Biodiversity COP Demand Resilience 
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.
Business Green
JANUARY 17, 2023
Tony Juniper reflects on the outcome of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit and what is now needed to deliver on the agreement signed by governments in Montreal. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.
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Business Green
OCTOBER 28, 2021
°C without harnessing the power of NbS for both climate mitigation and resilience. The truth is that it is now too late to make these trade-offs and climate science is demanding corporations take a "both/and" approach, investing both in internal reductions and in NbS inside and outside of their supply chains. Are there risks?
GreenBiz
JULY 20, 2020
And in order to encourage the approach beyond its supply chain, Danone recently founded the One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) initiative, a cross-sector effort to improve the private sector's approach to biodiversity. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example. Typically, the talk is about demand side interventions, like you can get schools or, or individuals to give up meat,” she says.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. This bears the risk of displacing conversion to other regions if demand doesn't budge. Grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and other carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems are also being plowed up too. The roadmap's definitions also bring up a geography question.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
The final deal also saw important progress on other aspects of the global climate finance regime, with all parties agreeing to explore reforms to multilateral development banks and other financial institutions to help stimulate more investment in low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure.
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