Climate, biodiversity and the ‘other COP’
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
What is the 1.5-degree degree equivalent for nature?
Priorities for Success at the Biodiversity COP
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The world has a strategic plan to reverse global biodiversity loss. We must follow through by working with each other to address the critical issues and build a new relationship with nature.
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Bridging the nature-finance gap
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 31, 2025
By Samantha Willis, Biodiversity Consultant at Ramboll In a significant step towards global nature recovery, bridging the Nature-Finance gap was at the heart of negotiations during the recent extended COP 16 session, which concluded in Rome on the 27th February. Samantha Willis of Ramboll.
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What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2022
An ambitious and implementable international agreement on nature will help set the direction for corporate action.
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Global standard for biodiversity impacts moves a step closer
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available.
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From ambition to biodiversity action: Time to hold actors accountable
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
Scientists have proposed a framework for effective national-level implementation of global biodiversity goals. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) writes. Looking back, the international community has repeatedly failed to reach most of its biodiversity targets.
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If we lose biodiversity, we will not address climate change or hunger, warns report
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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State of the nation
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 13, 2023
The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. Across 60 pilot projects the programme created an equivalent of 1.6 What is it?
The 2024 COPs and Climate Funding Solutions
Energy Central
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The 2024 COPs and Climate Funding Solutions ROBIN FARRELL Entrepreneur | Investments | Green Finance | Sports & Media October 20, 2024 Monday brings the official start of CBD COP16 in Cali, Colombia, focused on Biodiversity and Nature Finance.
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Time for adaptation?
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
“The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation. Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least.
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Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
The £3bn funding boost aims to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity rich land and ocean ecosystems, shift to a more sustainable food system, and support livelihoods in the world's poorest communities, Johnson will say. However, biodiversity is currently declining faster than at any other time in human history.
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Ocean change is exacerbating the climate crisis
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Accelerate and integrate the efficacy of climate/biodiversity actions to achieve greater impact and effect. We need to think of protected areas as serving both the biodiversity they help to protect and the carbon sequestration ability of the ocean – MPAs protect and retain carbon.
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Climate, biodiversity and the ‘other COP’
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
More here: Climate, biodiversity and the ‘other COP’. What is the 1.5-degree degree equivalent for nature?
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Businesses should use their power and budget to build back biodiversity
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
While the news that a date for the UN COP 15 biodiversity summit has been confirmed for December is welcome, the slow progress of the pre-meeting in Nairobi with 196 nations is less so. The UN has collectively proposed that countries commit 30 per cent of natural areas to prevent biodiversity loss.
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'Promote international co-operation in health': UK and China hint at opportunity for COP Summits
Business Green
MARCH 26, 2020
Boris Johnson and Xi Jinping agree to continued co-operation in face of coronavirus crisis and hint at plans for climate and biodiversity summits.
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Canada and China's progress toward protecting 30% by 2030
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 9, 2024
China and Canada, the co-hosts of the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), will pass the torch to Columbia this year. What progress have they made?
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‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The 30×30 target is a leading international commitment that the UK spear-headed at COP-15. It’s therefore deeply worrying that three years later the Government is unable to provide robust evidence about progress towards the 30×30 goal.
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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit
GreenBiz
JANUARY 25, 2021
It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate? Pull Quote.
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IEMA launches #GreenSkillsAtCOP campaign ahead of COP Summits
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Business groups urge governments at upcoming COP16 Biodiversity Summit and COP29 Climate Summit to prioritise tackling looming global green skills gap
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'COP of implementation': UN Biodiversity Summit kicks off in Colombia
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2024
UN Secretary General urges negotiators to make COP16 the summit where promises on nature are finally converted into action
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'Eco-awakening': WWF study reveals huge rise in consumer demand for sustainable products
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
The study looked at a range of factors including Google search trends, Twitter mentions, and the popularity of green campaigns on the Avaaz website, which EIU said found evidence of significant shifts in behaviour with consumers increasingly demanding solutions to damaging nature and biodiversity loss. million in 2020, the research shows.
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Connections, coffee, and campaigns: What businesses get from a COP
Business Green
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Record numbers of delegates from business and finance attended the COP15 Biodiversity Summit, but these actors are not part of official negotiations – so why do they make the trip? But as the dust settles on this month's COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal, observers have noted how the CBD might be on the brink of a new era.
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MPs call for UK ban on trade and financing of deforestation-linked goods
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. While this issue is bigger than any one person's habits, if we all take action to tackle unsustainable consumption, we can make a lasting impact to halt biodiversity loss.".
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Looking back on the future
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.
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Looking back on the future
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.
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Looking Ahead to COP: Climate Week Takeaways for Food & Agriculture
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Explore these resources to learn how your company can start taking bold action for climate and nature today: Explore the Enteric Methane Solutions Market SBTi’s FLAG Guidance Tools and metrics also exist for companies to develop nature strategies that align with climate frameworks: Global Biodiversity Framework Science Based Nature Targets Taskforce (..)
