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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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New Pacific Island Tuna brand from Walmart aims to net funds for climate resilience projects

Business Green

This approach maximises benefits for our people, who will see investments in climate resilience, additional revenues for associated businesses, and the creation of new on-shore and on-water job opportunities. The remaining 60 per cent of profits will go directly to Pacific Island governments.

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

The report, produced by the Expert Group of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy – a group of 14 heads of state and government – provides the first ever comprehensive, quantitative analysis into the role that ocean-based solutions can play in the fight against climate change. “Our gigatonnes of CO2e annually by 2050.

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Celebrating World Ocean Day

Energy and Cleantech Council

Cleantech” became a popular term in the late 1990s and early 2000s used by venture capital investors to describe a variety of green, sustainable and eco-friendly technology companies. What is Bluetech? Spotlight on SeaAhead.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Now, investors are beginning to wake up to the threat of habitat destruction and biodiversity loss and we’re beginning to see examples of action by means of both carrots — such as sustainability-linked loans tied to biodiversity-related metrics — and sticks such as the one which Nordea whacked JBS with. .

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Outlook on 2022: What can we expect from the agri-food industry in 2022?

Business Green

What is very clear however, is that 2022 needs to be a year of action to really bring the ambitions for creating a food system that is more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable, to life. In today's world it is increasingly difficult to make predictions about what next week will bring let alone the next 12 months.

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How alt-protein companies Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats hope to reshape diets

GreenBiz

Figuring out the best way to feed everyone so they receive enough nutritious food, while using the planet’s finite resources sustainably, is a growing challenge. The alternatives replicate the look, mouthfeel and taste of meat, but have a lower sustainability impact, advocates claim. . That’s about 2 billion more hungry mouths to feed.