Gustavo Bernal Torres
Water Funds Dilute The Environmental Message
There may be an investment case for holding them, but it’s not obvious they are saving the planet. The investors who penned the open...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 17
- 1 min
After the Ohio Train Derailment: Evacuations, Toxic Chemicals and Water Worries
When a train derailed in the village of East Palestine this month, it set off evacuation orders, a chemical scare and a federal...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 6
- 1 min
A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it. I came to this place...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Swiss Re's Natural Catastrophes Insured Loses
Natural catastrophes caused an estimated USD 115 billion of insured losses in 2022 to date, coming in well above the 10-year average of...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
8 Things to Know About the Environmental Impact of ‘Unprecedented’ Nord Stream Leaks
Suspected sabotage will release large amounts of methane, but it’s a ‘wee bubble’ compared with what’s emitted globally every day....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
Major Sea-Level Rise Caused By Melting Of Greenland Ice Cap Is ‘Now Inevitable’
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover. Billions of people live in...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
‘A Monsoon on Steroids.’ What To Know About Pakistan’s Catastrophic Floods
A staggering one-third of the country was underwater as of this week, with more than 30 million people affected. The immediate cause of...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
Water Risk Could Cost Canadian Economy $139B in Next 30 Years
Manufacturing and distributing will be hit hardest, according to a new climate-based analysis. The report, titled Aquanomics, was...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
Deep-Sea Mining Talks End With No Agreement on Environmental Rules
Mining could begin in less than a year after talks fail to produce regulatory framework despite growing calls to halt harm to oceans. The...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
DR Congo Opens Oil and Gas Auction Round to Carbon Credit and Crypto Groups
Rather than drill in rainforests and peatlands, such groups would raise revenue by selling carbon credits. After opening 30 oil and gas...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
Here Are All The Positive Environmental Stories From 2022 So Far
This is your reminder that in this chaotic world, there is hope. Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread - as green...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
Canada Launches Greenhouse Gas Offset Credits to Help Tackle Emissions
A set of rules stipulate how projects can generate tradeable credits by capturing gas emissions. The government said protocols for four...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
New Zealand Announces World-First Plan to Tax Cow and Sheep Burps
New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's gas emissions. Methane emissions from animals...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
MAS' Information Papers on Environmental Risk Management
The information papers on environmental risk management for banks, insurers and asset managers provide an overview of the progress made...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
“Carbon Bombs” - Mapping Key Fossil Fuel Projects
Fossil fuel companies are planning nearly 195 projects capable of producing at least a billion tons of CO2 pollution. The document...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Exploring short-term climate-related shocks with macroeconomic models To advance financial industry knowledge on this important topic,...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World’s Forests
The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. The loss...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
How Farmers in Earth’s Least Developed Country Grew 200 Million Trees
In arid Niger, south of the Sahara, farmers who allowed cut trees to regrow in their fields have seen crop yields soar. In the past 35...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 18, 2022
- 1 min
The TNFD Nature-Related Risk & Opportunity Management and Disclosure Framework
The TNFD's draft framework is an important first-step in addressing the biodiversity crisis. The TNFD framework seeks to provide...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 18, 2022
- 1 min
Australia’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Station, Eraring, To Close In 2025, Seven Years Early
Origin Energy says the 2,880MW black-coal generator in NSW is not well-suited to rapidly changing conditions in the national electricity...
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