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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 3. Application of Ethics.

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Harnessing the power of tech on the path to net zero

Business Green

Alongside climate change, we are also facing a biodiversity crisis. Plus, today's ethics-conscious consumers won't accept inaction. The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), guides companies towards targets that tackle global warming while boosting competitiveness.

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How to start a community garden: Part 1

Low Impact

It also helps tackle global warming because intensive small-scale sites can be ‘farmed’ or gardened more sustainably, with less recourse to fossil fuel-powered vehicles or machinery. Community growing areas can improve local biodiversity and protect local wildlife. The more biodiverse an ecosystem, the more resilient it will be.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014.

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'Adapt to survive': UNEP publishes six-step guide for delivering a sustainable business

Business Green

The Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity published this week hammered home a point that has long been clear: the transition towards a more nature-positive and climate-responsible economy requires a major overhaul of core business assumptions and an embrace of new metrics for gauging economic success.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2. Enjoyed this article?

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

In our previous Green Business Bureau article, titled Carbon Offsets Vs Carbon Credits: Addressing The Issues (The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting) , we discuss the rules that ensure offsets deliver the GHG emission reductions promised, and do so ethically. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement.

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