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Buffet’s Best Bet on Climate Change

There was an important lesson to be learned in Warren Buffet’s last Berkshire shareholder meeting. The lesson was; ‘A good investor...
Mike Hassaballa
Jan 19, 2022 2 min read 165

Artificial Intelligence in The Future of Finance and The Planet

Like any innovation, artificial intelligence drives excitement and contradictory opinions at the same time. It can open tremendous opportunities for the...
Dana Kachan
Aug 4, 2021 4 min read 111

What is a Low carbon transformation? Agriculture (Part VI)

Climate change is one of the most important issues facing humanity. The world needs to employ technology to drive responsible progress...
Mike Hassaballa
Aug 3, 2021 5 min read

What is low carbon transformation? Industry (Part VI)

Climate change has been making headlines recently, with the US administration pledging large amounts of spending towards reaching climate targets after...
Mike Hassaballa
Jul 20, 2021 3 min read

What makes a portfolio “ESG”?

Environment – Social – Governance (ESG) Investing has recently had significant interest by institutional and retail investors alike. The idea of...
Richard Bonugli
Jul 6, 2021 2 min read 170

What is Low Carbon Transformation? Transportation (Part V)

Climate change is becoming a real threat to humanity and it is time for all of us to take action in...
Mike Hassaballa
Jun 24, 2021 3 min read

What is a Low Carbon Transformation? Buildings Technology (Part IV)

The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final global energy use in 2018. This staggering share of the world’s...
Mike Hassaballa
Jun 17, 2021 5 min read

Act Local

How climate risk intelligence can enable sustainable action at the local level As discussed in our last post, climate risk intelligence is what...
Gopal Erinjippurath
Dec 3, 2020 3 min read 104

It matters when it’s in your backyard

Climate risk intelligence to inform location-specific physical risk now and in the future. For decades, scientists have warned about the increase...
Gopal Erinjippurath
Nov 20, 2020 4 min read

Is Our House On Fire?

Exploring Future Scenarios with the Changing Climate The growing number of high-intensity acute physical hazards like wildfires and floods have been...
Gopal Erinjippurath
Oct 21, 2020 7 min read 130

Why is international cooperation so hard?

Remember climate change? On June 20, the high temperature in Verkhoyansk, a town in northeast Russia about 260 miles south of...
Srihita Mediboina
Jul 21, 2020 2 min read

Can emissions trading save us?

What is emissions trading? Source Emissions trading, also known as cap and trade, has two components. First a cap is set...
Srihita Mediboina
Jun 30, 2020 3 min read 133

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