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Meat, Dairy and Pesticide Lobbyists Return in High Numbers to Climate Summit

DeSmogBlog

Yet these are the people who have been living in harmony with nature for generations, using traditional knowledge to manage ecosystems, preserve biodiversity, and sustain local food systems.” On Friday 15 November, COP veterans and leading diplomats argued that the COPs were no longer “fit for purpose”. “Big

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Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks

DeSmogBlog

Representatives of business and industry groups more than doubled at the UN’s latest biodiversity summit, DeSmog has found, sparking fears over the growing influence of powerful private sector bodies. The rise in industry delegates was proportionally higher than the increase in overall attendees, which rose by 46 percent.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . Meg Wilcox.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. In terms of biodiversity loss and excess nitrogen, we're well into the high-risk zone. Asia dominates the market with 97.4 Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change.