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Greater action required to prevent irreversible outcomes for farming

Envirotec Magazine

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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'Five times the size of London each year': BNP Paribas tots up the biodiversity footprint of its investments

Business Green

Banking giant takes a stab at caclulating biodiversity impacts of its financing activities for first time, as it looks to meet requirements of new French nature reporting law. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint.

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'Leaving our climate laggard status behind': Northern Ireland's net zero climate target to pass into law

Business Green

The passage of the Bill into law will mean that all the devolved nations of the UK now have their own dedicated climate legislation in place, alongside the overarching target set through the UK-wide Climate Change Act. Friends of the Earth can finally welcome a climate law for Northern Ireland," the group said.

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Plastic to Power: Transforming Trash into World-Changing Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel News

While challenging, the impact on the environment, human health, and biodiversity warrants such an endeavor. Geyer R, Jambeck JR, Law KL. Implementing such a system would require carefully designed infrastructure, stringent regulations, and public cooperation. Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. 2017;3(7):e1700782.

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How a 'nature-positive economy' could reverse the catastrophic decline in wildlife

Business Green

A clutch of sobering reports published this week that set out the threat posed to the global economy by nature and biodiversity loss have further bolstered the case for nation states and businesses to funnel investment into nature-based solutions that can slow escalating climate impacts.

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'Wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the Dasgupta Review on biodiversity

Business Green

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

In some cases an irrigation system (temporary or permanent) or enhanced drainage system should be considered to reduce stress conditions on the plants and to improve soil biology. Although we are able to Gen-manipulate plants for better yield, more pest resistant, and for more stress resistance, but the nature’s laws won’t change.