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'Outsize opportunity': How investors could help slash global food sector emissions and unlock a $1.5tr economic boost

Business Green

The shift towards more sustainable diets, farming, and food supply chains therefore offers a major investment opportunity for financial firms, according to the think tank. From halving food waste to stopping deforestation, six steps by investors could take 60 per cent of food's emissions off the table," added Elwin.

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'Urgent priority': Can 2021 usher in a sustainable food system transformation?

Business Green

In many major economies, plant-based options and meat-alternatives are growing in popularity, leading to rising sales of veggie food and milk in supermarkets and restaurants. Lab-grown meat, too, is attracting increasing interest, and is expected to start appearing on consumer plates in the coming years.

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Investors are betting billions on carbontech. Will it pay off?

Grist

They found that more than 250 firms have raised $2 billion in combined investments to capture and use carbon, or permanently store it underground. Extavour said that total investment is likely higher, because of the survey’s limited regional focus. XPrize unveiled the list in late September, during the U.N. Last year, the U.N.

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Reducing Food System Emissions, One Bite At A Time

Energy Innovation

Reducing food waste in high-income countries is largely a voluntary act for the consumer, with very few waste-reduction enforcement policies in place (Stancu and Lähteenmäki, 2022). They argue that a better understanding of these drivers can help inform more targeted policy and public awareness campaigns. Why do so many U.S.

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Could just three policy levers trigger a global cascade of climate action?

Business Green

Yet it is also true that everywhere you look, from national policy right the way down to individual everyday behaviours, there are scores of relatively simple tweaks and changes that, if all totted up together, could amount to a significant and permanent dent in global emissions. There is some recent historical precedent to back this up.

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A View of Climate Tech Trends through Elemental’s Portfolio Applicants

Elemental Excelerator

Between policy drivers, consumer demand and falling costs, there’s less risk around funding new climate technologies. What do year-over-year trends within our key investment sectors tell us about the future of climate tech? In other words, earlier-stage companies are starting to raise more money with less commercial traction.

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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

Business Green

Last year CCC chief executive Chris Stark told BusinessGreen it would be "very, very difficult" for the UK farming sector to achieve net zero by 2040 if current levels of meat production continue, while adding there were "no easy answers" for decarbonising agriculture. Meat alternatives and plant-based proteins.

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