As the European Investment Bank’s Climate Survey reveals that climate change is already impacting the lives of a majority of Africans, the bank’s vice president looks at ways in which the continent can play a key role in developing green energy.

Where bright minds gather, conversations start and relationships cemented.

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In the face of escalating climate change threats, a new solution against global warming has emerged - the courtroom.

In the complex landscape of sustainability, measuring impact is no easy feat. With myriad metrics spanning social, environmental, and economic topics, accounting for the total value of a company’s effect on the world might seem impossible says Giles Gibbons in today’s Friday 5

Chris Stark is the CEO of the UK climate change committee. The focus is in part on what the investor should do but covers overall thinking on the state of climate policy and Net Zero.

Equatic.tech and EcoEngineers released a new white paper that outlines a revolutionary process of using seawater electrolysis to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2), while producing clean hydrogen.

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Miners and explorers are scaling back or modifying operations in the Northwest Territories as severe wildfires prompted the government to declare a territory-wide state of emergency on Tuesday.

There are three core steps to determining if an investment can be considered as an SI, which were reiterated in the Q&A document published by the ESAs:

Jamie Broderick shares: Private company data platform Beauhurst puts the spotlight on the UK's most active impact investing funds (using their definition). Some interesting nuggets.

An Indonesian crowdsourcing app is tapping into the competitive spirit of its users by creating Pokemon Go-type games to help map land across the sprawling archipelago and protect forests and Indigenous people.

The future is the pension industry’s business. And yet, to a new generation, the idea of retirement seems stuck in the past. So Gen Z are simply cancelling retirement.

By adopting sustainable practices in our daily lives, demanding change from policymakers, and actively participating in environmental initiatives, we become agents of transformation.

“There is an insidious force building – particularly recently – which we think needs to be challenged, and challenged strongly.“ says Giles Gibbons

Many of the core challenges in Emerging Markets like low liquidity, still remain. You have to be willing to look company by company.

Models with more parameters and training data generally consume more energy and generate more carbon.

Despite June weakness, the LBMA Gold Price AM in USD and the Shanghai Gold Benchmark PM (SHAUPM) in RMB ended the first half of 2023 higher by 5% and 9% respectively – the depreciation of RMB against the dollar over the period contributed to the significant difference. Post by Ray Jia

The Amazon rainforest encompasses eight very different countries. Addressing these differences and particularities is essential to prevent deforestation and curb global warming

Understanding that transition is more than simply labelling investments as good v bad. Investors and policymakers should take a realistic view of short to medium term energy needs when developing investment strategies to meet common goals.

This "green economy" approach is expected to create jobs and reduce waste.

To raise standards across the financial sector, ShareAction is urging investors to adopt an ambitious new definition of responsible investment.