EDF’s Victoria Mills: ‘It’s time to raise the bar for leadership to include climate policy advocacy’

Victoria Mills, managing director at EDF, works at the intersection of sustainability, public policy and business. “What we’ve realized — EDF and other NGOs — together is that it’s time to raise the bar for leadership to include climate policy advocacy,” says Mills. “We’ve been really encouraged by the number of companies that are setting ambitious climate goals, committing to use 100 percent renewable energy, working through their whole supply chain to drive down emissions.”

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VERGE 19: Welcoming Remarks

GreenBiz Vice President and VERGE Executive Director, Shana Rappaport, welcomes VERGE 19 participants to the event with a clean economy call to action and surprise performance by The Seastars. “This isn’t just about avoiding an ecological and economic crisis,” Rappaport says. “It’s about helping a future unfold that has the potential to be more prosperous for all people and all life than it’s ever been.”

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Mainstreaming blue carbon to finance coastal resilience

‘Blue carbon’ markets could be a crucial pathway for increasing private investment in coastal and marine conservation projects.

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Mainstreaming blue carbon to finance coastal resilience

Carbon policy conundrum: Why politicians must show leadership in their own jurisdictions now

Deep decarbonization only happens if every polluter pays, not just the environmentally conscious.

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Carbon policy conundrum: Why politicians must show leadership in their own jurisdictions now

Microsoft’s quest to go ‘carbon negative’ inspires $1B fund

Bold new commitment will see the tech giant charge an internal carbon fee not just on emissions from its direct operations, but on those of its supply chain.

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Could abandoned agricultural lands help save the planet?

Some researchers contend there is an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity.

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Could abandoned agricultural lands help save the planet?

Your guide to Europe’s ‘Green New Deal,’ the continent’s new plan to get to net zero

Not got time to read every line of the European Green Deal? We’ve got you covered.

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Your guide to Europe’s ‘Green New Deal,’ the continent’s new plan to get to net zero

Not got time to read every line of the European Green Deal? We’ve got you covered.

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Value-added tax: a potential solution for carbon leakage

This system would be burdensome and inefficient but it could make it feasible to practically address carbon leakage.

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The sensible, sexy and strange world of carbontech

The trillion-dollar market is growing startups, products and technologies, though capital deployment remains an obstacle.

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