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UN chief: Fossil fuel firms without credible net zero plans 'should not be in business'
Business Green
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The world's top diplomat used a speech today at the UN headquarters in New York City to deliver a characteristically stark warning of the impending climate and biodiversity crises facing the world, noting global warming risks "hurtling past" the 1.5C threshold without urgent action this decade. 2023 is a year of reckoning," said Guterres. "It
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WWF: Environmental degradation on course to cost global economy £8tr
Business Green
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
The WWF is backing measures to reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030, such as the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity in the UK and its own campaign for a New Deal for Nature and People.
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UK sets out four 'objectives' for COP26, as COP15 confirms second postponement
Business Green
MARCH 19, 2021
Chinese hosts of crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit announce new October date, lining up a crunch autumn for global efforts to avert environmental disaster. Since the UK took on the COP Presidency, commitments to net zero have grown from around a quarter of the world's economy to 70 per cent," Johnson said.
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'Financing our own extinction': $1.8tr in subsidies funding nature destruction every year, global study finds
Business Green
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Nature is declining at an alarming rate, and we have never lived on a planet with so little biodiversity," she said. Transformative action on incentives and subsidies harmful for biodiversity will be decisive this decade to bend the curve of biodiversity loss," she said. "I
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Big Ag Is Using ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ to Mask Business-as-Usual
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Experts say that failing to reform the sector’s polluting practices – such as by cutting the use of pesticides and polluting synthetic fertilisers – will harm global efforts to curb climate change and reverse biodiversity loss. Another high profile, international initiative is slated for 2025.
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Tortuous progress: Key takeaways from COP28
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 20, 2023
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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The problem with COP26
Low Impact
OCTOBER 31, 2021
The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.
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Sustainable Sussex: University debuts sweeping new sustainability strategy
Business Green
JULY 12, 2021
University vows to deliver net zero emissions by 2035 and establish UK's 'most biodiverse campus'. • Create the UK's most biodiverse campus - setting aside up to half of the site for nature. • Reach net zero by 2035 - including both direct and indirect carbon emissions.
New government fund backs natural solutions for tackling escalating climate risks
Business Green
JULY 14, 2021
To tackle the environmental challenges we face from climate change and biodiversity loss, it is crucial that domestic natural environment projects are able to attract private investment alongside support from the public sector," said Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.
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G7 nations pledge to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035
Business Green
MAY 27, 2022
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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IPCC climate report: capitalism is unsustainable
Low Impact
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The environment has also suffered, in the form of pollution, deforestation, biodiversity reduction, and now, climate change. Making COP26 sound more like COP-OUT26, the report furthermore states that, “Current emissions are incompatible with the Paris Agreement and immediate and deep cuts are absolutely mandatory.”.
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COP26: Delayed Glasgow Climate Summit confirmed for November 2021
Business Green
MAY 29, 2020
UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. The co-hosts also yesterday announced that they have expanded the team of senior figures working on the Summit with the appointment of a new "Friends of COP" advisory board.
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SDG15: The fight for life on land
Business Green
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
On top of that, the land plays host to much of the planet's biodiversity, providing incalculable benefits to humanity and the global economy, starting with the pollination that underpins the global food system. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca
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COP26: Speculation mounts over plans for in-person Glasgow Summit
Business Green
MARCH 26, 2021
They don't want it to be virtual but even if it's not as big as previous COPs, they feel it must be done face-to-face.". BusinessGreen reached out to both UNFCCC and the Cabinet's COP unit for comment on the latest reports and was awaiting a response at the time of going to press. — Leo Hickman (@LeoHickman) March 25, 2021.
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It is time for food sector investors to lean in and show sustainability leadership
Business Green
DECEMBER 18, 2022
While energy decarbonisation has always been the key focus for the climate COPs, the biodiversity COPs have been very clear that their priority has been land use and how humans are driving nature's devastating depletion. At the heart of restoring nature and biodiversity - both in our oceans and on land - is our food system.
Wildlife Trusts raises £25m to support UK nature recovery projects
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
On Saturday, meanwhile, the government announced plans to plant over 3,000 hectares of new trees along England's rivers and watercourses from Devon to Cumbria by March 2025, in a move aimed at boosting biodiversity, restoring habitats, combatting flood risk and improving water quality.
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What buyers need to know now about new changes in the carbon market for critical forest protections
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
REDD+ projects and programs in particular can be valuable for steering private sector finance toward protecting these critical ecosystems, driving positive outcomes for the climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development. Anticipate – and support – higher prices for higher-integrity REDD+ credits.
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Following COP26 it is clearer than ever that businesses must lead the repair of our planet
Business Green
JANUARY 3, 2022
A significant feature of COP was businesses joining with activists to demand faster progress. We hear most about the climate crisis, but our waste - plastics and e-waste - and biodiversity crises are shocking too. It is a cliché, but whilst states can negotiate with each other, they can't negotiate with physics.
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