Fairsnape

MARCH 11, 2021

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review , continues to get a lot of climate press coverage, but not that I have noticed within the built environment sector. Welcome to Regen Notes issue 4, a fortnightly newsletter of regenerative news, stories and more with a sideways focus on the built environment, curated by Martin Brown.

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Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Education Construction 78

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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Biodiversity Policy Soil Asia 85

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Without any new support for the energy efficient retrofit of buildings, “our dependence on expensive gas will continue and the government will face an open-ended commitment to support energy suppliers, with the bill footed by taxpayers.”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Regardless of the challenges that lie ahead, governments and businesses should support and embrace natural capital systems, it argues.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The recent Dasgupta Review commissioned by the UK government illuminated how dependent wealth and productivity are on the exploitation of natural resources. However, in the four years since, barely any progress has been made, with this year's long-awaited Waste Prevention Programme predominantly restating many pre-existing policy commitments.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

As such, it calls for the UK to introduce the world's first sugar and salt reformulation tax on processed foods, with any money raised reinvested in free school meals, funding holiday activity and food clubs, and supporting healthier diets for those in the most deprived communities.

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Health Government Agriculture Biodiversity 79

The City Fix

MARCH 22, 2024

If a picture can tell a whole story, then the image below of an intersection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, shows the past, present and future of global transformation in the transport sector. During Transforming Transportation 2024, which focused on.

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Transportation Logistics Demand Resilience 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The government continues to insist maintaining high environmental protection, animal welfare, and food standards in the UK "will be a red line in all our trade negotiations", as it yesterday launched a new "strengthened" Trade and Agriculture Commission that it said would help inform ratification of any future agreements.

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Agriculture Law Government Pollution 57

The City Fix

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While negotiations rage on, many world leaders have already left COP26 in Glasgow having said their piece about a low-carbon future for their country. No one can accuse them of being short on vision. But one thing is increasingly clear. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

In a stark report published this morning by the select committee, MPs argue that Ministers must rapidly accelerate their efforts to conserve and restore UK biodiversity and ecosystems, highlighting that the UK has the lowest level of biodiversity remaining of any G7 country.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the global conversation around decarbonizing transport, the spotlight on electric vehicles has never shone brighter. The EV revolution is underway, with consumers embracing them in record numbers and manufacturing ramping up around the world. And yet, electric vehicles will. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Sustainability Electricity 105

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

One of the biggest challenges of a transition to a low-carbon world is to change the way we get around. Electrifying transport is a key element of this, but it’s about far more than selling electric cars and installing charging. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Electricity Transportation Carbon Climate change 98

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Transforming Transportation 2022 will continue on February 17. Visit transformingtransportation.org to register and watch full sessions. And join the conversation on Twitter with #TTDC22. The case for decarbonizing transport cannot be clearer: it’s the fastest growing sector of emissions after. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation Electricity Climate change Innovation 85

Unsustainable

OCTOBER 21, 2019

“Cities must adapt to climate change in ways that correct underlying inequalities, while remaining centres of opportunity for people and economic powerhouses for nations,” said Ani Dasgupta, Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

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Climate change Energy Monitor Sea level rise Building Energy Monitoring 40

The City Fix

MAY 4, 2020

As the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, investment packages are taking shape to provide relief and recovery. Cities from New York to Nairobi are not only on the frontlines of the health and economic impacts, but they provide immense. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Investment Packaging Health Resilience 105

The City Fix

JANUARY 30, 2023

What will 2023 hold for the environment and development? The end of 2022 certainly left us in an interesting — and concerning — place. The world’s three-year-old pandemic proved it was far from over, sickening millions and affecting economies.

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Natural gas Fossil fuels Biodiversity Africa 52

The City Fix

APRIL 28, 2020

Across the world, from Wuhan to New York City, cities are on the frontline of the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. Starting with overwhelmed heath care systems, cities are experiencing unprecedented strain across social, economic and environmental systems as economies grind to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

APRIL 19, 2022

The last decade was defined by commitments to tackle the climate crisis. It began with a slow trickle and ended in a torrent of countries, cities and companies announcing goals to end deforestation, shift away from coal, transition to electric vehicles and. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Climate change Resilience 52

