GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy. L et's get together: Intel's 2030 commitments include "shared" climate and social goals. Esri and the science of corporate biodiversity (20:45). Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/22/2020 - 01:21. Week in Review. Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). We know that large-scale agriculture threatens biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A group of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in New South Wales, will lead a symposium on the impact of climate change and other environmental challenges on Antarctica, and what can be done to preserve the continent’s biodiversity in response to these threats.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Scotland must do more to help hydropower facilities maximise their output and prevent negative impacts on wildlife in the face of the challenges posed by climate change, according to a new report. While hydropower is vital for meeting climate change targets, care must be taken to minimise its impacts on river health and ecosystems.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In addition to biodiversity benefits, such measures have potential reductions to downstream flood risk, which is important in terms of helping to sustainably mitigate against the future effects of climate change. However, as a nature-based design, the scheme was remarkably resilient.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Dr Mike Morecroft, Climate Change expert at Natural England, has been looking at how we evaluate and measure success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems, and is the lead author on a recent review into the issue, published in the journal Science on 13 December.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

While environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and water pollution dominate the list of issues that experts say are the most urgent — these are all considered more urgent than they were in 2019 — the perceived urgency of social issues is also on the rise.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The destruction of rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations is a major contributor to climate change and nature loss, due to the crucial role of richly biodiverse tropical forests in sequestering carbon dioxide, absorbing rainfall and releasing water into rivers. Pull Quote. Food & Agriculture. Deforestation.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

So it's allowed us to reintroduce to the world of the business community this notion of what it means to be resilient, and not just to be agile.". Balancing efficiency with resilience, as well as considering operational risk, are likely to become more of a focus, too. Risk & Resilience. Consider litigation. Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A scientific paper published in the peer review Journal, Aquatic Conservation says that measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is taken into account. We need to simultaneously address climate change impacts and reduce all cumulative direct and indirect stressors.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

Woodlands across the south of England were once highly biodiverse and dynamic, largely thanks to temperate conditions and reliable rainfall that typically supports varied insect life. This biodiversity, in turn, provides food for many larger species. The project is funded by the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year. “The

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Technology pilots.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

The principles of a circular economy offer a helpful framework to envision a more resilient and regenerative alternative — and chefs might be the missing ingredient to successfully realizing a new model. . When you taste biodiversity, there’s a new meaning and new value." . in São Paulo. I’m bringing them back into people’s kitchens.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

Elly Pepper, Senior Advocate for NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Cut Carbon Not Forests, says: “Kwasi Kwarteng’s view is part of a growing consensus that burning trees for electricity has been tried and failed on the tests of climate, nature, and affordability. It makes climate change worse, not better.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Indeed, for many of the world’s largest companies, sustainability is seen as key to minimizing risk, increasing resilience, enhancing competitiveness and unlocking new opportunities. That’s changing. At last, sustainability has emerged from the shadows to be considered part and parcel of corporate success.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

The funding Welsh Government has provided to the protected site network is a vital step in protecting and restoring these areas, and helping us to strengthen resilient ecological networks. And it means we, and all living things in Wales, can build better resilience against climate change. The post £9.8

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. million m3 of water storage and increased flood resilience to 15,000 homes, said a statement. EA chief executive Sir James Bevan set out his vision for Natural Flood Management (NFM) on 9 December. What is it?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. The collapse of soil biodiversity is happening at microscopic scale. Addressing climate change while securing the future of humanity is our biggest challenge. Soil plays a major part in the carbon capture cycle.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“The £25 million will also help harness the power of nature and support the Environment Agency’s FCERM Strategy, which provides a longer-term vision of how we will create climate-resilient places and better protect and prepare homes and businesses from flooding and coastal change.” billion flood programme.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Seagrass meadows produce large volumes of sediment that can build coral reef island shorelines, increasing the resilience of low-lying reef island nations to future sea level rise, according to new research. Seagrass meadows are biodiversity hotspots, slow climate change by storing carbon, and protect land from coastal erosion.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Potential of mangoves and seagrass to capture CO2 and support biodiversity to be explored as six marine and coastal projects secure backing from UK Research and Innovation. Research projects aiming to boost biodiversity, capture greenhouse gas emissions and protect coastal environments are among those receiving a share of £9.2m

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

Research appears to show that marine ecosystems can start working again, providing important functions for humans, after being wiped out – and to do so long before they return to peak biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

million from UK Research and Innovation in its Future of UK Treescapes Programme to develop new tools and approaches which will help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable the UK to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The project is one of six to receive a share of £10.5

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

But we are profoundly changing the water cycle. This is now affecting the health of the entire planet, making it significantly less resilient to shocks,” says lead author Lan Wang-Erlandsson from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University. “Water is the bloodstream of the biosphere.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. Moreover, only 11 per cent of asset managers have policies requiring portfolio companies to mitigate harmful impacts on biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2023

However, we also know that before widespread monitoring began, the UK’s biodiversity had already been highly depleted by centuries of habitat loss, unsustainable farming practices, development, and persecution. As a result, due to human activity the UK now has less than half of its biodiversity remaining.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

The boss of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, is to deliver a speech later today warning how the biodiversity crisis poses an existential threat to the human race if left unaddressed. The biodiversity crisis is a crisis because it won't just kill the plants and animals it is killing," he is to say. "It It will kill us too.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Treasury must be 'the year of climate adaptation', warning that 'worryingly few' infrastructure investors consider impacts of climate change. It warned that climate change considerations needed to be built into all long-term infrastructure plans. We must adapt to the present storm as well as those in the offing.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Understanding the extent of these challenges and the scope of the proposed solutions allows for smart and bold action to be taken, helping ensure a path towards scaling,” said Mike Hayes, Global Head of Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Nature and Decarbonization Leader, KPMG International.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As governments prepare to weigh proposals for mandatory corporate nature disclosure rules at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit next week, the latest data from environmental disclosure platform CDP has highlighted the shortfalls of the currently purely voluntary approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The study concludes that natural regeneration is a low-cost, nature-based solution for climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem restoration. By using such a mix of approaches we can create more natural, biodiverse, and resilient landscapes.”. Forest traits.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

Would that the same could be said of global biodiversity - or the living natural world to give it its more evocative name and rid it of the emotional distancing that accompanies the dry scientific terminology. Efforts to tackle biodiversity loss enjoy no such luck.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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