Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2019

Join us for the largest finance forum during Climate Week NYC

As a partner of the Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2019, we are happy to offer a 15% discount to attend the event.

Use the code DAILYCLIMATE15 at checkout to take advantage of this special delegate pass. Register here today.

With the Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) market set to hit $23 trillion this year and ESG assets growing 200% in the past decade, nobody is questioning "why." They're asking, "Why not?"

We'll be in NYC as the annual Sustainable Investment Forum North America – held in partnership with the UNEP Finance Initiative – returns for its 4th edition on September 25, 2019 during Climate Week NYC.

The Forum will welcome over 350 attendees, including asset owners and managers, banks, development institutions, policymakers, think tanks and NGOs, looking to drive the sustainability agenda. The Forum is the number one meeting place during Climate Week NYC for the sustainable finance community – view the latest agenda

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Ornate Parliament Hill building and clock tower in Canada's capital city.

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Mark Carney’s rise places Trump between two quiet climate champions

Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, both seasoned climate advocates, now flank President Trump, creating a North American dynamic where climate leadership persists even when it’s not a campaign focus.

Justin Worland reports for TIME.

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Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2019

Join us for the largest finance forum during Climate Week NYC

House Democrats help block California’s 2035 gas car ban amid rising EV costs and oil industry lobbying

Louisiana expands LNG exports as Trump fast-tracks new terminal permits

UK residents take government’s climate strategy to European human rights court

Mark Carney’s rise places Trump between two quiet climate champions

Aviation insiders call for flight limits as climate concerns soar

Most climate disaster deaths in Pakistan go uncounted as heat and floods strain health care

Energy Star program faces shutdown as EPA reorganizes under Trump administration

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.