Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

South America's Gran Chaco is suffering alarming deforestation driven by demand for soy largely provided by just 12 traders in the region, explains Planet Tracker's Peter Elwin. Shockingly, only one out of the 12 traders scored above 50 per cent - and half scored below 10 per cent.

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South America Policy Ethics Demand 82

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Big Oil in North America and Europe has been shocked to discover in the past year that the finance sector, under pressure from climate activists, is increasingly reluctant to fund further expansion. In mid-July, Extinction Rebellion UK blockaded a McDonald's supplier to protest meat-eating as damaging to the climate.

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Fossil fuels Agriculture Climate change South America 69

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Part of the biggest fleet in the world, more than 300 Chinese squid ships ride the line of national waters on both sides of South America. Both Unibond Seafood International and NorthSeafood Holland supply New York Stock Exchange-listed Nomad Foods, which owns the popular Bird’s Eye brand sold throughout Britain and Europe.

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Seafood Building Energy Monitoring Retail Government 145

Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. Take the record-breaking temperatures that swept over Europe last summer, sending the thermostat soaring above 100 degrees F across the continent, resulting in more than 61,000 deaths.

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Climate change Cooling Health Solar Energy Monitor 124

Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Within two years, he and colleagues in Europe hope to be working in a Norwegian fjord, testing prototypes for a giant submarine curtain, up to 50 miles across, that could seal off the two glaciers from the remorseless Antarctic current. “And And installation seems feasible with existing technology,” he says. That is a lot of money.

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Sea level rise Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 96

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

From Europe to Australia, South America to China, Florida to Oregon, investors are asking how they should modify their portfolios. Consumers are asking, so banks are responding.] We recognize that reporting to these standards requires significant time, analysis, and effort.

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Climate change Sustainability Investment Government 128

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

According to the Good Food Institute, in 2021 cultivated meat companies attracted $140m of investment in Europe. The report argues legislation will have a huge role to play in the future of cultivated meats, as effective rules are reqiured to reassure customers that cultivated meats can be ethically produced and safe to eat.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 50