environment

Finance & Economics

Sovereign Debt Servicing Costs Low-Income Countries Over $2.6B Extra Due to Currency Fluctuations and Climate Impact

A fresh report shows that the international financial system is being unfair to low-income countries, which suffer from currency fluctuations and the heightened impact of climate change.

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Can AI Agents Be the Next Frontier for Sustainability Efforts? 

Everyone talks about AI agents and challenges in reaching sustainability targets today. What if these two topics were combined? Perhaps, it is agentic AI that could drive global sustainability efforts past the point where they stop simply mending the harm already done and start to improve the state of the global environment? Let’s see if […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

GreenFi Launches to Combine Personal Finance With Climate Care

After the 2024 asset buyout, the former Aspiration’s consumer fintech division re-launches as a climate-friendly banking startup, GreenFi.

Society & Lifestyle

Governments Agree on Green Shipping Guidelines

The international maritime regulator has established new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping practices and agreed on the penalties for those missing the set objectives.

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IEA Confirms Energy Use Surge to Meet AI Needs

Global electricity generation required to supply data centres will grow from 460 TWh in 2024 to over 1 000 TWh in 2030 and 1,300 TWh in 2035, by rough IEA estimations.

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ESG Book LEO Transforms Sustainability Reporting for Corporates and Finance

ESG Book has introduced the LEO cloud solution, designed specifically for financial institutions and corporates to meet sustainability due diligence and disclosure requirements.

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Amazon Offers Science-Based Carbon Credits for Qualified Companies

E-commerce giant Amazon continues its efforts to reduce and eliminate emissions across its global ecosystem, adding carbon credits to the Sustainability Exchange resource hub.

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Fragile States Urge for Climate Financing

Countries affected by both climate change-induced hazards and military conflicts that cause humanitarian crises have joined their efforts to urge global leaders to accelerate targeted climate financing.

Fintech & Ecommerce

CaixaBank Empowers Businesses With New Carbon Footprint Measurement Tool

A new carbon footprint verification service from CaixaBank enables customers to verify their Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions across different sectors.

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How U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Agreement Affects Green Tech

With the new Administration, one of the largest and most economically developed countries in the world – the United States of America or simply the U.S. – has changed its stance on many global issues. Ecology is, unfortunately, one of them. Let’s take a closer look at the impact of the U.S. withdrawal from the […]

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Mastercard Priceless Planet Coalition Sets Foot in Yunnan, China

The global collaborative environmental initiative by Mastercard has established a brand new site in China to help restore local biodiversity and natural resources.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Best Crowdfunding Platforms for Sustainable Projects

Although sustainability is at the top of the agenda for many global countries, initiatives promoting sustainable practices and technologies are not always favoured by institutional investors. Whether they lack clear statistical justification of the innovation utility or lack impact scale, reasons for the lack of funding might be different but the outcome is the same […]

Science & Technology

Amphitrite Optimizes Maritime Shipping and Ocean Cleanup With AI and NVIDIA Earth-2

Amphitrite, a French startup powered by NVIDIA technology, helps ships reduce travel time, fuel use, and emissions by predicting ocean currents and simulating different weather conditions.

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Enel Group and Algorand Partner on Innovative Blockchain Solar Panel Tokenization

From now on, individuals can acquire digital tokens to own a share of Enel Group’s solar farms, benefiting from solar energy production without installing panels on their own property.

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How AI Transforms Climate Risk Management

The recent tragedy of the LA fires once again highlighted the importance of effective climate risk management on many levels. Two heads might be better than one in designing such global and critical solutions, and perhaps human capabilities in CRM might be significantly enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). 

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Barclays Estimates AI Could Triple US Data-Centre Usage by 2030

Barclays’ recent report projects that data-centre usage will likely triple due to the rapid AI growth by 2030. The firm’s estimates are notably higher than the current sustainable consensus, raising questions about the potential implications of AI development for global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.