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

AGreenLiving

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

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? CTVC’s guide to NYCW #163

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🌳 NatureMetrics , an Egham, United Kingdom-based DNA-based biodiversity monitoring platform, raised $13M. In the News Fossil fuels were subsidized to a record $7T across the globe in 2022, the IMF reports. 80% of emperor penguin colonies may have lost their chicks in 2022 due to retreating sea ice.

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Queen's Speech: What is - and isn't - on the government's green agenda for the year ahead?

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Meanwhile, fears are growing that these various pressures will serve to distract from the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises, as the momentum built up around the COP26 Climate Summit contiuning to dissipate.

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Free school meals, immigration… net zero? How English football could score on climate

Business Green

Meanwhile, the English and Welsh teams were among a handful of 2022 Qatar World Cup competitors forced to withdraw plans to wear armbands in support of the LGBTQ+ community in protest of the host nation's discriminatory laws.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities.

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Transport Decarbonisation Plan: A guide to the government's routemap for net zero transport

Business Green

The plan also reaffirms existing commitments to provide £582m for plug-in car, van, taxi and motorcycle grants until 2022-23, continue providing green number plates for EVs, ensure "favourable" company car tax rates through to 2025, and ensure no vehicle excise duty (VED) is paid on zero emission cars and vans.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities.