Do net zero banks finance less carbon? | 57 companies, 80% of emissions | AI's growing energy needs | SBTI's wobble on Scope 3 | Governments water down commitments

Future scenarios for the Inflation Reduction Act | The political durability of the IRA | The European carbon price collapse | Will your next car be Chinese? | Much warmer oceans in 2024

Morningstar's report on proxy voting of US and European equity managers on ESG topics | Morgan Stanley looks "European" | Exxon sues its shareholders | The 35:1 ratio of nature-negative to -positive flows

COP's "phase down" of fossil fuels | Surpassing 1.5 degrees by 2030 | Continued mainstreaming of impact investing | Impact strategies and real assets | Impact might lower return...and risk too

Pessimism ahead of COP in Dubai | Loss and damage ahead of schedule | Climate tech funding plummets | Small shares of funding to big emissions sources | The ROI of pro-climate government spending | CalPERS commits $100bn

A proliferation of climate frameworks is an opportunity for AI to harmonize analysis | Reporting for carbon vs. accounting for it | Is governance taken for granted?

Using AI to assess climate commitments | Ecosystem services | The future of European tourism is being reassessed, in winter and summer | The Keeling curve hits 424 ppm

EV adoption is possible with reliable chargers | Mississippi's holistic approach to improving reading performance | Proxy season is ugly for climate | Biodiversity credits are evolving

A "governance gap" exists between the Fortune 500 and smaller companies, a Yale Law Journal article finds | Retention and promotion - a challenge for DEI, BlackRock finds | Microsoft tries to reduce and emissions and grow at the same time

At CERAWeek, the commitment to the energy transition seemed to be losing, rather than gathering, strength | Oil and gas in Alaska | IRA's bold vision vs regulation and labor constraints | SVB's failure | Proxy season preview

Federal action leads with IRA but cities and states working to do more | Environmental justice stymied by ownership requirements for EV school bus transitions | PE has a retention/promotion problem not a pipeline problem

Opinions vary on the role of private capital in the supply of water. With appropriate guardrails, opportunities for impact, and solid returns, exist.