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Urgency and consistency must be the watchwords for UK climate action in 2020

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October's Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) summit in China will review the Aichi targets which seek to halt and reverse the catastrophic loss of nature and wildlife that our species is driving across the planet. Aviation is the fastest growing source of emissions worldwide. It's time to act.

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The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

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Economic losses and damages are inevitable Loss and damage has been a hot topic for years in international climate negotiations, with last year's COP27 Conference seeing richer counties capitulate to calls from developing nations for a dedicated fund to help them cope with the impacts of climate-related floods, droughts, and sea level rise.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

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  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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'An atlas of human suffering': Top figures react to IPPC's latest climate warning

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The situation, too, is only set to worsen as the planet warms, underscoring the urgent need to simultaneously drive down greenhouse gas emissions while also boosting preparedness for droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, coastal erosion, sea level rise, resource shortages and much, much more.