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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated.

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'Economic injury': How the UK's electricity and transport networks could be racking up £264bn in hidden societal costs

Business Green

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. It is certainly challenging to draw up precise calculations for the health, societal, and environmental costs that transport and energy impose on society.

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Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration

Business Green

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. EU Commission unveils strategy to 'fix broken relationship with nature'. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa welcomed the Rwanda's submission. ????

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Will water pricing be the next carbon pricing?

Business Green

The algorithm considers biodiversity, environmental issues, ecosystem services, health impacts and recreational services to calculate a premium for the local water price that accurately reflects the actual cost of using the water. California agriculture lands are straining to access groundwater that used to be plentiful.

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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

The City Fix

A New Yorker may not think about the forested Catskills Mountain Range upstate as she pours a glass of water. Londoners probably don’t consider the Amazon rainforest as they watch the rain falling on city parks. And folks in Addis.

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Global Briefing: Australian Government agrees to cap greenhouse gas emissions

Business Green

Businesses leaders urge EU committees to champion Nature Restoration Law An alliance of 12 major business networks is this week urging key European Parliament committees to support and strengthen a proposed Nature Restoration Law, which if passed would set out legally binding goals for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

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These new services are like Consumer Reports, but for carbon offsets

Business Green

A quick public-health warning before we dive in. Calyx co-founder Duncan van Bergen also noted that the reports assess project co-benefits that go beyond carbon, such as biodiversity enhancement and economic development. BeZero uses a similar approach.)

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