This Simple Rule Change Unleashes Energy Storage Rager Upon UK For Green COVID-19 Recovery
Liquid air batteries and other high capacity, long duration energy storage systems could soon sprout across the UK like mushrooms after a rain.
Liquid air batteries and other high capacity, long duration energy storage systems could soon sprout across the UK like mushrooms after a rain.
Banks have provided trillions of dollars in financing for fossil fuel projects in recent years. Those investments endanger us all.
Most energy companies today report on their climate, environmental, and social impacts. In the EU, they are even legally obliged to do so. But how transparent are these reports? How can they be compared? And how will they be used by investors and policymakers? Clare Taylor spoke to a number of experts and learned that energy companies are increasingly under pressure to improve their non-financial reporting – and that there is more legislation to come. Meanwhile, one NGO is working on a global benchmark. “The accountants are taking over.”
What risks does climate change pose to the stability of financial institutions? What role can and should supervisors play in mitigating these risks? These increasingly pressing questions were topics of discussion in Amsterdam on Friday, where 200 central bankers and financial supervisors from over 30 countries gathered during the first ever International Climate Risk Conference.
For the past few decades, the simple message “no time to lose” has fallen on deaf ears, leaving many of … [continued]
New figures suggest that UK local council pension funds lost up to £683 million because of failed investments in coal. According … [continued]
The first-ever Global Divestment Day will bring the surging fossil fuel divestment movement to an international stage with action on five continents.