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The US Department of Energy announced up to $890 million for three carbon capture projects at coal and gas power plants in California, North Dakota and Texas, potentially preventing 7.75 million metri…
18 Dec 2023
Schroders Greencoat won UK Government production contracts for three green hydrogen projects through the inaugural hydrogen allocation round (HAR1), executed via its GHECO joint venture with Carlton P…
16 Dec 2023
EU Parliament and Council negotiators agreed a corporate sustainability due diligence directive requiring companies to identify and remedy human rights and environmental harms across their supply chai…
14 Dec 2023
The UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is funding Climate Policy Initiative's Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance to develop one dedicated financial instrument for high integrity t…
14 Dec 2023
The ClimateShot Investor Coalition and the CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance have formed a strategic alliance to quantify climate and nature-related risks and impacts for agribusinesses across Africa.…
14 Dec 2023
Jay Gordon, Energy Finance Analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, focuses on Australia's electricity sector and the role of energy system modelling in supporting the bro…
14 Dec 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released eight guiding principles requiring businesses to make accurate, evidence-backed environmental claims under Australian Consumer Law. As anti-…
13 Dec 2023
EU lawmakers reached informal agreement on revising the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, requiring all new buildings to be zero-emission by 2030 and phasing out fossil fuel boilers by 2040. …
9 Dec 2023
Estonian nanotechnology firm UP Catalyst secured 1.5 million euros to produce high-purity carbon materials from CO2 for batteries, reducing reliance on graphite imports of up to 500,000 tonnes annuall…
6 Dec 2023
India has initiated the first tranche of auctions for critical and strategic minerals covering 20 blocks of lithium, rare earth elements, nickel, copper, chromium and other materials, as the country m…
6 Dec 2023
Six international organisations — VCMI, ICVCM, We Mean Business Coalition, CDP, Science Based Targets initiative, and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol — have jointly published an animation and infographic …
5 Dec 2023
Rupam Raja serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Fluence India, leading market development for the Fluence joint venture with a focus on front-of-meter and behind-the-meter energy storage applications…
1 Dec 2023
Indonesia has released its Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan under the US$20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership, identifying hundreds of billions of dollars in prospective investments b…
30 Nov 2023
South Korea is accelerating the construction of LNG import terminals and storage facilities in response to post-Ukraine energy security concerns, even as national climate targets project a 17% fall in…
29 Nov 2023
A new IEEFA report finds South Korea is investing ₩11.3 trillion in LNG import and storage infrastructure at high risk of overinvestment, as eleven new terminal projects proceed despite the country al…
29 Nov 2023
S&P Global Ratings found that up to 4.4% of world GDP could be lost annually by 2050 without adaptation if warming exceeds 2°C, with South Asia facing the highest exposure at around 12% of GDP. The fi…
28 Nov 2023
Bloomberg launched a tool using the UNEP Finance Initiative Sector Impact Map to assess company impact on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals across 50,000 public companies. As SDG-aligned investing …
28 Nov 2023
Amazon announced it achieved 100% recyclable delivery packaging in Europe, avoiding over one billion single-use plastic delivery bags since 2019. As packaging waste regulation tightens, Indian e-comme…
27 Nov 2023
Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan, launched in November 2023, covers only on-grid power plants, leaving approximately 20 gigawatts of planned off-…
23 Nov 2023
South Korea's state-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation recorded its highest-ever operating loss of US$24 billion in financial year 2022 and faces a bond maturity wall of US$39 billion between 2024…
21 Nov 2023
The Global Biofuels Alliance, formally launched at India's G20 Summit in Delhi on 9 September 2023, aims to establish robust global biofuel markets by facilitating trade, sharing policy lessons and st…
19 Nov 2023
Scania and SSAB signed a letter of intent to eliminate carbon emissions from all steel deliveries to Scania's heavy-duty vehicles by 2030, with fossil-free steel deliveries beginning in 2026. As green…
18 Nov 2023
Meghalaya has joined the Under2 Coalition, the world's largest network of states and regions committed to net zero by 2050, becoming the seventh Indian state signatory. The move strengthens India's su…
17 Nov 2023
India's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting framework currently lacks dedicated requirements for climate transition plans, leaving a significant gap in corporate sustainability disclo…
17 Nov 2023
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