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    Business Commentary climate change Insights
    Business
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2020

    Support for Climate Policy is Alive and Well in Corporate America

    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    The outside of the New York Stock Exchange
    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    Business
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Despite Shared Membership, US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable at Odds Over Climate Policy

    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C
    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    Insights
    September 18, 2020

    As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    Country flags leading to the entrance of the United Nations.
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 24, 2020

    How the Chamber of Commerce's Scorecard Elevates Climate Deniers

    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Insights
    January 15, 2020

    8 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in the New Make-or-Break Decade

    • stories to watch
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    climate march
    • stories to watch
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2019

    3 Ways Business Must Use Political Influence to Champion Climate Ambition

    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate leaders lobby for climate action. Flickr/Phil Roeder
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Business
    Insights
    November 27, 2018

    The Key to Faster, Zero-Carbon Growth? Harness the Ambition Loop

    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Spiral staircase
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Business
    Insights
    August 28, 2018

    The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Wildfire in California.
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Business
    Insights
    December 14, 2017

    3 Things Companies Can Do in 2018 to Push Global Climate Action

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Rooftop solar panels
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Business
    Insights
    March 2, 2017

    4 Ways Companies Can Show Climate Leadership

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Canary Wharf
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Insights
    December 21, 2016

    Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Would Bring Billions in Economic Benefits, Shows New Report

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Wind turbines
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    3 Reasons Why Fossil Fuel Companies Should Disclose Their Reserves

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Coal Barge
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Asia
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Young orangutan
    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    May 6, 2016

    Setting Science-Based Emissions Targets: 5 Companies Offer Lessons for Success

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Renewable energy in Enkenbach-Alsenborn
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Insights
    May 4, 2016

    How Dozens of Businesses, Cities and Other Non-State Initiatives Will Help Countries Deliver Their Climate Goals

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in California.
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    Science Will Help Push Companies Towards a Low-Carbon Future

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG Protocol
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG Protocol
    Climate
    Insights
    February 9, 2016

    What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

    • Forests
    • Water
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • water risk
    Roses bought for Valentine's Day.
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • water risk

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