Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

VCM Global Dialogue publishes its conclusions on how to shape the voluntary carbon market from the perspective of developing countries. Today's report stresses that voluntary carbon markets must complement, rather than replace, corporate and governmental efforts to slash absolute emissions.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. The good news?

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

More than 70 per cent of large-scale farmers in the US, France, China, Brazil, India and across much of Africa harbour significant concerns about the impact of climate change on their crops and business over the next five years, the findings of a major new Ipsos Mori poll have shown. warming trajectory.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

Globally, more than a quarter of the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change come from the growing and processing of food. Our growers using regenerative practices repeatedly share that their soils have a much higher water holding capacity, mitigating damage caused by heavy rainfall. Early results are encouraging.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

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 To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said. "At warming target.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The government said the funding would help cut millions of tonnes of carbon emissions and improve the lives of over 600,000 people in tropical forest communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In addition to protecting 2.1 So the UK is absolutely committed to tackling global deforestation.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2022

As countries try to meet their climate change goals and businesses look to cancel out their carbon dioxide emissions, almost 2 billion trees are being planted every year. Trees lock away carbon in their trunks, branches, leaves, and roots, making them an excellent partner in countering climate change.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2024

And for good reason too given that, if 79 per cent of Brits switched to a refurbished device in 2024, 63,750,000kg carbon could be saved. All while supporting wildlife and community projects in Africa. That would equate to enough power for 88,174 UK family homes for a full year**. Alongside this sits our network equipment waste, 99.8

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Echoing the UK government's recent Dasgupta Review on the economic value of biodiversity, The Economic Case for Nature concludes that a failure to protect nature would risk a huge hit to economies worldwide, with countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia particularly exposed to host of escalating climate and nature-related risks.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“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.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

Dryad is now working on ten proof-of-concept deployments with forest owners in the US, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. A commercial business with sustainability and tech for good at its core, Dryad was set up in 2020 with a mission to digitize the forest and help protect and regrow the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. EU Commission unveils strategy to 'fix broken relationship with nature'. Rwanda ramps up Paris Agreement pledge.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Incremental improvements to production efficiency will not be enough to turn the tide on biodiversity loss. Many of the risks related to fats and oils, such as human rights abuses, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor working conditions, are recurring features of agricultural commodity supply chains.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. Just seven percent are based in Africa.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But even if we are really successful with renewables and clean tech, we will still have to take millions of tonnes of carbon down from the atmosphere. The new regime will shift towards an economic rewards system that actually encourages carbon sequestration in woodlands and soils, as well as biodiversity uplift."

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

The authors combined the survey results with a literature review to make specific COVID-19 recovery policy recommendations that invest in: Renewable energy infrastructure (assets, storage, grid modernization) and carbon removal technologies. Habitat restoration and regenerative agriculture, especially in carbon-rich habitats.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2022

Calls continue to mount for a global treaty to protect oceans ahead of a major UN marine biodiversity conference this week, amid further evidence of the plight of marine life and ocean environments caused by industrial fishing practices worldwide. It added that under a hugely optimistic 1.6C It supports the livelihoods of 12.3 million people.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A pledge by more than 100 countries - including Brazil - to end deforestation by 2030, a critical first step towards carbon sink and biodiversity preservation. Biodiversity and nature-based solutions. A commitment backed by $130tr in assets for the net zero transition by GFANZ, the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.

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Grist

JULY 19, 2020

And along with the loss of yield, some studies show that important food crops, such as rice and wheat, have reduced levels of protein, iron, and zinc as they grow in a more carbon-rich environment. It takes inorganic carbon dioxide and turns it into organic carbon. It’s being grown in the Senegal River Basin in West Africa.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

billion people live in areas that are "highly vulnerable" to climate change, key ecosystems are losing their ability to store carbon, many low lying areas are facing a future of inundation, and millions of people face drastically increased risk of deadly heatwaves, floods, and droughts. As the report makes clear, between 3.3 billion and 3.6

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. We Are the Weather is different--accessible, immediate, and with a single clear solution that individual readers can put into practice straight away.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Loss of biodiversity. Soil degradation. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. In rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia, many places in Africa, all around the world, people eat many kinds of insects. Deforestation.

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