… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human … We then analyzed what we found and have summarized our findings below. While our insights cover a range of topics relevant to corporate emissions, two common themes emerged. …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of policy," upon the Connecticut Green Bank for its role in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member … GC3 on Earth Day 2015 to examine the effectiveness of existing policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and identify new strategies. Connecticut’s government had already …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy … after emergenciessuch as natural disasters. The primary goal of this report is to offer insights to developers and investors interested in constructing resilient infrastructure that …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed … Sealed entered the loan agreement to find a solution to these challenges. To guide other green-bank-like entities that are familiar with the deployment of debt financing to help …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of itsgreenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take decades for these buildings to be … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … from ecomagination products to $20 billion by 2010; To reduce the volume and intensity of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from GE's operations and improve energy efficiency its … Jonathan Lash, who announced hissupport of the initiative at an ecomagination launch event in Washington D.C. Other environmental groups - particularly those that had fought GE …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … given the component failure. These four maintenance strategies include: i) time-based preventative maintenance using visual inspection; ii) scheduled condition-based maintenance … Studies: Air Pollution Control, Environmental Risk Assessment, and Introduction to Green Energy. Future Activities As a result of this project, the investigators are preparing …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its … to the Paris Agreement’s global carbon budget? And does the commitment account for the greenhouse gases the organization has put into the atmosphere in the past? A shared … to the Paris Agreement’s global carbon budget? And does the commitment account for the greenhouse gases the organization has put into the atmosphere in the past? A shared …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … the fuel, up to 5.6% by volume. PEMEX had to adhere to two basic constraints in setting the price: by law, PEMEX could not subsidize the purchase price of ethanol, and there could be no increase in the price of gasoline at the pump. No …