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China’s Net-Zero Transformation: Electrification and Clean Energy
For the first time, growth in China’s clean power generation has led to a decline in the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, even as...
3 days ago


Voluntary Carbon Markets Necessary for Climate Mitigation: 2024 Market Analysis Shows
The 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) report, published by Ecosystem Marketplace, reveals a market undergoing profound...
3 days ago


Its Getting Hot in Here: Weather Forecasts Worsen as Temperatures Rise
Global Mean Near Surface Temperature rise, from 1960 to predicted 2030 values. Bars represent data used for predictions. Taken from the...
6 days ago


Aligning Climate and Development: What Businesses and Investors Can Learn from the World Bank’s Agenda
In an era marked by escalating climate risks, businesses and investors face unprecedented challenges. Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue—climate change is near and present economic threat undermining both current well-being and the potential for future growth. While middle- and low-income countries face the largest climate risks, actuaries are raising the alarm showing that global GDP may collapse in our lifetimes.
Jun 4


UAE's Climate Transition: Legislative Action
On 28 August 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) enacted Federal Decree-Law No. (11) of 2024 on the Reduction of Climate Change Effects,...
Jun 4


Japan’s Carbon Emissions Trading: A Risk Mitigation Approach to Market-Based Decarbonization
In May 2025, Japan enacted legislation mandating the creation of a national carbon emissions trading system (ETS), scheduled to begin in...
Jun 4


Mimic This: Private Credit Enhancement Facility and Contingent Resilience-Linked Bonds Win Tagus Roundtable 2025
Earlier this May, leaders from around the world came together in Lisbon, Portugal, for the 2025 Tagus Roundtable . Held at the Lisbon...
May 28


Systems-Level Investing: Strategy in an Unpredictable and Antagonistic Market
“By investing in the Sustainable Development Goals, we invest in the future, ensuring a world in which we strive for peace,...
May 23


The Man Who Saw Global Warming Coming in 1938
In 1938, Guy Stewart Callendar, an English steam engineer published a paper that made a bold claim: burning fossil fuels was warming the...
May 22


Transition Risk: No Investor Action Equals US$2.2 Trillion Loss Starting 2026
In order to support investors in developing comprehensive strategy around climate, Responsible Alpha is publishing a two-part series on...
May 21


Sustainable Investing Has Lower Cost of Capital: Shows Moskowitz Prize Winner Climate Capitalists
This year’s Moskowitz Prize winners are Niels Joachim Gormsen and Kilian Huber of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business,...
May 20


Quantifying Physical Climate Risk: Call to Investors
Firefighters battle flames during the Palisades Fire. Kyle Grillot/ Bloomberg via Getty In order to support investors in developing...
May 15


U.S. Clean Energy Financing: Rising Demand Yet Uncertainty
U.S. electricity demand is increasing through the tailwinds of artificial intelligence, data centers, and consistent economic growth....
May 15


We All Face Climate Justice Risk: Investor Inaction Increases Investment Risk
As extreme weather, species loss, rising oceans, and other consequences of our changing climate accelerate, investors must consider not...
May 14


China’s Carbon Labeling: Time to Integrate and Align for Hard to Abate Sectors
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released its List of Pilot Projects for Product Carbon Footprint Labeling...
May 14


China Signals Climate Ambition Ahead of COP30
Source: UN Social Media / R. Politi At the Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just Transition held on April 23, Chinese President Xi...
May 8


Second Glance: Your Guide to Agriculture Sector's Financial Accounting Misstatements
Financial accounting is a discretionary sport. Read our full report here: Counting in Plain Sight: Natural Capital and Biodiversity in...
May 6


From Mandate to Management: Compliance with California's SB 253 and SB 261
California has set a precedent for keeping corporations accountable for climate change. Recently, they have passed Senate Bills 253 and...
May 1


The Materials Behind Progress: Critical Raw Materials
Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) are crucial enablers of modern innovation. Comprising elements like lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and...
Apr 30


Ahoy, All Aboard! Navigating IMO’s Carbon Regulations in 4 Bullets
As global climate goals intensify, the shipping industry, responsible for nearly 3% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, finds...
Apr 23


How to Win or Lose: The Energy Transition Career Challenge
Happy Earth Day! We got this. If you stay focused, we all win together. Kepler Cheuvreux’ s recent analysis underscores the pivotal role...
Apr 22


Musicians Face the Music: Managing Sourcing Risks from Rare Woods
When you see a musician with their wooden instrument, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not international treaties or travel...
Apr 17


Look Forward, Not Backwards: Science Based Targets initiative Updating Corporate Standard
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) needs your engagement no later than June 1, 2025. SBTi published their initial draft of...
Apr 17


Coal to Clean: EU Cuts Industry Carbon Emissions in Half
Over the past two decades, the European Union (EU) has quietly made one of the most impressive environmental turnarounds on the planet....
Apr 11
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