The top UN climate official used jarring, controversial framing in a stark speech in London on Wednesday, claiming we only have "two years left to save the world."
Why it matters: Simon Stiell's speech laid out the stakes for meeting the Paris targets before multiple international gatherings, elections and deadlines, starting with World Bank-IMF spring meetings next week.
Students at leading U.S. and European MBA programs are pushing the next generation of business leaders to integrate sustainability into the core of their careers.
Driving the news: The Climate Legacy Commitment was launched last month by two University of Cambridge MBA candidates and has since been signed onto by students at each of the top programs in the "Magic Seven" elite business schools in the U.S.
National Grid Partners, the venture arm of the U.K.-based utility company, invested a total of $17 million last quarter in three startups: Captura, Luminance, and Transcend.
The big picture: Investing in startups that can improve mundane operational tasks is of as much interest to NGP as backing energy-related innovations.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday issued the first-ever national rule to limit the presence of highly toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water.
Why it matters: The new rule is expected to reduce drinking water exposure to the dangerous chemicals for about 100 million people and prevent thousands of related illnesses and deaths.
