Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

UKRI offers funding to four major scientific projects across UK exploring net zero cities, agricultural resilience, and biodiversity loss. We rely on the biodiversity of the planet's ecosystem to provide oxygen, pollination of plants, food and much more, making this a crucial time to act.".

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Resilience Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd has called on the Treasury to launch a review into the cost of climate impacts and the value of investing in resilience measures, noting that current levels of funding for flood and coastal defenses are nowhere near where they should be.

Resilience 77

Resilience Climate change Investment Biodiversity 77

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In its annual Review of Energy Policy 2023, published on 14 December, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) urges the next government to take urgent action on the policies needed to deliver the energy transition. The review highlights the energy policy priorities for the next government – whether Conservative, Labour or a coalition.

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Energy Energy Electric vehicle Government 284

Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

Would that the same could be said of global biodiversity - or the living natural world to give it its more evocative name and rid it of the emotional distancing that accompanies the dry scientific terminology. Efforts to tackle biodiversity loss enjoy no such luck. Can we develop market-based mechanisms that are genuinely credible?

Biodiversity 80

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Soil Policy 80

Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Potential of mangoves and seagrass to capture CO2 and support biodiversity to be explored as six marine and coastal projects secure backing from UK Research and Innovation. Research projects aiming to boost biodiversity, capture greenhouse gas emissions and protect coastal environments are among those receiving a share of £9.2m

Biodiversity 96

Biodiversity Carbon Climate change Sustainability 96

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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Biodiversity Climate change Government Fossil fuels 94

Planet Pulse

JUNE 21, 2021

In tandem, Europe has also launched a new 2030 Biodiversity Strategy which requires Member States to commit to important targets to restore biodiversity. Both initiatives are integral parts of Europe’s response to the current global climate and biodiversity crises. The panel included: .

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 75

EDF + Business

MARCH 8, 2024

SBTi recently introduced long-awaited guidance on how companies can implement “beyond value chain mitigation” (or BVCM) – a term for investments in a range of climate solutions, including carbon credits, outside of a company’s own operations and supply chain – alongside science-based targets for their internal reductions.

Investment 70

Investment Carbon Policy Fossil fuels 70

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.

Biodiversity 50

Biodiversity Law Medicine Logistics 50

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. Encourage investment in nature-based solutions. Countries around the world can harness the power of nature to adapt to climate impacts.

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Sea level rise Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Climate change 521

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following a consultation last year, the government yesterday confirmed plans to bring in the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements in a phased approach between now and the end of 2025, starting with local planning authorities this year before extending to major infrastructure projects.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Government Policy Resilience 36

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

A consultation is also planned this year on rules and interventions for supporting the development of "high integrity" voluntary carbon markets, in a bid to funnel more investment into nature-based solutions, the Green Finance Strategy states. The delayed consultation had previously been pencilled in for December last year.

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Policy Investment Government Climate change 38

Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 59

AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Clouse Thu, 03/04/2021 – 02:11 Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

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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Policy Government Fashion Biodiversity 90

Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

The bank, which is headquartered in Leeds, is aiming to unlock £40bn in private investment in crucial waste, water, transport, energy, and digital projects using an initial budget of £12bn of equity and debt capital and £10bn in government guarantees, the government said.

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Investment Climate change Government Biodiversity 100

Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

The Aldersgate Group's Josie Murdoch assesses the policy action needed from government to accelerate progress on green finance in the UK. Following this, the Aldersgate Group recommends a range of policies to properly green the UK's finance system. 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for green finance.

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Policy Government Carbon Biodiversity 73

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It also incorporates commitments made as part of the Montreal-Kunming agreement at CBD COP15 international biodiversity summit, linking domestic and international commitments. Together with the publication of the Environmental Principles policy statement, the building blocks of the UK's new environmental governance regime has been set.

