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Mount Sinai Celebrated at COP27 for Pledging Ongoing Action to Decarbonize the Health Care Sector

Mount Sinai Health System was celebrated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) on Thursday, November 10, for pledging ongoing action to decarbonize the health care sector and make health care facilities more resilient to the effects of climate change.

11 Nov 2022

Brits Want “Carbon Calories” on Food Labels so they Can Shop the Planet Back to Health

Natural energy drink brand TENZING and climate intelligence platform CarbonCloud join forces for the second annual Knowvember - a month-long campaign bringing climate transparency to the high street.

11 Nov 2022

Opportunities and Challenges in the Race to a Net-Zero Future

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.

10 Nov 2022

New Online Site Provides Free Educational Resources in Carbon and Ecosystem Services

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America have launched a new online site called Decode 6, which provides free educational resources in carbon and ecosystem services for people in the agricultural and environmental sectors.

9 Nov 2022

Valmet to Rebuild Koehler Paper’s Power Boilers in Oberkirch and Kehl, Germany

Valmet will rebuild Koehler Paper’s power boilers at its Oberkirch and Kehl paper mill sites in Germany to increase the production of sustainable energy from renewable sources.

From Valmet 9 Nov 2022

Driving Sustainable Energy Development, CHINT Partners Singapore Polytechnic

Singapore is taking firm actions to do its part to build a sustainable future. To strengthen its commitments under the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, the Singapore Green Plan 2030 was unveiled in February 2021 with key pillars to achieve these aspirations as soon as viable.

9 Nov 2022

Promoting U.S. IT and Clean Technology Exports in the West Balkan Region

From Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia, David De Falco, led an IT and clean technology trade mission of 27 companies to Serbia and Montenegro to promote U.S. IT and clean technology exports and strengthen commercial ties in the West Balkan region

8 Nov 2022

Notre Dame Climate Change Researchers Bring Real-World Solutions to Global Communities

At the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), hosted this month by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), world leaders plan to "demonstrate a new era of implementation by turning their commitments under the Paris Agreement into action" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve global adaptation and mitigation efforts through enhanced funding.

3 Nov 2022

MIT Amps Up Research to Reduce Methane Emissions by 2030

One of the most notable climate change provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is the first U.S. federal tax on a greenhouse gas (GHG). That the fee targets methane (CH4), rather than carbon dioxide (CO2), emissions is indicative of the urgency the scientific community has placed on reducing this short-lived but powerful gas.

3 Nov 2022

Trade, Migration, Job Options Will Impact How States and Countries Fare Over Changing Climate

When people talk about adapting to climate change, they often refer to innovations – a new crop variety that can withstand more extreme heat or building underwater pumps to cool coral reefs. But Gary Lyn, an assistant professor who specializes in international trade and economic geography at Iowa State University, says trade, migration and job options will also affect how individual states and countries fare over the next 100 years.

2 Nov 2022