Poverty in the United States.”

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Scotiabank's Net-Zero Research Fund Now Accepting Applications in Celebration of World Environment Day

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DESCRIPTION: TORONTO, June 13, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In celebration of World Environment Day, Scotiabank is announcing that from now until July 14th, Scotiabank's Net-Zero Research Fund is accepting funding applications from think tanks and academic institutions that are supporting key sectors in their efforts to decarbonize the economy.

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Canada isn’t taking the escalating environmental impact of AI seriously

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“In a moment when we need to be electrifying our transportation and heating and cooling in all sorts of industries, we’re adding on more and more use from AI and big data centres,” says Erik Kojola, a senior climate research specialist at Greenpeace USA. There’s a whole host of social and political questions about AI.

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Bloomberg 2023 Impact Report: Supporting Climate Action

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Originally published in Bloomberg's 2023 Impact Report Structural and systemic shifts accompanying climate change, such as resource scarcity, new technologies and regulations, pose business risks and offer opportunities to issuers and investors globally. Reporting on the business and science of climate change Bloomberg L.P.’s

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Corporate Emissions Targets Across All G7 Countries Fall Short of Global Climate Goals: Report

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C ambition needed to avoid the most significant effects of global warming, according to a new study released today by climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP, and management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. C decarbonization pathway. and only 4% in Canada. C since 2021.

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Carbon Removal Experts Push Back on $11 Trillion Investor Group’s Move to Ban Carbon Removals from Net Zero Goals

ESG Today

One of the most significant changes under the new rules is the elimination of the ability of alliance members to use carbon removals to achieve their targets. According to the landmark IPCC climate change mitigation study released last year, scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C

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AllianceBernstein: Investing Lessons From Climate School, Class of 2023

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ESG in Action Climate change is already materially affecting financial and economic outcomes, and that impact is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. That’s why AllianceBernstein, in partnership with Columbia University’s Climate School, developed the Climate Change and Investment Academy.