Report from COP 23: Time to Throw Out Limitations of the Past

"...I attended the COP 23 meetings as an official observer over their two-week period. It was my first COP attendance, and it was extraordinary, enlightening and simultaneously, quite sobering. While the conference was held in Germany, the official host of the meeting was Fiji...."

climate action, economy, energy, risk management, vulnerability assessmentKarl Van OrsdolNovember 29, 2017UNCOP23, climate adaptation, climate change, climate policy, indigenous peoplesComment

What if Saving the Planet Were Up to You?

Iceberg the size of Delaware calved off the Larsen C Ice Sheet of Antarctica. What are you doing to turn the tide?

climate action, vulnerability assessment, risk managementMarianna GrossmanJuly 12, 2017antarctic, ice, climate, resilience, sustainabilityComment

Sustainability 2.0

Minerva and FigBytes just collaborated on a webinar about Sustainability 2.0. I was surprised to be reminded how inspiring systemic change can be. We delved into the transformative possibilities for sustainability and climate action and considered tools for setting ambitious visions and navigating to those goals....

climate action, economy, energy, risk managementMarianna GrossmanApril 25, 2017sustainability, CSR, climate, data managementComment

Unaccounted for Risk: How Climate Change Affects Your Bottom Line and What to Do About It

Sound business practice and fiduciary responsibility require that risks to a business are estimated and taken into account either through insurance or through measures to prevent or reduce losses. …The consequences of climate change … lead to new types of risk that many businesses have not yet taken into account....

economy, climate action, energy, real estate, risk management, vulnerability assessmentMarianna GrossmanNovember 9, 2016Minerva Venturesclimate, climate adaptation, energy efficiency, resilience, microgrid, renewable energyComment

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