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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

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?

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UK urged to use presidency of G7 and COP26 to help 'green global finance'

Business Green

Among the measures set out in the Capital Shift report is a call for ministers to introduce a compulsory nature-related financial disclosure regime in the UK for companies that would see firms assess their exposure to biodiversity-related issues, such as deforestation and habitat loss, just as it has done with climate-related financial risks.

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Alok Sharma: We want to see all nations committing to reaching net zero emissions as soon as possible

Business Green

These events will put human life at risk. It will devastate nature and biodiversity. billion people have been affected by disasters, 90 per cent of which have been caused by weather and climate related events. A Uk business called Azuri Technologies is providing solar energy systems to off-grid homes across Africa.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

AGreenLiving

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?

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Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27

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“When the voice of African farmers and communities is not brought to the negotiating table, we end up with flawed initiatives like Aim4C,” said Anne Maina, from the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya. “A Africa has workable alternatives right here at home, for resilient agriculture that works with nature.”. subsidiary.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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'Climate action is finally coming home on African soil': COP27 closes with historic deal on climate Loss and Damage

Business Green

Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To Peaking emissions by 2025 is not in this text," he said. The agreement was hailed by activists and developing countries as a major breakthrough.

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