'High time to invest in more climate adaption': Natural catastrophes cost insurers $50B in first half of 2023
Severe thunderstorms account for up to 70 percent of $50 billion in natural catastrophe losses in the first half of 2023, Swiss Re Institute estimates. Read More
Packaging is changing: 4 reuse innovations we’re following
These reuse and refill packaging innovations are worth watching, from the stuff you put on your face to the stuff you put in your mouth. Read More
Jigar Shah unpacks that record-breaking $9.2 billion DOE loan
The head of the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office details what motivated the agency's single biggest loan to date. Read More
Zero-emission maritime shipping gets a boost
A new alliance of major retailers, including Amazon, is moving forward toward its destination of zero-emission ocean shipping by 2040. Read More
Creating food out of thin air
Creating food from captured carbon dioxide could be a carbon negative process that helps solve two of the planet's biggest problems. Read More
How the IRA accelerates clean energy adoption
Sponsored: EDF’s Victoria Mills interviewed Chris Hess of Eaton to discuss how the IRA is accelerating the development of new technologies, products and solutions necessary for the energy transition. Read More
Shopify, startup Running Tide tout ocean carbon removal breakthrough
Over the past 3 months after working on this project for 6 years, ocean carbon sequestration startup Running Tide sank 1000 tons wooden buoys off the Icelandic coast to prevent the embodied CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. Read More
U.S. job growth surges with the IRA
The United States’ clean energy market was growing before the Inflation Reduction Act became the law of the land. Now, clean energy job creation is booming. Read More
Voluntary action isn’t enough — sustainable finance needs better climate policy
As ESG priorities shift, it’s time for investors and asset managers to rethink their industry association relationships. Read More
Does your climate risk plan cover extreme heat? 4 questions to consider
Climate scenario planning often glosses over the impacts of heat on infrastructure. That needs to change. Read More