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Event - 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

Green Market Oracle

The 2020 Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) will take place on October 5, 2020 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is also anticipated that the final decision on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will be taken, together with decisions on related topics including capacity building and resource mobilization.

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Tortuous progress: Key takeaways from COP28

Envirotec Magazine

Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow. Oxford University’s Professor Myles Allen FRS, even chided the climate establishment for taking umbrage at COP president Sultan Al Jaber’s comments during the event, that there is no science behind demands for a fossil fuel-phase out. “To

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More than 50 countries commit to protecting 30% of Earth’s land and oceans

Grist

The announcement at the One Planet summit, which also saw pledges to invest billions of pounds in the Great Green Wall in Africa and the launch of a new sustainable finance charter called the Terra Carta by Prince Charles, was met with scepticism from some campaigners. So as co-host of the next Climate Cop, the U.K.

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G7 nations pledge to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035

Business Green

In a communique published at the close of a three-day Energy and Environment Ministerial meeting in Berlin this week, the world's largest economies set out their priorities for tackling the intersecting climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, and responding to the disruption to energy markets wrought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Banking on the stability of nature

Business Green

This nine-month climate-biodiversity season kicks off with the opening of Biodiversity COP15 from 11th October, moves to the COP26 climate summit later in the month and completes with the second part of COP15 in May 2022. The same process is now starting for biodiversity. per cent and 6.5 per cent respectively.

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WWF: Environmental degradation on course to cost global economy £8tr

Business Green

Water shortages and a decline in pollinators will affect agricultural production levels, trade, and food prices across Eastern and Western Africa, central Asia and parts of South America, the study predicts. The study also estimates economic costs arising from the loss of specific ecosystem services.

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From ClimateWeek to COP27, COP15, and Beyond: Notes on the Road Ahead

Planet Pulse

This will also be the first African COP in several years, and Egypt has promised to champion African interests, which perfectly encapsulates the issues raised above. According to the African Development Bank, Africa has received less than 5.5% degrees Celsius. Toward a Global Deal for Nature. Watch this space!