Business Green

APRIL 17, 2024

Strong income reductions are projected for the majority of regions, including North America and Europe, with South Asia and Africa being most strongly affected," said PIK scientist and co-author of the study, Maximilian Kotz.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 21, 2020

and North America at 0.9%. Discarded plastic accumulates in landfills, but some also enters the oceans, threatening marine life and ecosystems.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Millions of hectares of "critical habitat" in the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, the Gran Chaco, and Chiquitania in South America and North America's Great Plains have been razed for soy fields, the conservation organisation said, describing soy farming as "one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss and climate change."

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At no point does the industry acknowledge the serious and public health and environmental harms of livestock, which are also the leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. Fourteen of the group’s 16 partners come from either Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland or North America.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 21, 2020

Founded in 2014, One Tree Planted works on reforestation projects in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Some of its goals are to restore forests after natural disasters, create jobs and enhance biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Tomas Otterström, KPMG’s partner and head of responsible investment and sustainability services in Finland and Sweden, climate change, biodiversity and diversity/inclusion issues appear to be this year’s top proxy issues globally. Several officials expect a pivotal 2021 shareholder season. In the U.S.,

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

What provides habitat for half the world’s known plants and animals, is a vital component of biodiversity and an important economic crop? Central and South America lead in number of tree species, followed by tropical parts of Southeast Asia and Africa.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Tomas Otterström, KPMG’s partner and head of responsible investment and sustainability services in Finland and Sweden, climate change, biodiversity and diversity/inclusion issues appear to be this year’s top proxy issues globally. Several officials expect a pivotal 2021 shareholder season. In the U.S.,

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

In truth, since the full scale of Covid-19's impact on Europe, East Asia and North America started becoming clear, the decision to postpone this year's United Nations climate change summit into next year has only been a matter of time. So, all roads in climate change still lead to Glasgow… just not in November.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A small metal platform at the top, 48 metres above the floor of a peatland rainforest reserve, provides a unique, 360-degree vantage point to witness one of the most biodiverse, carbon-rich habitats left on Earth. Compare that to the hundreds operating across North America, and similar numbers across Europe. Sanders says. "We

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Grist

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In terms of CO2 emissions, we’re putting 30 to 35 billion tons of CO2 from burning fossil fuels into the atmosphere every year, while at the same time there’s this dramatic destruction of forests in the Amazon and in Southeast Asia. And, by the way, which biodiversity are we shortest of? That’s right. That is being decimated.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

Incredible heat blanketed four continents this summer, with records falling across Europe and Asia. Danone North America becomes the world’s largest B Corporation. Typhoon Mangkhut ravaged the Philippines and parts of China, killing dozens of people. Venezuela’s last glacier is disappearing. One hundred U.S.

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