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Episode 365: Plastics, nature and biodiversity risk

GreenBiz

Richard Mattison, president of S&P Global Sustainable1 and CEO of S&P Global Trucost, discusses S&P's new Biodiversity Risk Data Set.

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How a global treaty could solve the plastic waste crisis

GreenBiz

Can plastics achieve par with climate and biodiversity as critical issues worthy of a global treaty? We’re about to find out.

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The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’

GreenBiz

Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments.

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We can do better: Redesigning climate change, biodiversity and plastic waste negotiations

GreenBiz

Global negotiating processes must shift to achieve more meaningful climate results.

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Lionfish leather, pollution-free plastic and more: What's your pick?

GreenBiz

Five startups vying for exposure and support at Bloom 23 made rapid pitches for their tech to protect nature and boost biodiversity.

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Report reveals hypocrisy of world’s biggest plastic polluters

Envirotec Magazine

A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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Scientists from 57 countries want to end siloed decision-making on climate and biodiversity

Grist

But these policies often address climate change in isolation without regard for other pressing issues like a decline in biodiversity, the contamination of freshwater sources, and the pollution of agricultural soils. targets on biodiversity, sustainable development, and climate mitigation; its also more cost-effective.