Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

UK government should introduce secondary legislation and guidance that can provide further clarity about how the biodiversity offset market will work and be policed, non-profit argue. To deliver policy efficiently and ensure clear market rules, it must include defined governmental roles and sufficient regulatory capacity," the document notes.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Manifesto by young people signals demand for climate action from business. Business regulation and tax policy could be subject to a 'future generations law' to assesses its impact on young people if a new 'Youth Manifesto' is enacted.

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Biodiversity Law Politics Demand 95

GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

Under the heading "Transformative effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss," the seven economies: Commit to a multi-year effort to meet our net-zero commitments and environmental objectives in a way that is positive for jobs, growth, competitiveness and fairness.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The passage of the Bill into law will mean that all the devolved nations of the UK now have their own dedicated climate legislation in place, alongside the overarching target set through the UK-wide Climate Change Act. Friends of the Earth can finally welcome a climate law for Northern Ireland," the group said.

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Law Upcycling Climate change Agriculture 73

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse.

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Europe Law Agriculture Biodiversity 131

Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

That awful list translates into serious impacts on humans, including threats to food and water security, health risks and the spread of disease, loss of biodiversity (that is, the web of life we rely on), infrastructure breakdown, and what the U.S. As demanding as these regulations are, soft power can be just as important.

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Climate change Law Sustainability Demand 148

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The letter notes that the projects pose immense environmental risks and impacts to biodiversity in Uganda. The post Human Rights and Environmental Organisations Demand The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation Reconsider Supporting ‘Risky’ Major East Africa Oil Project appeared first on DeSmog.

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Africa Demand Biodiversity Fossil fuels 89

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. While this issue is bigger than any one person's habits, if we all take action to tackle unsustainable consumption, we can make a lasting impact to halt biodiversity loss.".

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Biodiversity Government Climate change Law 97

Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Fresh advice from Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) explores how competition law could be leveraged to help meet UK's net zero and environmental goals. It has confirmed it plans to bring forward more detailed guidance in this area.

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Law Carbon-neutral Government Fashion 88

Grist

JUNE 13, 2024

“The countries around the world that we saw gain the most from these FPVs were these low-latitude, tropical countries that did not have a high energy demand in the first place,” said Iestyn Woolway, an Earth system scientist at Bangor University and lead author of a new paper describing the findings in the journal Nature Water. “It

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Hydropower 104

Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), an international conservation organization founded in 1858 focuses on maintaining biodiversity and conserving wildlife and ecosystems in protected areas and outstanding wild places. We have to protect nature’s pristine areas,” explains Manuel Engelbauer, FZS’s South American program officer. “All

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Biodiversity Law Logging Politics 98

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rosie Hails, Nature & Science Director at the National Trust: “When the government committed to the 30×30 goal they underlined the urgency, saying that ‘we cannot afford dither and delay because biodiversity loss is happening today and it is happening at a frightening rate’.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. Green groups have demanded that the Government use the targets delay to bring forward a stronger package of targets, capable of restoring the natural environment. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The influential think tank estimates more than two thirds of recent tropical deforestation has taken place in breach of local laws and regulations. With escalating climate and biodiversity crises, now is the time for governments to double down on efforts to tackle illegal logging.".

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Logging Biodiversity Law Government 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Palm oil is used in vast swathes of everyday products around the world, including food and toiletry items, and demand has continued to surge in recent years, which has in turn further fueled deforestation and habitat destruction. The assessment follows the publication of a European Commission draft law on deforestation yesterday.

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Law Climate change Demand Asia 91

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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Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 94

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

It raises the alarm over a "deeply concerning decline in biodiversity" in England, with available evidence pointing to a 17 per cent reduction in the abundance of priority species from 2013 to 2017 "among other adverse trends".

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Government Law Biodiversity Policy 68

Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It found that just two out of 90 firms have a comprehensive biodiversity policy in place. But the biodiversity plans of the overwhelming majority of companies surveyed were found to be badly wanting, despite these companies being collectively responsible for 44 million hectares of tropical forest.

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Biodiversity Policy Sustainability Law 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

But environmental campaigners have argued that by focusing initially only on soils rather than a raft of other environmental issues, the scheme is too narrow in scope to content fully with the scale of the interlinked biodiversity and climate crises.

