We are getting used to the world suffering from major floods, huge rainfalls and severe drought simultaneously. As long as these calamities are far away from where we live, we feel safe and the threat seems like another tragedy for people being in the wrong place at...
More yet to be done
April 2023 in Sapporo: Another agreement from the G7 countries to address climate change. Are the measures sufficient? Are we progressing fast enough?
Reality check for 2023: A year of more action towards reaching the net zero goal
A thought piece about 2023 net zero goals by founder and CEO of Clear Skies, Michel Brutti.
The Energy Transition
Many countries are looking for ways to reduce their energy dependence on other sovereign countries. And that is leading to an acceleration of a shift towards renewables.
The Supreme Court on Climate Change
On June 30, 2022, the US Supreme Court prevented the EPA to regulate GHG emissions as per the Clean Power Plan. The plan involved an approach that would have ruled capped carbon dioxide emissions at levels low enough to further shift electricity generation toward greener sources. Read more here.
Responsible Investing, ESG and Democracy
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine on February 24th, and the atrocities committed after the invasion, the question of whether responsible investors (and ESG Funds) should have been invested in Russia, is appropriate and quite...