AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Africa recorded significant wildlife and biodiversity loss at 66%; Asia-Pacific noted a 55% loss. Such a huge loss of wildlife is due to to land and sea use, extraction of fossil resources, pollution and the presence of invasive animal species. Links between food systems, forests and biodiversity.

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Biodiversity Agriculture Sustainability Europe 87

The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

Organic 98

Organic Climate change Sustainability Pollution 98

Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

The government is to "establish tackling climate change and preserving biodiversity as the UK's number one international priority in the decade ahead". In 2021 and beyond, Her Majesty's Government will make tackling climate change and biodiversity loss its number one international priority," Johnson wrote in the foreword to the report.

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Biodiversity Climate change Resilience Government 97

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

BusinessGreen speaks to delegates at COP15 about how the dash for cash to protect biodiversity will impact investors and business. Finance and Biodiversity Day at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit got off to an explosive start yesterday morning, after developing nations walked out of talks on finance in the wee hours of the morning.

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Biodiversity Asia Policy Government 36

Grist

OCTOBER 17, 2019

People living in South Asia and Africa will bear the worst of it. It’s an unprecedented degree of detail for a global biodiversity model. Patricia Balvanera, a professor of biodiversity at TK who wasn’t involved in the study, said the new model “provides an extremely important tool to inform policy decisions and shape responses.”.

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Biodiversity Climate change Global warming Policy 80

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed this morning that it will spend £120m on schemes that build resilience, prevent pollution, protect biodiversity, boost renewable energy, and better manage waste in Bangladesh, while also supporting women's leadership and access to finance, education, and skills.

Climate change 39

Climate change Education Resilience Asia 39

GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects. New Wave Foods. Instead, she co-founded her own venture. .

Seafood 535

Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 535

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

After renewable energy, transport, followed by green buildings, waste, water, biodiversity conservation, and adaptation, comprise other areas for proceeds. China is the leader in emerging market green bond growth, while east Asia and the Pacific region is responsible for 81% of the market.

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Investment Pollution Government Energy 121

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 21, 2020

To mitigate the resulting plastic pollution , the Chinese government is set to enact a plastic ban, phasing out the production and use of several single-use plastic items by 2025, thanks to a detailed policy directive and timeline from the country’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). and North America at 0.9%.

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Plastics Asia Recycling Recycling 28

Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. The conditions will also apply to some of Canada's most polluting industries, including airlines and oil. EU Commission unveils strategy to 'fix broken relationship with nature'.

Fossil fuels 91

Fossil fuels Biodiversity Investment Climate change 91

AGreenLiving

JUNE 19, 2020

Similar creatures live in other rivers of South America and Asia, but they all face threats from humans. In 2007, China’s Yangtze River dolphin was pronounced extinct due to pollution, habitat degradation and overfishing. The dolphins use echolocation to hunt murky Amazon pools for turtles, fish and freshwater crabs.

South America 28

South America Asia Biodiversity Pollution 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. A sixth company has benefited from IFC advisory services but has not received financing. The resolution process is ongoing. MHP has denied wrongdoing.)

Africa 88

Africa Agriculture Health Investment 88

Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the moment, the existential threats facing humanity - including climate change, mass pollution, ecosystem destruction and resource depletion - are considered "global challenges", and therefore there is a great deal of faith in "global solutions" and the ability of existing global systems to deliver on them, albeit with some modifications.

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Politics Climate change Pollution Government 36

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Plans by biomass giant Drax to manufacture wood pellets sourced from Californian forests will endanger natural habitats and increase toxic air pollution for rural communities, campaigners warn. Each facility would source wood from a 100-mile radius, an area that includes eight National Forests and a major biodiversity hotspot.

Logging 123

Logging Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Health 123

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

That body had faced fierce criticism from climate groups who suspected that its focus on rapidly growing the size of the market would serve primarily to hand big business a license to continue polluting — while creating new profit streams for financial intermediaries serving as brokers and project developers. ” – Yeb Saño.

Carbon 98

Carbon Climate change Government Demand 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

JBS, the world’s most polluting meat company, will be out in “full force” in Dubai , according to the files. 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.

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Agriculture Methane Climate change Government 143

Unsustainable

MARCH 10, 2020

What does he care about the plastic pollution in the ocean? Besides being a hub for biodiversity, it is also home to forest-dwelling tribal communities who would be evicted from their homes and their way of life. Yet he smiled at me, telling me that he wanted to buy food with the money I would give.

Climate change 52

Climate change Government Education Investment 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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Global warming Climate change Resilience South America 101

Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Indonesian conglomerate Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) has announced a raft of goals designed to slash the environmental impact of the paper and pulp giant. But if you want to be consistent on this, and you want us to go into a circular economy, you will have to think about changing the tax system.".

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Government Carbon Solar Power Sustainability 72

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It comes ahead of next month's critical COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal, where countries are under pressure to agree a global treaty to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Fossil fuels 39

Fossil fuels Global warming Biodiversity COP 39

AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. ” Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects. Instead, she co-founded her own venture.

Seafood 36

Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 36

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

E looks to reduce a company’s energy use , waste , and pollution while helping to protect natural resources through conservation. This is followed by Asia Pacific with 174. As such, there’s a heightened pressure for these institutions to act responsibly, that is, to stop financing fossil fuels, pollution, and exploitation.

Organic 148

Organic Sustainability Government Investment 148

Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Truss has also yet to confirm whether she plans to follow through on a promise she made over the summer to lead a delegation to the pivotal UN Biodiversity Summit in Canada in December. It makes sense that pollutants are taxed, and that the more you pollute, the more you're taxed," he said.

Pollution 36

Pollution Government Asia Carbon 36

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

HEALTH Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health edited by Wael K. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change, edited by Melissa R. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.

Climate change 95

Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

It is nothing short of a crisis, and the blame can be placed on the changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, pollution, invasive alien species, and climate change that is caused by human activity. All of these corporate efforts, on paper at least, promise to both conserve nature and capture millions of tonnes of CO2.

Biodiversity 88

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Politics Agriculture 88

Business Green

MARCH 4, 2022

Coal power project pipelines in Asia have been contracting in recent years as a result of intense competition from renewables and gas. It is necessary to work together to develop the full potential of biodiversity to contribute to our health and well-being across the planet.". Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic.

Health 36

Health Biodiversity Fossil fuels Resilience 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Comprising 130,000 hectares on the Kampala Peninsula, alongside another 20,000 hectares on nearby Padang Island to the north, RER was set up a decade ago to restore and protect an area of unique, biodiverse, peatland-rich rainforest that is twice the size of nearby Singapore which lies just over 100 miles eastward.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 36

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Rise of City Zero Emission Zones (Panel Discussion): Following cities in Europe and Asia, some U.S. Conference New Green Revolution: How to Cut Pollution without Sacrificing Yields (Panel Discussion): Increasing yields often means using more fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. Because you never forget your first.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In the message, addressed to the advisory council of the Southern Gas Corridor initiative, which brings gas into Europe from Asia, he said the “cleanest fossil fuel” had “served us well” but would “not serve the interests or wellbeing of our children or our grandchildren”.

Climate change 87

Climate change Fossil fuels Government Policy 87

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In the UK, petrol and diesel already contain up to 7 per cent biofuels but, given growing concerns about climate change and air pollution, governments are expected to enact stricter fuel standards. So any attempt to reduce our oil habit hinges on this sector. The potential use of biofuels is also controversial. (11)

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 78

Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the "historic" decision as a landmark development that he said underscored the collective will among governments worldwide to fight the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. It is also more effective, legitimate and sustainable.".

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Demand Europe Government 36