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Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Business Green

The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the opening session of the Climate Leaders Summit, which is being hosted by the Biden administration to coincide with Earth Day and step up pressure on governments around the world to strengthen their national climate action plans ahead of the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this autumn.

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A virtuous cycle: How circularity can help organisations connect with customers

Business Green

Partner Insight: First held in 1970, Earth Day has been around for over fifty years. All while supporting wildlife and community projects in Africa. Coming full circle Just as the initial Earth Day inspired millions to actively support the cause, the last piece in today's circular economy puzzle remains consumer buy in.

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Tree planting 101: What corporations should know about tree planting

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Some companies might be trying to meet biodiversity requirements. Lotspeich gave the example of projects in West Africa where survival rates are only about 20 per cent or for carbon accounting certain thresholds have to be met if that tree is to count against a company's emissions. "The guiding principle is, No. It's not $1 per tree.

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Global Briefing: Triptych of alarming reports offer stark update on scale of climate and biodiversity crisis

Business Green

Stark warnings issued over record greenhouse gas emissions and escalating biodiversity threats. A triptych of sobering new reports have this week highlighted the scale of the climate and biodiversity crises engulfing the world. South Africa announces strengthened 2030 emissions goal.

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

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Want to do something good for the Earth? This common belief, once an inspiration for Earth Day T-shirts, now forms the basis of a booming global industry. Forest Service, and Kruger National Park in South Africa wanted to clarify how much carbon could be stored by planting trees in one particular kind of ecosystem: savannas.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . Africa counts more entrepreneurs than any other continent.