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The oft-repeated and rarely challenged view that energy solutions to address climate change are expensive and uneconomical has long thwarted public support for even the most sensible measures – despite the evidence that the damage caused by climate change is far more costly.  Those who oppose climate action point to th ...

Within seven days, Donald Trump's re-election on November 5 and Shell's victory in court on November 11 the fate of planet Earth was decided. Trump plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as soon as he takes office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, January 20, 2025, as he did at the start of his ...

Circular economy strategies can be achieved using such financial instruments as green bonds, green loans, sustainability-linked loans and circular leasing.  Sustainability-linked finance calls for innovative business models and financing that integrates circularity in discrete development projects and for general corpo ...

A circular community promotes an equitable transition to sustainability across the urban space through multiple city functions and departments in cross-sectoral collaboration with research institutions, local businesses, and community residents.  In a circular economy, existing materials that were once used in a produc ...

Private finance is essential for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  To mobilize the finance and harness capital flows for sustainable development and investing, the investment community must make sense of the SDGs.  For this, a global benchmarking tool, SDG rating harmonization, a globally adopted taxon ...