DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years. JBS , the world’s second-largest food company, also shared its plan to support regenerative agriculture practices, which are said to improve soil health and biodiversity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The launch of the UN biodiversity talks in Montreal this week has prompted yet another report that attempts to put a financial value on the services nature provides to the global economy. A new report has pinned the overall value of nature markets at a huge $10tr - but will it cut through with decision makers at COP15?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Labour and green groups describe measures as 'damp squib', arguing it does not go far enough to protect and restore habitat-rich carbon stores. They play a crucial role in locking up carbon, provide habitats for wildlife and help with flood mitigation. Our peatlands are an incredibly valuable natural resource," she said.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

In a period of planetary crises and transformational change, the world needs to create pathways to more sustainable futures as never before. 11:15 am Monitoring Ecosystems and Protecting Biodiversity from Space. How can we monitor ecosystems from space, and develop new ways of both inventorying and protecting biodiversity.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

Post-COP26 the world risks taking its foot off the pedal of climate action in 2021, but businesses must not let that happen, writes Pinwheel's Rob Cheesewright. Businesses have often been blamed for sluggish progress on climate change - yet at COP26 it was the progress that governments made that felt frustratingly slow.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Again, the research doesn’t account for the cost of inaction.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 13, 2020

Recent studies from from the world’s top climate modeling groups suggest that high clouds that shade the Earth during the day may burn off as the world warms increasing global warming. These threats are not new, in 2015 it was clear that climate change was real and demanded urgent action. to 12.6 ° F) by the end of the century.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Large numbers of the world's top businesses have announced some form of emissions reduction goal, as it becomes apparent business practices must become less climate intensive if they are to work within planetary and regulatory boundaries. New types of data To understand the climate risks to their buildings, organisations need to get educated.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

The UK solar industry has rubbished claims from Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak that solar farms pose a threat to farmland, pointing out that climate change poses by far the bigger risk to food security and therefore further underscores the need to decarbonise energy sources.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Although Scotland is more heavily forested than England or Wales, much of its woodlands have been lost to logging, urban sprawl and climate change. Reforestation has thereby become an important tool in combatting Earth’s climate emergency. Why has reforestation become important in recent years? In Scotland alone, around 9.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

In addition, trees also absorb carbon dioxide while producing oxygen for all living things. In an undated article by the Department of Health (New York State), it was stated that “Methane and Carbon Dioxide make up 90 to 98% of landfill gas. gallons of oil, 26,500 litres of water and 17 trees”, “U.S offices use 12.1

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And as concern over climate change and dietary health mounts, that trend is set to continue. Whilst food choices can have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions, well-managed livestock provide a range of benefits including supporting biodiversity and generating income for rural communities," Defra said in a statement. "We

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Living in rural areas during this period of catastrophic fires driven in no small part by climate change has forced many people — myself included — to look at tree cutting, and forests, differently. This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. As authors Otis Parrish and Kent G.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Latin America is home to some of the world’s most biodiverse regions, like the Amazon rainforest and the Galapagos Islands. This remarkable diversity gives rise to a wide array of ecosystems and natural resources that present unique challenges and opportunities for earth observation applications.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

New report from independent advisory committee warns the government must approach net zero carbon target carefully, with joined-up policy interventions that do not inadvertently lead to higher emissions. Similarly, trees planted on farmland could prompt an increase in meat imports from countries that farm beef on former rainforests.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 19, 2021

Yosie Mon, 07/19/2021 – 02:00 In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Growing evidence of the myriad benefits well-maintained soils can deliver by combating climate change, alleviating flooding, boosting crop yields, and supporting biodiversity, has been highlighted in a new Royal Society report today, which argues the UK now stands at a "critical moment" for the future of the country's soil health.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. Easily identify activities that have a high carbon footprint to make the appropriate adjustments necessary.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 20, 2022

We had a simple theory of change: you can’t manage what you don’t measure, and the Earth was not being measured nearly fast enough to address a wide array of global challenges. We are in a planetary crisis, with biodiversity loss, ecocide, and climate change urgently requiring greater action.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. 400+ sessions. But not all offsets are created equal.

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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 Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Seventy-five investors with $4.7tr of assets under management (AUM) this week sent a letter to the commissioners at the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to call on them to ensure new climate change disclosure rules are as wide-ranging and robust as possible. COP15 Biodiversity Summit reportedly facing further delays.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Every four years, the federal government is required to gather up the leading research on how climate change is affecting Americans, boil it all down, and then publish a National Climate Assessment. closer to meeting its emissions targets under the global climate treaty known as the Paris Agreement. Here’s how.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

According to Carbon Trackers , we are talking about a value of between 14-129 trillion dollars for fossil fuel assets alone and revenue streams of trillions of dollars annually. This scenario is referred to by some as the ‘carbon crunch’. So what should we do to avoid a sudden carbon crush scenario? …

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