DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

The biggest risks to food security stem from climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services,” said the letter, which was sent to all Members of the European Parliament. “We Furthermore the effect on climate change is minimal.” It is also the leading cause of biodiversity loss in the world.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

If there is one issue that transcends all the different areas of modern journalism, then climate change is it. According to an independent study, commissioned by Clim8 Invest, climate change is the number one concern for 61 per cent of UK consumers. Taking action.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Baltic Sea had the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, double the amount in the Mediterranean?. • The impact of the climate crisis on Europe’s seas was also measured. Microfibres are the type of microplastic that are most frequently eaten by marine species(2) and therefore of concern for ocean biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Biodiversity is also at risk along with public health and the psychological wellbeing of those affected by extreme weather events.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

To coincide with new sustainability strategy agri-business giant Syngenta releases poll showing growing concern worldwide about impact of climate change on crop yields and farmers. Indeed, 63 per cent said climate change would have a greater impact on their business than coronavirus over the next five years, according to the poll.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

Circular economy solutions can have a huge impact on climate change because 70% of greenhouse gas emissions are related to production and use of products – from the buildings we live in and the transport we use, to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The use of innovative techniques and technologies like precision feeding and climate-controlled poultry houses help streamline operations. Innovative water management practices ensure the efficient use of this precious resource. Techniques like rainwater harvesting and water recycling systems have been introduced.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Agriculture is today responsible for 10 percent of Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and without transforming the sector, Europe will not be able to remain within the Paris Agreement target. We’re excited to join this important coalition and have our data directly contribute to Europe reaching its net-zero emission plan.” .

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nobody wants the food they consume to have destroyed forests, habitats, and wildlife on its way to their plate, and yet the system that underpins our global food supplies today continues to be one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide. These three levers are in part interdependent," it adds.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Prior to that, Shine worked for over two decades as an independent environmental lawyer and sustainable development consultant for NGOs, governments, and businesses, leading influential projects on biodiversity, climate change, oceans and coastal development, international trade, and conflict prevention and reconciliation.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2021

The project, which is being led by a new non-profit called Foundation Earth and funded through the EU Commission's food innovation arm EIT Food, aims to explore how clearly-communicated "eco-scores" on products can drive more sustainable purchasing habits and accelerate environmentally-friendly innovation among food producers.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

The latest investment follows the success of the firm's first fund, Fund I, which was launched in 2018 and has since deployed more than $30m of capital towards climate tech companies, it said. All driven by a shared hunger for systems change.".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

For more information, read our full investigation into the meat industry’s messaging on climate change. The profiles in DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database provide a summary of the ways in which the meat industry measures its climate impact and promotes meat production as climate-friendly.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Prior to that, Shine worked for over two decades as an independent environmental lawyer and sustainable development consultant for NGOs, governments, and businesses, leading influential projects on biodiversity, climate change, oceans and coastal development, international trade, and conflict prevention and reconciliation.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 5, 2020

As announced earlier this year , Planet is once again partnering with Copernicus Masters , Europe’s leading innovation competition, to sponsor the See Change, Change the World challenge. Do you see an opportunity for positive change? Can satellite data help make it real?

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The critical window for action to transform the plastics system across Europe in order to meet both circular economy and climate goals is narrowing, with a major ramp up in innovation, policy ambition, investment, and corporate cooperation urgently needed over the next five years.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Incremental improvements to production efficiency will not be enough to turn the tide on biodiversity loss. Many of the risks related to fats and oils, such as human rights abuses, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor working conditions, are recurring features of agricultural commodity supply chains.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The urgency to take climate action is here, and the industry must take an accelerated approach to mitigate the already adverse effects of climate change," the authority reportedly said in a statement. COP15: UN biodiversity summit meetings delayed over Omicron fears. China tables five-year green industry plan.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"While the [EU Commission] report recognises that banks have so far seriously failed to apply effective measures to avoid risk or impacts from climate change and negative social or governance behaviour by corporates they lend to, its recommendations do little to address the issue," Reclaim Finance and Change Finance said in a statement.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Accountability will increase in importance as reporting becomes standardised, with a growing movement to make climate-related financial disclosure mandatory for corporations, in line with the TCFD and ISSB recommendations. In 2023 business leaders will step up action on tackling climate change, because it makes business sense.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

While fava beans have traditionally been grown across the UK for thousands of years, a large proportion of the beans have been exported to the Middle East to be used in staples such as falafel and houmous or to provide animal feed for farms across Europe.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

In related news today, WWF has launched a digital information hub in a bid to encourage sustainable practices among businesses in central and Eastern Europe, by providing actionable insights on the leading practices relevant for selected industries. That is how I would like to imagine the future of business in our region and beyond."

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. The GMA also shows displeasure at the COP28 presidency’s choice of a vegan menu, which is one of just two passing references to changing diets.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon is fed on other fish — small, oily, and nutritious pelagic species — which are harvested by the tonne off the West African coastline and pulverized into fishmeal and fish oil for export to Europe and Asia. In 2023, we’ll continue to keep our eye on EU policy around bioenergy. It’s hard to be optimistic.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 6, 2021

dates back to 6000 BC , with evidence of its use in ancient Egypt, Europe, India and the Near East. But plowing also disrupts and destroys the rich biodiversity below the surface where there’s a thriving ecosystem of fungi, worms, and more microbes than stars in the sky. We need to deploy existing technologies and innovate new ones.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. The analysis concluded that Europe would import an additional 35 million tonnes of carbon emissions if it replaced all its Russian pipeline gas by the end of next year, compared to 2021.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

New Zealand is beginning to ease restrictions; the UK reports an overall declining trend in infection; fast-tracked clinical trials of a vaccine are well under way; and in some parts of Europe, people are beginning to step out, blinking into the light as some shops and schools gradually re-open. So what changes should businesses hold on to?

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Rinexii

JUNE 18, 2021

It’s such that when I researched laundry sheets, I struggled to discern whether “polyvinyl alcohol” which was farther identified as “a biodegradable monomer/polymer” was an innovative solution or waffle-stomping to avoid saying it’s plastic. Even now, I’m not 100% certain.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps said: "With a wealth of talent and expertise, and a track record to be proud of, the UK is well placed to ensure that tackling climate change also brings new jobs and investment for businesses and communities. "I Plaudits for focusing on the essential topic of ‘delivery'.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Our Time on Earth , which has just finished its 12-week run at the London gallery, offered an immersive and interactive exhibition of works from around the world exploring how radical ideas, technologies, social movements, and the latest science are being utilised to tackle the climate crisis and transform everyday life over the coming decades.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Addressing social inequality, climate change and material waste all overlap in some revolutionary visions by advocates of circular cities. Social change may be threaded throughout each area but it's not explicitly prioritized, Gladek noted. The social aspects only recently have become front and center.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

High price tags are sometimes necessary for innovative green technologies, but with biomass, there's a real risk that the UK doesn't get what it's paying for," Ember's COO and lead UK analyst Phil MacDonald warned. "We And in March, leading green groups banded together to urge UK government to not invest public funds into Drax's BECCS scheme.

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