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Hudson joins the computing giant from McKinsey. His role will involve procuring renewable energy for the firm, which plans to erase its historical carbon footprint by 2050.

EB Studio With the past three years characterised by a global health crisis, geopolitical conflict, and climate-induced extreme weather, the Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative sees the youth as the new custodians of the future – able to find opportunity within challenges

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The city-state's central bank, which is pioneering the effort, says it will enhance credibility of the issuances of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), an emerging financing instrument in the real estate sector that requires more scrutiny.

EB Studio Pledging to run on 24/7 carbon-free energy in every country they operate in by 2030, Google is pushing for stronger energy and climate policies in Asia and the use of artificial intelligence to drive sustainable innovation.

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Mobilising new climate-finance flows requires identifying less gargantuan, but no less important, green projects that are attractive to a wide range of investors, both geographically and in terms of size. Digital platforms that offer these matchmaking services will be crucial to meeting our climate commitments. By Emma FitzGerald

The pandemic has supercharged fintech innovation, but without thoughtful implementation we risk reinforcing old biases and inequalities and failing to serve women’s needs. By Mary Ellen Iskenderian and Graham Macmillan

A new global platform harnessing AI and machine-learning could quickly identify renewables infrastructure projects worth US$2 trillion. By Aaron Vaden-Youmans, Owen Gaffney and Johan Falk

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A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins. Emissions from such tools could grow fast without renewable energy. By Kate Saenko

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