GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. He applied after hearing about a friend’s positive experience working with the organization. "It "People are getting sick or dying from heat," Berckes said, "and their utility bills are going up.

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , a nonprofit news organization. Ranchers found the species remarkably resilient and, if not beloved by cattle, edible enough to plant. Terra Fondriest via FERN Hamilton and Steele have decided to bet on biodiversity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

BusinessGreen takes a tour around Riverford Organic Farms to explore how the veg box firm is contending with worsening climate impacts. Riverford Organic Farms founder Guy Singh-Watson | Credit: Riverford. For those who spend their lives in the countryside, city visits can feel chaotic, confusing, and loud in comparison.

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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Reward sustainable farming.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Over the years, anything “organic” is associated with something healthy. This explains why organic labeled food sells at a higher price compared to others. As more people learn about the benefits of organic herbal farming, it is becoming popular. Not only is organic herbal farming beneficial to humans alone but.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. The collapse of soil biodiversity is happening at microscopic scale. This could result in a more distributed, localised food-production system that is more stable and resilient than the one it replaces, stated the study.

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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. Health-related incidents flagged by The Lancet ’s report include increased risks of low birth weight and infant mortality for newborns.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

The government has today announced four new nature restoration projects are to receive seed funding to help demonstrate how private investment can be secured to improve natural habitats, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance climate resilience.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

The project, managed by Wetlands International, already has improved the district’s climate resilience, protecting communities from coastal flooding and absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They provide food, fuel and livelihoods; sustain cultural traditions; and offer health and recreation benefits. Risk & Resilience.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Coastal marshes and wetlands are key to supporting the health and productivity of the surrounding communities and their marine habitats. They also serve as “blue carbon” sinks and promote coastal resilience against flooding and erosion. False-color PlanetScope image of South Slough Reserve in Coos Bay, Oregon, taken on April 13, 2020.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many businesses and governments put profits and short-term gains over the long-term health of our planet. Techniques, such as organic farming and biodiversity can make all the difference. Through reform, we can create a more resilient and environmentally friendly food system.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Through this partnership, organizations and stakeholders representing every step of the food value chain will come together to decarbonize the European food system, while maximizing other benefits such as soil health and farmer resilience. COPA-COGECA. European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF).

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

As part of the plan, farmers are provided with training and support as they adopt regenerative farming methods that reduce pesticide use, carbon emissions, and soil erosion, while simultaneously improving organic soil matter and biodiversity.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

What do they mean for the way we organize societies, organizations and communities? We’ll open the day in conversation with Achim Steiner , Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and one of the UN’s most important leaders, and Dr. Samuel Myers , one of the most influential figures in the field of planetary health.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

This means leaving natural ecosystems unharmed, supporting biodiversity, maintaining natural environments and resources, and restoring natural climatic cycles. As an investment framework, standards have been set by lawmakers, investors, and ESG reporting organizations. ESG sustainability.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The are beneficial in so many ways, including biodiversity, community cohesion, local food, carbon storage and human well-being. It is important that they provide benefits to both biodiversity and human wellbeing. NbS must support or enhance biodiversity. We are also protecting our orchards against climate change.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

They cover such things as elimination of poverty, ending extreme hunger, the promotion of human health and well-being, the conservation and protection of life on land and the oceans, and addressing the climate emergency, among many others. To do so, they look to build more resilient systems with tight information feedback loops.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Together, they will work to finalise a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Biodiversity underpins human health, wealth, happiness, and identity. But while this is well understood, the loss of biodiversity and intact ecosystems continues to accelerate. This is not going unnoticed by the business community.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. We need to build resilience into both physical and social structures of our cities.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 26, 2021

Bayer , headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a multinational life science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. Sustainable development and inclusive growth are core elements of Bayer’s corporate strategy and vision: “health for all, hunger for none.” Learn more about them here. ###.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

Pop up rain forests planted each year between food crop rotations also sequester atmospheric carbon, increase soil organic matter (SOM), and improve the land’s capacity to hold water. We can measure the improvement in soil health and how that improves yield and Yorkshire Water can measure the improvement in the water.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Through the lens of environmental stewardship and innovation, this journey will dissect the layers of organic materials that form the backbone of biomass energy, venturing beyond the surface to examine the environmental, economic, and social narratives that intertwine with the fabric of this energy form.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With biodiversity in sharp decline across the world, and numbers of birds and pollinators plummeting in Europe, green groups are deeply concerned at the prospect of any further delays. It urges European decision makers to “protect our health and the environment, and to make our agriculture resilient”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Through the plan, Nescafé said it would work with its coffee farmers to improve soil health and fertility, protect water resources, and support biodiversity in order to increase yields and help improve farmers' livelihoods, while also helping to sequester carbon through healthier soils.

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Sustainability Consulting

APRIL 7, 2021

This “rewilded” land fosters biodiversity while improving crop yields. In Odisha, India, indigenous farmers use ecological practices to maintain climate resilient agrobiodiversity, allowing insects, pollinators, flies and birds to thrive on their farmlands. The farmers also use local organic fertilizers from biogas slurry.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2022

It is time for soil health to rise up the climate agenda, in particular at the companies whose products depend on it, argues Moët Hennessy's Sandrine Somers. It is hard to think of anything more pressing than the climate emergency or loss of biodiversity. As living ecosystems, soils support biodiversity. They filter water.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Instead of enjoying carefree childhood hobbies , they are protesting, litigating, organizing, and public speaking about the importance of policy-based climate solutions. These feelings worsen if parents “fail to understand why and how their worries about the climate and biodiversity crisis can affect them daily, constantly.”

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

Unlike the CAP, which has long been criticised by environmental groups, England's new subsidy system aims to incentivise farmers to undertake measures to enhance so-called 'public goods' such as through efforts to benefit biodiversity, improve soil, air, and water quality, enhance flood resilience, and store carbon through nature-based solutions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

This trial is very much about ensuring we create a sustainable long term supply chain that benefits farmers, the planet and biodiversity. They help farmers to integrate a range of innovative ideas into their processes to reduce carbon emissions and improve soil health; exactly the things we need to make our barley more sustainable.".

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Covering 71 per cent of our planet's surface, oceans are both vital to sustaining human and natural life on Earth and a key part of tackling the dual crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss. But the health of our oceans, and the industries reliant on them, are under serious threat.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Acknowledging Indigenous people's critical role in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises may have become the norm in climate circles, but these communities still aren’t being paid for it. We want to tell the [donors] they should try working with [Indigenous organizations] directly.

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