Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

There is, after all, no path to net zero that doesn't involve an expansion in nature, which is essential even before considering added benefits such as improved flood resilience, better soil and air quality, and of course reduced pandemic risks. But what are so-called 'nature-based solutions'?

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

Fluctuating temperatures and extreme weather events are creating an ever-increasing cocktail of risk for companies, including volatile commodity and energy prices, stranded assets, increased political and litigation risks and distinct new demands. These factors influence how business is conducted and, consequently, how lawyers must practice.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We Nawaz co-wrote a report released today titled “ Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal. ”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Having been peppered with increasing policy demands since the UK was announced as host, each carrying with it the threat of failure on the international stage, the funnel of COP26 is a big public relations nightmare to manage. Glasgow isn't a ribbon cutting event, it requires real political muscle. and ‘is it worth it?'.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But with Ministers yet to go on the record with their detailed policy plans and several departments said to be at loggerheads over key parts of the new programme, environmental groups remain fearful that the UK's green policy framework is about to fundamentally weakened. Far from it.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ideally, the end result of these efforts is a reliable dataset that enables the effective and equitable implementation of public policy. Political unrest and climate change have upended communities and driven large portions of the population from their homes. It is paramount for good governance. It is paramount for development gains.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As our sample, we took the communications of 14 EU players who were identified in a 2021 DeSmog investigation as key opponents of EU environmental policy reforms. Instead, the message – which echoes positions often used by the fossil fuel lobby – is that EU policy should optimise incentives. See Table.).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Coming from backgrounds in economics, ecology and public policy , we have spent several years focusing on carbon drawdown. A Proven Method: Trees, Plants, and Soil. Science, politics, religion or just plain interesting articles: Check out The Conversation’s weekly newsletters.]. Trees in the U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top comments from business, politics, academia, think tanks and civil society.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

What we need to see now from the NI Assembly, from every department and from every political party is the bravery to step up and put the policies in place that will secure a sustainable future in which the people of Northern Ireland can thrive. The climate crisis is the biggest crisis facing humanity and our planet.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Investing in nature can provide a short-term boost with thousands of jobs, and it can provide long-term, cost-effective protection against costly risks like flooding, soil degradation, and climate change," Benwell said.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Investing in nature can provide a short-term boost with thousands of jobs, and it can provide long-term, cost-effective protection against costly risks like flooding, soil degradation, and climate change," Benwell said.

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Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in climate science, social science, policy and the law, the climate change effects that California has experienced so far are just the tip of what’s to come. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D. If lead or any other toxic hitchhiker is on that PM2.5 A new lead crisis?

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

For one, the report lists a number of specific areas of government policy failure. In short, integration of climate adaptation is broadly absent from almost all the government's flagship climate policies. It's important - that is part of the process of making better policy in this country.".

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

EU policies should not simply be aimed at securing access, but also at minimising critical raw material needs. The result is policies that potentially lead to trade-offs and future lock-ins, instead of synergies and multiple benefits. The Commission is preparing new rules on critical raw materials.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To its credit, what Defra has delivered this week is one of the most comprehensive and holistic environmental policy documents from any UK government to date. The statement itself stresses that the environmental principles are "not rules and cannot dictate policy decisions".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets. This week, I'll try to untangle one of the more complex, confusing and contentious aspects of our food systems: the emerging market for soil carbon offsets. Everyone was polite, but it's clear that divisions run deep. That's the why.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Legislation aimed at "closing the gaps" in the UK's Climate Change Act by including the nation's international aviation, shipping and supply chains in greenhouse gas reduction targets is set to be tabled in Parliament today, pulling in support from MPs across much of the political spectrum.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Myint went on to describe a scalable mechanism for capturing large amounts of carbon in agricultural soils that would, indeed, cost governments $0. The money would be used to help farmers implement regenerative agriculture techniques that boost soil fertility and store carbon. . Policy & Politics. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This investment programme is going to breathe life into the UK economy - it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic'. So it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been a mess for decades, proving hugely damaging to the environment and administratively onerous for farmers. It could include catchment sensitive farming schemes, integrated pest management; it could include soil health schemes and measures to promote that.".

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These companies are stepping up their game because the exposure they are facing is stepping up,” says Jennifer Jacquet, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami. “It Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Green policy is now central to Labour's agenda - and as such the bar has been raised. It also comes just days after Labour launched wider industrial strategy designed to drive investment and provide business with greater policy and regulatory certainty.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

There is something faintly ridiculous about any attempt to suggest clean air or forests or soils are worth £xbn a year, when without them civilisation is essentially doomed. But the Review did help shape the political discourse on climate change and it established something of a new economic orthodoxy.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Department of Agriculture could use existing funding and programs to encourage soil health. How President-elect Joe Biden could support regenerative agriculture, Black farmers (24:45) What would those focused on sustainable food systems like the incoming administration to prioritize? For a start, the U.S. E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

There are many types of carbon removal, but they all involve taking existing carbon out of atmospheric circulation, say, by planting new trees, improving soil quality, or using technology to suck it directly out of the air and inject it into the ground. We have to put it back into the ground.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom. Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Later in her Katowice speech, Thunberg said simply that “Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible, there is no hope.” Yet the material itself did feel fairly stale, taking 2010 as its benchmark year while looking forward to 2050. But first of all, does it pass the Thunberg test?

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

These five areas include (1) adaptation, planning and resilience for health, 2) climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerabilities, 3) finance and economics, 4) mitigation actions and 5) public and political engagement. The Lancet Via EurekAlert Image via Shutterstock.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

There have been calls from health professionals for the government to introduce a 'meat tax' that would help bring the UK's consumption of meat to sustainable levels, but the repot concedes that such a policy is currently "politically impossible" due to its deep unpopularity among citizens. But it is far, far easier said than done.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Policy documents released yesterday offer a glimpse into how big a role the government envisages for technologies such as carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in supporting its Net Zero Strategy.

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2010, Blanchard graduated to political battles with BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, a spill that sent 4.9 The problem is too complex for straightforward answers: Its outcome relies on rainfall, ocean temperature, soil health, and crop growth rates. Spike Johnson. million barrels of oil into his fishing ground.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

CISL's report also stresses that there is a compelling economic case for restoring natural ecosystems given more than 50 per cent of global GDP relies on services provided by nature, including freshwater, healthy soil and clean air.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

More frequent and more intense storms create land runoff that can overwhelm water treatment facilities, contaminating drinking water with hazardous waste or soils with intestinal parasites. Furthermore, elevated CO 2 concentrations can result in greater uptake and concentration of soil toxins (such as arsenic or cadmium) in rice.

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