Author: Stuart Mitchell

Legal Brief Highlights Business Group Support for California Climate Disclosure Laws

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres has filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, highlighting business and advocates’ support for California’s groundbreaking climate disclosure laws that aim to improve market transparency. The brief demonstrates longstanding support from companies and investors for these laws, which require large companies doing business in California to disclose information about their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate-related financial risks.  The brief, filed in response to a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade associations seeking to block…

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Play-based LEGO® MRI Scanner set reduces anxiety and sedation for children in hospitals worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

Over one million children around the world have used the LEGO Group’s MRI Scanner set, helping transform a potentially stressful medical procedure through a playful, hands-on learning experience. The set, which features a scanner, patient bed, waiting room, scanning room, staff minifigures and medical accessories, was designed by the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation to help children understand MRI procedures by learning through play. MRI scans are frequently used in pediatric care because they do not use radiation. But for many children, the experience can be overwhelming requiring them…

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GCF finance supports landmark climate action in Indonesia

Stuart Mitchell

Indonesia has achieved a significant milestone in scaling up climate action through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme, with financing support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). USD 499.8 million has been committed to the country under the Results-Based Payments system in recognition of its successful reduction of emissions from the forestry and land-use sectors. A total of USD340.7 million has been disbursed, of which USD 103.8 million is financing from GCF, which was channelled through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Since REDD+ began, Indonesia…

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The Green Finance Institute launches report analysing barriers to decarbonise the Philippines’ transport and waste sectors

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute today released a new report titled Mobilising Climate Finance into the Philippines in collaboration with Philippines Department of Finance (DOF), the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), analysing investment barriers and innovative financial mechanisms to mobilising private capital into the transport and waste sectors. This report is a significant milestone in mobilising finance for the Nationally Determined Contributions Implementation Plan (NDCIP). The Philippines’ NDCIP estimates a significant climate financing need of US$72 billion required across five priority sectors –…

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UNICEF UK spotlights unstoppable children at heart of new campaign

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF UK has announced the launch of its new brand campaign ‘Making Childhood Unstoppable’. The empowering initiative aims to amplify children’s voices and celebrate them as an unstoppable force, raising awareness of UNICEF’s work to build a better world for every child. The campaign, developed in partnership with creative agency Neverland, highlights how children are born ready – to learn, play, grow, and thrive – yet global crises such as wars and climate change are threatening their childhoods. By placing children’s unstoppable spirit and collective resilience at the heart of…

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