The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2022

During these unprecedented times, there’s a great deal of uncertainty about the future. The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the effects of climate change are already being felt worldwide, and people across the planet continue to face inequity. And that’s just. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Sustainability Climate change Health Electric vehicle 52

The City Fix

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Cities are places of opportunity — and inequality. They are where more than half the world’s population will experience the impacts of climate change. They’re also part of the solution. This podcast highlights the upcoming Seven Transformations for More Equitable. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Climate change Sustainability 52

The City Fix

JULY 2, 2021

The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its $250,000 grand prize winner for 2020-21 has been announced: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario, an urban agriculture project from. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Agriculture Resilience Sustainability Climate change 52

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

“Acknowledgement, voice and the right to negotiate” – that’s what’s needed to bring the world’s urban poor back into the system and begin creating cities that work for everyone, said Sheela Patel, chair of Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI), at the 10th. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Resilience Climate change 69

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

It can be used for free and on any scale, from a single ingredient you source to your whole operations, allowing users to comprehensively analyze current practices and make informed decisions for the next quarter and beyond.

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Organic Agriculture Soil Biodiversity 380

Business Green

MARCH 3, 2021

The world is not going to be any less competitive after coronavirus. Achieving net zero emissions means reducing emissions as much as possible and offsetting any residual emissions by equivalent removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. And, third, in today's Budget we begin the work of building our future economy.".

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Home Energy Monitoring 65

Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We must not fritter away any time misunderstanding the difference between the green economy and greenwash. Ani Dasgupta, resident and CEO at the World Resources Institute (WRI), said: "In a year marked by uncertainty and mistrust, COP26 affirmed the importance of collective global action to address the climate crisis.

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Fossil fuels COP Global warming Politics 81

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Finance will obviously be the enabling factor in making the kind of transition that is required, so it’s a problem if accounting systems continue to act as if nature is “free to use”, a key issue pinpointed earlier this year by The Dasgupta Review , hailed at the time as a landmark document. Low-hanging fruit?

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor COP 246

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As such, recent months have seen growing fears that the more ambitious or expensive elements of any vision set out by Number 10 would be torpedoed by the Treasury, fuelled by a string reports about a growing rift between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor over the cost of net zero.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 46

The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A UK government spokesperson said: "The UK is leading the world in tackling climate change, decarbonising our economy faster than any country in the G20, and helping over 90 per cent of the global economy set net zero targets during our COP26 Presidency - up from 30 per cent two years ago.

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Climate change Resilience Fossil fuels Government 67

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2021

It can be used for free and on any scale, from a single ingredient you source to your whole operations, allowing users to comprehensively analyze current practices and make informed decisions for the next quarter and beyond.

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Organic Agriculture Soil Biodiversity 28

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

It amounts to a level of extinction risk that is higher than at any point in human history. In any case, if nature and net zero are rising up the global political agenda, it provides a particular impetus for businesses to capitalise on growing public interest in these issues to try and secure first-mover advantage.

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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Politics Agriculture 89

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Yet it is vital that any planning reforms don't create a free-for-all approach to new development at the expense of our legally binding climate commitments and nature recovery goals. As the Treasury-commissioned Dasgupta review into the economics of biodiversity showed, economic prosperity also requires a healthy natural environment, however.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO of the US environmental group the World Resources Institute (WRI), said the report was "an urgent wakeup call for decision-makers to commit to real transformation across every aspect of our economy".

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Climate change Government Global warming Policy 40

Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO of the US environmental group the World Resources Institute (WRI), said the report was "an urgent wakeup call for decision-makers to commit to real transformation across every aspect of our economy".

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Climate change Government Global warming Policy 36

Unsustainable

AUGUST 23, 2019

Later it was used as a shield by a few elite to protect their business from taxation ( Dasgupta K et.al This conflict may surface by any time in the form of costly instability. Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur. Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur. Traditionally philanthropy meant a charity or donation from rich to poor.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

President Biden is pulling nearly every lever available to him to deliver bold climate action at home," said Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO at the World Resources Institute. "[His] His] ambitious actions at home now need to be matched by equally robust investments to advance climate action abroad.

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Fossil fuels Methane Asia Agriculture 36

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO at the World Resources Institute, said: "The Inflation Reduction Act is a victory for all Americans and shows the world that the United States is still an ally in the global fight against climate change. — Sunrise Movement ?? sunrisemvmt) August 7, 2022.

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