The European Commission announced the release of its highly-anticipated EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) review, proposing a series of changes to its main decarbonization policy, including measures to provide relief to industry by slowing the pace of emissions reduction mandated…
Delta Air Lines announced a new agreement with Shell Aviation, aimed at expanding its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at key U.S. hubs and priority cities through increased supply and the development of infrastructure to enable the fuel to…
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) announced the launch of a new partnership to create a $1 billion platform aimed at increasing access to trade finance in frontier and emerging markets. MIGA promotes investment…
Circular textile technology startup Syntetica announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round, aimed at supporting the commercialization of its nylon recycling technology, with investors in the round including athletic apparel company lululemon and apparel…
Walmart, General Mills, global agriculture company ADM announced a new strategic collaboration to accelerate regenerative agriculture by helping farmers in the U.S. Midwest adopt practices to improve soil health, water quality and carbon sequestration. Under the new collaboration, targeting 40,000…
UN-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF), the largest global climate fund for developing countries, announced that it has roughly quadrupled its capacity to financing new climate projects, adding $4 billion for investments through a change in its balance sheet management approach.…
Energy giant BP announced an agreement to sell the majority of the portfolio of its venture capital business, bp Ventures, to digitalization and decarbonization-focused growth investor Verdane. The sale includes minority stakes in more than 10 businesses, which Verdane described…
Agri-tech startup Rize announced today that it has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at scaling its platform to reduce emissions from the cultivation of rice, the most-consumed and most carbon-intensive crop globally. Rice…
Venture capital investment in climate technology grew significantly in the first half of 2026, rising by more than 50% over the same period in the prior year to levels not seen in several years, driven largely by an increasing focus…
Global investment manager Nuveen announced a strategic partnership with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), under which CalSTRS will commit up to $2 billion to sustainable infrastructure investments, serving as a anchor investor for Nuveen’s Energy & Power Infrastructure…