Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

At the close of 2023, Defra asked the British Ecological Society to bring together nearly 40 experts, to collate expert opinion on freshwater policy and set out a list of priorities for the biodiversity evidence programme to focus on. We know that England’s rivers, and the life they support, are in a desperate state.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. The battle against climate change is vital.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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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 they are.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

The boss of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, is to deliver a speech later today warning how the biodiversity crisis poses an existential threat to the human race if left unaddressed. The biodiversity crisis is a crisis because it won't just kill the plants and animals it is killing," he is to say. "It It will kill us too.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. Moreover, only 11 per cent of asset managers have policies requiring portfolio companies to mitigate harmful impacts on biodiversity.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What we do have, when it comes to regulations that address climate change, is a decidedly duller but still effective tool called the social cost of carbon, or SCC. The implication is that the benefits of government policies and other actions that reduce global warming pollution are greater than has been assumed.”.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

CBI chief says it is 'not acceptable' for businesses to sit on the sidelines amid 'seismic' challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss and Covid-19. From climate change to digitisation, resilience-building to fighting protectionist instincts, the challenges we face are seismic," he said.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate action 4. 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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

C, we may lose control of our climate for good—and the Climate Change Committee has already highlighted the large gap between NZS targets and delivery. C warming – omissions underlined by the High Court’s recent ruling that the UK Government’s climate strategy is “unlawful”. ‘Net

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Today’s children are facing climate crisis-related health issues, warns The Lancet ’s Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the annual research collaboratively conducted by 35 global institutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The letter was written by prominent climate and biodiversity scientists from universities and organisations in top biomass sourcing countries – the U.S., The signatory scientists urge countries to stop relying on biomass given that it destroys forests, endangers wildlife, and accelerates climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns. The UK is already experiencing widespread changes to its climate, with average land temperatures having risen by around 1.2C

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The government has been accused by the forestry industry of a "total policy failure" on tree planting, in the wake of fresh figures which show it is less than halfway to hitting an annual tree planting target it established more than two years ago. This is a total policy failure in both economic and environmental terms," Goodall said.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Some will transact to future generations and others will cost the climate.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 billion each year.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Even though this is how it’s been done for generations, at its core, this basic concept explains why industrialized farming is a primary contributor to carbon release and the resulting climate change. Desertification, erosion, flooding and wildfires are other indicators of poor soil health.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

billion tons) and play a crucial role in averting the dangerous impacts of climate change. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. Circular economy strategies that reduce our use of resources can cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 39 percent (22.8 Boost economies.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

If planned wisely, population decline could, in the words of British conservationist David Attenborough, provide an opportunity to "rewild" nature by relieving major stress points upon critical ecosystems and species that could enable a gradual regeneration of biodiversity. Innovation marches forward.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE. His words apply equally to rebuilding biodiversity as they do to addressing climate change. It can't come soon enough.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

The crisis has exposed not only the lack of foresight but the lack of effectiveness in mainstream business risk management policies. That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

With record high unemployment , a reeling global economy and concerns of food shortages , the world as we know it is changing. But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. by Ashanté M.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 31, 2020

Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity is an opportunity to reflect on how can we better understand the human potential to preserve biodiversity, get closer to nature and guide our future actions. Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity is the first phase of a vast project designed to find and implement solutions for the future.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oxford and their collaborators have launched a new approach to tackling biodiversity loss “in a coordinated way.” The loss of biodiversity is increasingly recognised as a crisis, linked to climate change, which needs urgent action.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

new progress report which reviews the effectiveness of central government support on local authority action on climate change and nature warns of a lack of progress that risks jeopardising national and local net zero and nature restoration targets. We need firm commitment and resources from government to address the climate crisis.”.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the world struggles to combat climate change, the need for a sustainable economy is more urgent than ever. It’s leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions which are affecting our ecosystems and contributing to climate change. But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including EU's carbon border row with China, and fresh climate goals from Israel and Indonesia. China has slammed the European Union's proposed carbon border tax, arguing the policy is in violation of international trading rules.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

About 50 years ago, Costa Rica began to promote a series of novel environmental policies. Sustainability policies established. It was not until the early 1990s that political leaders realized the need for change, to significantly improve the environmental and social systems that the country’s economy relied on.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

3 keys for scaling nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. And mature mangroves can store nearly 1,000 tons of carbon per hectare, thus mitigating climate change while also helping communities adapt. Jonathan Cook. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 00:30.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

With G7 and COP26 fast approaching, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne argues the government must adopt a solutions-driven approach to environmental policy. Now is the time for effective government policy interventions to deliver these commitments to protect our environment.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Annual WWF Living Planet report warns continued biodiversity loss is jeopardising climate goals and undermining economic development. The report found that the Caribbean and Latin America - home to the Amazon and one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth - has seen average wildlife population sizes plummet by 94 per cent since 1970.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 Climate Change. percent of all COVID-induced spending to date had "positive green characteristics." trillion of the $4.6 This holds particularly true in the U.K., Pull Quote. Green New Deal. BusinessGreen.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. In a May 2020 paper in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, a team of economists led by Cameron Hepburn led a survey to assess the most climate-friendly recovery policies.

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