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Demand COP Government Policy 62

Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

It was the planet’s largest civic event at the time and compelled governments to take concrete actions, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies. In addition to these practical outcomes, the event demonstrated just how much can be achieved when people come together and demand action.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

New report comes as Greenpeace reveals continued lobbying by soya suppliers against EU's landmark rainforest protection law. And in further related news, think tank Planet Tracker has warned that the Gran Chaco forest is "fast becoming the next major frontier of deforestation", due to rising global demand for soya.

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Resilience South America Policy Retail 101

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Parts of the country saw temperatures in excess of 113 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-January, and the record-setting demand for electricity led to temporary blackouts in Buenos Aires. There is no way that the oil industry can guarantee a low ‘risk’ or impact on biodiversity and, consequently, on the population,” he said. December 16, 2021.

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Law Government Politics Fossil fuels 96

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Though there is some domestic demand for wood pellets for electric utilities — particularly in the Northeast — the majority of wood pellets manufactured in the region are exported to the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK), to fulfill global commitments to mitigate climate change by reducing reliance on fossil fuels. .

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Every industry needs to do their part if vital climate and biodiversity goals are to be achieved. More than three billion trees are razed annually - many from the world's most carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems - by the fashion industry to make everyday items, such as clothing and takeout containers.

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Investment Biodiversity Fashion Packaging 40

Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We have legislated through the Environment Act and will continue to improve our regulations and wildlife laws in line with our ambitious vision.". Solar power is the answer to so many needs and policy demands: it will cut energy bills, deliver energy security, boost growth and help rural economies.

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Government Soil Agriculture Policy 101

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Report ‘Cherry Picked’ While Luo notes care must still be taken to ensure renewable energy projects are sited appropriately, such that they avoid areas of high biodiversity or sensitive ecosystems, renewables still pose far less of a threat than continued fossil fuel exploration and exploitation.

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Agriculture Fossil fuels Climate change Wind power 83

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. Europe’s centre-right EPP party has used arguments which track industry demands. We need to look at the interests behind that.

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Agriculture Europe Biodiversity Law 93

AGreenLiving

JUNE 9, 2021

Under the heading “Transformative effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss,” the seven economies: Commit to a multi-year effort to meet our net-zero commitments and environmental objectives in a way that is positive for jobs, growth, competitiveness and fairness.

Climate change 36

Climate change Biodiversity Politics Demand 36

Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

The report calculates that investments of $759bn through to 2050 could result in global demand for petrochemicals being met with almost no associated carbon emissions. But under a net zero emissions scenario, refineries start to be retired from 2030 as demand for transport fuels peaks as drivers switch to electric vehicles.

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Plastics Demand Waste Waste 62

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Dr Tero Mustonen, Snowchange Cooperative – specialises in Arctic biodiversity and impacts to Indigenous and local communities and nomadic societies of the Arctic. Professor Lavanya Rajamani, Oxford University – specialist in the field of international environmental and climate change law.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Climate change 130

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Indigenous groups in Ecuador have confronted the government and oil investors to demand justice. The government has advanced its explorations into Indigenous territories and the Amazon rainforest, areas protected by law. Biodiversity hotspots such as the Yasuní National Park have not been spared either.

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Government Organic Pollution Biodiversity 36

Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It said the 12 industry and expert figures on the Commission, which is to be chaired by University of Cambridge international law professor Lorand Bartels, would have a formal role to inform MPs and the public about how new free trade deals are consistent with UK green laws.

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Agriculture Law Government Pollution 57

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30.

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Biodiversity Agriculture Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring 369

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Its chair, Marie Donnelly, last night expressed concern at the “problematic” sectoral targets, which she described as “not consistent” with the objectives of Ireland’s climate laws. per cent of total national emissions, despite the sector contributing only around one percent to GDP. Climate Budget Fight.

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Agriculture Methane Politics Transportation 86

Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Commenting on Greenpeace's demands, a spokesperson from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told BusinessGreen the government would be able to introduce stronger marine protections when it was no longer bound by EU law.

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Government Logging Biodiversity Law 69

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But a growing number of marine biologists, ocean conservationists, government regulators and environmentally-conscious companies are sounding the alarm about a variety of environmental, food security, financial, and biodiversity concerns associated with seabed mining. Still, Nauru hopes to forge ahead with seabed mining.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Biodiversity Energy Monitor 88

Business Green

MAY 16, 2021

Carmen Thissen, associate at Business for Nature , a global coalition of business and conservation organisations set up to provide a coherent voice for corporate biodiversity action, sees natural capital accounting as a key tool in businesses' arsenal. There is also supplemental guidance on finance, biodiversity and food systems.

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