Policy 36

Policy Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Government 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying. Under the heading 'How could we be so stupid?',

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68

Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A group of 45 governments will today promise to take urgent action and mobilise increased investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. If we are to keep the 1.5C

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Government Carbon Agriculture Biodiversity 91

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition focused on helping vulnerable nations adapt and build resilience to escalating climate impacts at a landmark global summit today. I'll be making the need for a resilient recovery a priority of the UK's G7 presidency this year.

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Resilience Politics Government Investment 58

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Ministers should urgently 'make a clear statement of ambition' on climate and flood resilience, UK climate, infrastructure and insurance experts warn. The letter welcomes efforts from the government to invest in flood protection, including a pledge to invest £4bn in flood defences over the next five years.

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Resilience Government Climate change Agriculture 54

Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As first part of landmark COP15 UN biodiversity summit kicks off, string of reports makes case for more drastic action to protect biodiversity. Let's make the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework the starting blocks to a nature-positive world by 2030.

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Biodiversity Investment Government Carbon 38

Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

Resilience 36

Resilience Climate change Government Agriculture 36

Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

Action to restore and enhance nature, green space, and biodiversity in urban areas should be a 'foremost priority', World Economic Forum warns. Moreover, nature-based infrastructure investment is on average 50 per cent more cost-effective than man-made alternatives, while delivering 28 per cent more added value, according to the report.

Biodiversity 71

Biodiversity Resilience Fossil fuels Health 71

Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

Sweeping new strategy aims to place climate action at heart of UK foreign and security policy. The government is to "establish tackling climate change and preserving biodiversity as the UK's number one international priority in the decade ahead". The UK was the first advanced economy to set a net zero target for 2050.

Biodiversity 96

Biodiversity Climate change Resilience Government 96

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Think of us as a nonprofit VC: First the investor part: We invest $300,000 (for growth strategy development) or $600,000 (for project deployment) to companies across six systems – water, food and agriculture, nature-based solutions, energy, mobility, and the circular economy. Climate resilience, zero carbon, and the built environment.

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Stormwater Resilience Smart Cities Startups 98

Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

Your government has the opportunity to show global leadership, forging a path out of this crisis by putting a resilient economy, healthy communities, and a thriving natural world at the heart of the relief and recovery effort.". Carney also said that climate change should be a major consideration in all long-term investments.

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Resilience Climate change Government Health 82

Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers. "The

Investment 99

Investment Packaging Carbon-neutral Europe 99

The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This makes it difficult to invest in green practices that may have upfront costs but long-term benefits. But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors. Through investment, countries can help support renewable energy, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Sustainability Fossil fuels Climate change Government 195

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains," says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their "no deforestation" policies and practices. Progress takes root.

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Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 545

Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As part of the initiative, launched late last week, the CEOs of McCain Foods, McDonald's, Waitrose & Partners, Olam, and PepsiCo have produced a joint action plan detailing how to boost adoption of regenerative farming practices globally, in a bid to reduce the food system's significant impacts on climate and biodiversity.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Biodiversity Resilience Sustainability 89

Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The global recovery from the coronavirus crisis presents an "unmissable opportunity" to invest in nature, deliver net zero emissions by 2050, and reduce the risk of future pandemics, according to a new UN report which attempts to lay out a "comprehensive blueprint for addressing our triple planetary emergency".

Investment 45

Investment Biodiversity Fossil fuels Pollution 45

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

Biodiversity 31

Biodiversity Climate change Policy Government 31

Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Demand 88

Demand Packaging Resilience Biodiversity 88

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Campaigners are calling on the government to invest £1bn a year in nature restoration, arguing that reversing the rapid degradation the UK's land and seas should be both an economic and climate priority for Ministers of all stripes as they seek to steer the country's recovery from the pandemic.

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Government Waste Waste Investment 52

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These outputs can now support innovative and bespoke climate-resilient policy solutions for a variety of regions in Africa. . The two spoke about the interlinked nature of security and sustainability, how the world must build resilience against serious climate risks, and how the U.S.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98