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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

GreenBiz

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats up

GreenBiz

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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Walkers to slash emissions by making fertiliser from potato peelings

Business Green

Crisp company aims to ‘bring potatoes full circle’ and improve soil health by producing farm fertiliser from potato leftovers its Leicester factory. Walkers plans to significantly cut its carbon emissions by creating low carbon fertiliser for its potato farmers from leftover potato peelings.

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Data snapshot: Climate-related agrifoodtech in majority of upstream African investment, but more funding needed

AFN Sustainable Protein

Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. But global warming and other climate change impacts are negatively impacting these economies, particularly the resulting and increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events. Source: 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. But at a total of just $27.2

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

We remain committed to delivering innovative solutions that address pressing agriculture challenges for farmers, growers and society.”. In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.”

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Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe

DeSmogBlog

In a November 2022 letter to a key EU policymaker, multiple agribusiness lobby groups – including COPA-COGECA, pesticide trade group CropLife Europe, and seed trade group Euroseeds – argued that the targets should be replaced with ones that are “based on science and feasible for producers”. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million