A third of the 2,000 largest publicly traded companies globally have committed to net-zero targets in their corporate strategies, most by 2050; another 10% have pledged to do so.
Despite these ambitious targets, companies cite the lack of reliable, data-driven information on the present and future of affordable low-carbon technologies, business climate transition models, and successful examples of the implementation of different technologies or in different industries, including high-quality nature-based solutions, as the greatest single challenge to transitioning to net zero. The Climate Knowledge Initiative's mission is to fill this gap.
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During a discussion at Columbia Business School, the newly reappointed EU climate commissioner stressed the need for better alignment between Europe and the U.S., the challenges of global competition, and the role of carbon pricing in reducing emissions.
With investments in dozens of companies worldwide, Ron Gonen '04 closes the loop on sustainable economic practices.
Floods, droughts, wildfires, and other deadly phenomena are what make climate change so costly. Now that a future of higher average global temperatures is inevitable, managing the problem well requires that we cut off the tail end of the extreme-weather distribution.
Here's what happened when CBS Climate Economist Gernot Wagner overhauled his leaky, 200-year-old New York City co-op.
To think that technology will save us from climate change is to invite riskier behavior, or moral hazard. Whether a climate solution creates new problems has little to do with the solution, and everything to do with us.
The wildfires should finally put to rest any of the doubts that deep and sustained cuts to our burning of fossil fuels are indeed warranted, says Professor Gernot Wagner.
Supporters gathered to celebrate previously announced honorees S. Mona Sinha '93 and Andrea Turner Moffitt '07, alongside two graduating students who have proved to be active champions of social enterprise.
CBS alum David Rosenberg '02 turns agriculture on its head — and in the process helps solve the global water crisis.
At this year's event, headlined Climate × Data, five common themes emerged from panel discussions and interactive presentations.