Harvard President Claudine Gay condemned campus antisemitism on Tuesday, saying vigorous debate between opposing viewpoints is an important part of a university education but that threats, violence, and bigotry will not be tolerated. In written and oral testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Gay detailed steps Harvard has taken to […]
Read & Discuss »It can help clean a house, drive a car, write a school essay, help read a CT scan. It can also promise to be a good friend. But MIT Professor Sherry Turkle advises drawing a hard line on artificial-intelligence applications on that last one. Turkle, a pioneer in the study of the impact of technology […]
Read & Discuss »In the UAE Year of Sustainability, and at the 3rd ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) was held in Dubai, eight founding entities announced the launch of the “Air-CRAFT” initiative – a UAE based research consortium focused on developing, producing, and scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technologies. Air-CRAFT, or the UAE Centre for Renewable […]
Read & Discuss »For the first time since before the pandemic, Harvard University experienced a full fiscal year of robust academic and campus activity. In a conversation marking the release of the fiscal 2023 financial report, Executive Vice President Meredith Weenick and Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Ritu Kalra discussed how the return to more […]
Read & Discuss »BBVA is investing $25 million (€23.6 million) in climate fund Decarbonization Partners Fund I, which raises the bank’s total investment in climate-related funds to €108.4 million. The bank is actively contributing to the decarbonization of the economy through its participation in funds of this kind. “At BBVA, we believe that sustainability is an enormous business opportunity. […]
Read & Discuss »“Destination always” an Economist Impact report, supported by Booking.com, has explored the impact of visitors on cities and regions across the world. Travel and tourism generates US$2.5trn in direct revenues globally, helping to provide economic opportunities to people and destinations, build intercultural understanding and foster appreciation of the natural world. But there are also negative consequences–from […]
Read & Discuss »Finance needs of developing countries now 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows Growing gap results from rising adaptation needs and faltering adaptation finance Failure to enhance adaptation has huge implications for losses and damages Progress on climate adaptation is slowing on all fronts when it should be accelerating to catch up with rising […]
Read & Discuss »Agricultural Producers Can Now Apply for Fiscal Year 2024 Conservation Assistance, Highest in History The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making more than $3 billion in funding available for agricultural producers and forest landowners nationwide to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024 as part of President Biden’s […]
Read & Discuss »Novo Holdings, which controls 77% of the votes in what is now Europe’s most valuable company, will invest about 2 billion kroner ($290 million) in a new energy transition fund, expanding its portfolio of assets outside of health care. It’s also taken a 20% stake in the fund manager, Glentra Capital. The shareholder that controls Novo Nordisk […]
Read & Discuss »New initiative will foster collaboration among thought leaders on critical global challenges MSCI’s Linda-Eling Lee to lead the Institute MSCI launches MSCI Sustainability Institute to drive progress on the role of capital markets in creating sustainable value MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced the launch […]
Read & Discuss »