Climate Change

After being named as one of the best inventions of 2020 by Time magazine, Climate TRACE - the world's first comprehensive accounting of global GHGs based on direct, independent observation - has recently been released. It tracks human-caused GHG emissions in real-time using satellite imagery and other forms of remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and collective data science expertise.

Renewable Energy-powered Desalination

Establishing a sustainable food supply in the middle of the desert is extremely challenging. High temperatures throughout the year making it inhospitable for farming and lack of fresh water for irrigation are just two among many other challenges.

How to create a smart and sustainable food supply in the desert, taking the case of Red Sea Project as an example?

All crises teach us lessons, but the pandemic has gone further: it has reminded us about the power of nature. A recent Ipsos poll conducted globally for the IMF found that 43% of people surveyed reported being more worried about climate change now than they were before the pandemic, with only 7% saying they are less worried. The heightened public awareness about the dangers of unmitigated climate change make this an important moment for policymakers to enact bold reforms.

The new IPCC special report on effects of global warming above pre-industrial levels, sounds an alarm on the irreversible negative impacts of human activity on our own habitat.
Nature-based solutions as a tool for climate mitigation is highlighted due to its co-benefits in improving human well-being - change can be for the better!

Without the Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals, the world could have been extra 2.5℃ hotter by the end of the century.

Modeling by climate scientists found that the 1987 Montreal protocol curbing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) gave humans a fighting chance of limiting global heating to 1.5C as set out by the Paris agreement.

CFCs, which were once commonly used in insulation foams and aerosols, not only deplete the ozone layer but are also powerful greenhouse gases. The atmosphere has already warmed 1.1C to 1.2C above pre-industrial levels, meaning the Earth could have been facing 3.5C of warming if CFCs were still in use.

Dear all,

CDSB launched a consultation on the Biodiversity Guidance.

The objective of the Biodiversity Guidance is to support organisations in preparing high-quality disclosures that enable users of mainstream reports to assess material biodiversity-related financial information.

We welcome your feedback!