Today's Green Daily newsletter looks at how climate change might affect the taste of coffee https://t.co/rbNsxybp4K ...

Australia warned it’s in danger of missing its 2035 climate targets without deeper pollution cuts https://t.co/bF6QcZ80mk ...

Australia just lost its bid to host the next COP summit and the Coalition has walked away from net zero. Bloomberg’s David Stringer joins us to unpack what this climate double-blow means for investors, politics and your power bill. https://t.co/n5ka9fROrP ...

- How painful is a bite from this guy. - Painful enough. I'm a father to two beautiful daughters. I'm also a husband, a son, a cyclist, a citizen.Here you go. Oh, the future, by definition is uncertain. Who's going to protect the forest.The mountains. Gimme some walking space. Wow.He's angry. We have a natural instinct to fear the unknown. What could possibly go wrong.- This glacier has shrunk almost by half. - Sometimes we need each other to challenge our prejudice. If we don't cooperate, we are not gonna ...

Vietnam has been pounded by deadly disasters and historic floods this year that have racked up at least $3 billion in losses and exposed the nation’s flimsy climate defenses https://t.co/7K7TSfseiY ...

Climate Change Engagement - Brad Lander has been engaging with BlackRock on climate change since 2022 [2] - BlackRock, along with 49 other asset managers, submitted plans to hold portfolio companies accountable to climate change by June 30th [2] - Lander has been reviewing these recommendations for the past five months [3] Asset Manager Recommendations - Lander is recommending that the pension funds stay with 46 out of 49 asset managers [4] - BlackRock's mandate is recommended to be dropped at $42 billion [5] - Fidelity Investments and Panera have a combined $750 million of assets under management for the pension funds and are also recommended to be dropped [5] BlackRock's Response - A BlackRock managing director alleges the firm is abdicating its financial duty and undermining the retirement security of hardworking New Yorkers [3]

Core Viewpoint - The article discusses the ongoing efforts by Brad Lander to engage asset managers, particularly BlackRock, in addressing climate change accountability for portfolio companies [2][3]. Group 1: Engagement with Asset Managers - In 2022, Brad Lander initiated discussions with BlackRock regarding their engagement with portfolio companies on climate change [2]. - By June 30 of this year, BlackRock and 49 other asset managers were required to submit plans detailing their steps to hold portfolio companies accountable for climate change [2]. Group 2: Review and Recommendations - Lander has been reviewing the submitted recommendations for approximately five months, leading to a recent announcement [3]. - Out of the 49 asset managers, 46 met the criteria set forth, and Lander recommends that the pension funds continue their relationships with these 46 [4]. Group 3: Financial Implications - BlackRock has the largest mandate recommended for termination, amounting to $42 billion, while Fidelity Investments and Panera combined manage approximately $750 million for the pension funds [5].

I wanted to start with some of the rebuilding efforts that we're watching in your country. Prior to the hurricane, of course, Jamaica was doing well economically. What is the outlook now, especially when you consider unemployment, debt and the like.Hurricane Melissa could only be described as an atomic bomb of wind and rain that left a trail of destruction through seven of our 14 parishes. It is estimated that the physical loss of assets would be somewhere in the region of about 8.8% billion USD, amounting ...

[music] I'm often asked, how would you describe yourself. A lifelong learner, a free will traveler, environmentalist, a conservationist, or an ocean advocate. And often I pause to think and then I always inevitably choose to be an oceans's advocate. And why I choose to be an ocean advocate lies from my childhood to the way my career has shaped the way I have shaped.Let me take you back. Let me take you to decades ago when I was a child holding my father's hand standing at the railway station waving goodbyes ...

France will spend $150 million to help farmers uproot vines as the wine industry is hit hard by climate change and falling demand https://t.co/aEGOMEn82w ...