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- Climate & Nature
Carbon Capture Will Not Save Metallurgical Coal from Steel Sector Displacement
A landmark report from Agora Industry finds that carbon capture, usage, and storage for coal-consuming blast furnaces will not play a meaningful role in global steel decarbonisation and that a full ph…
- Climate & Nature
US EPA launches $7 billion Solar for All low-income program
The US EPA launched a $7 billion Solar for All grant competition awarding up to 60 grants to expand low-income residential solar access. The program illustrates a large-scale model for financing equit…
- Sustainable Finance
Bezos Earth Fund commits $50 million in Amazon conservation grants
The Bezos Earth Fund announced $50 million in grants for conservation and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon, unveiled in Brasília alongside Brazilian government leaders and the Global En…
- Climate & Nature
World Bank approves $1.5 billion for India low-carbon energy transition
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved $1.5 billion to accelerate India's low-carbon energy development, scaling renewables, advancing green hydrogen and stimulating climate finance. T…
- Sustainable Finance
India notifies Carbon Credit Trading Scheme 2023 for national market
On 28 June 2023 India's Ministry of Power notified the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme 2023, establishing a national carbon-credit market under the Energy Conservation Act 2001. The scheme creates compli…
- Regulations
India releases draft Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023
India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released a draft notification, the Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023, creating a domestic voluntary market issuing Green Credi…
- Climate & Nature
Australia Lacks Coherent Plan to Meet Its Own Climate Targets
Australia has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 and a 43% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, but has no comprehensive national strategy to achieve either goal, accor…
- Climate & Nature
IEEFA Calls Out Australian Government's Contradictory Energy Transition Strategy
Australia's energy transition objectives are riddled with internal inconsistencies and lack a coordinated implementation plan, according to a new report by IEEFA Australia chief executive Amandine Den…
- Climate & Nature
IEEFA Urges Australia to Adopt Integrated National Energy Pathways for Net Zero
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has submitted to Australia's Climate Change Authority that the country cannot achieve its emissions reduction targets through sector-by-sector…
- Climate & Nature
India's Peak Electricity Demand Shifts to Afternoon as Heatwaves Intensify
New analysis of Grid India data shows that the daily minimum temperature explains 88% of Delhi's electricity consumption variation — significantly more than the daily maximum temperature at 60% — a fi…
- Standards & Frameworks
Australia proposes mandatory ISSB-aligned climate disclosures phased from 2024
Australia's Treasury released a consultation paper proposing mandatory climate-related financial disclosures for companies and financial institutions, phased in from 2024-2025 for large entities and a…
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB issues inaugural IFRS S1 and S2 sustainability disclosure standards
The International Sustainability Standards Board issued its inaugural standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, establishing a global baseline for sustainability and climate-related financial disclosures that f…
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB Releases IFRS S1 and S2 Standards Requiring Scope 3 Disclosure
The International Sustainability Standards Board released its inaugural sustainability standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, in June 2023, requiring companies to disclose Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenh…
- Standards & Frameworks
GHG Protocol Delays Land Sector Guidance to Mid-2024 Amid Technical Review
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has pushed back the publication of its final Land Sector and Removals Guidance to mid-2024 to allow 11 technical sub-groups to resolve complex accounting questions. Compani…
- Climate & Nature
UK and France launch global roadmap to scale biodiversity credits
The UK and France jointly launched the UK-French Global Biodiversity Credits Roadmap at the Summit for a New Financial Pact in Paris on 22-23 June 2023, to expand the market for biodiversity credits. …
- Climate & Nature
CPKC and CSX partner to develop hydrogen conversion kits for locomotives
Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX announced a joint venture to build and deploy hydrogen conversion kits retrofitting diesel locomotives with fuel cells and battery technology. The collaboration de…
- Climate & Nature
IEA-IFC report urges tripling clean energy investment in developing economies
A joint IEA-IFC report found annual clean energy investment in emerging and developing economies must more than triple, from $770 billion in 2022 to up to $2.8 trillion by the early 2030s, to meet ene…
- Climate & Nature
Tesla rejoins S&P 500 ESG Index after adding environmental disclosures
Tesla returned to the S&P 500 ESG Index effective 1 May after disclosing its physical climate risk evaluation and ESG supply-chain considerations, a year after removal over discrimination and autopilo…
- Climate & Nature
UNESCO report links climate displacement to education access barriers
UNESCO released a regional report analysing how climate change and displacement compromise the right to education in Central America and the Caribbean, drawing on case studies from five countries. The…
- Sustainable Finance
UK startup tem. raises £2.5 million for renewable energy trading platform
UK energy startup tem raised £2.5 million in a seed round led by AlbionVC to scale an AI-driven platform matching renewable energy supply with demand for direct, traceable transactions. The peer-to-pe…
- Regulations
ESG Book finds 155% rise in global ESG regulations since 2011
ESG Book analysis found 1,255 ESG regulations were introduced worldwide since 2011, a 155% increase over the 493 published between 2001 and 2010. The accelerating regulatory volume underscores the com…
- Climate & Nature
Canada invests $350 million in sustainable aviation technology network
The Canadian government committed $350 million to the Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT) to support the aerospace sector's green transformation toward net-zero by 2050. The state-b…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM and VCMI Announce Joint Framework for High-Integrity Carbon Market
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) have announced a joint commitment to operationalising a high-integrity volunt…
- Climate & Nature
Pakistan's 600MW Solar Tender Attracts Zero Bids Despite Generous Incentives
Pakistan's flagship 600-megawatt solar power project at Muzaffargarh attracted no bids despite multiple deadline extensions and a package that included land provision, a 25-year guaranteed offtake, ta…