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COP27: New Global Adaptation Agenda aims to establish climate resilience goals

Business Green

The COP27 Presidency has today launched a new global plan that aims to mobilise state and non-state actors behind a shared set of climate adaptation goals for 2030 that span food and agriculture, water and nature, coasts and oceans, infrastructure, and human livelihoods.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

It’s natural to follow the people impacted by all this: the local residents, usually in poorer neighborhoods, whose homes and livelihoods are being lost; the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock are withering and dying; the stranded travelers and the evacuees seeking shelter amid the chaos. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5

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Coffee prices spike, thanks to climate change

AGreenLiving

They’ve lost their whole livelihood.” But he’s more worried about climate change than about the price tag. I’ve heard of farmers that lost everything. All the plants. They’re waiting now to see if some of them can recover. The price of the beans Selga imports has risen 60%.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Food production has a hefty environmental price tag, accounting for 26 per cent of global emissions, 70 per cent of freshwater withdrawals, and using half of habitable land. Our current priority should be ensuring that everyone has access to enough food and supporting those producers whose livelihoods have been threatened by the pandemic.

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These bags are made with Fairtrade Certified organic cotton

AGreenLiving

This not only improves the land, but also provides an economic livelihood for the farmers. Product tags are also sourced from natural materials and the bags are colored with GOTS-certified dyes. So far, the project has contributed to reforestation for over 12,000 farmers in India. The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free.

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How the Integrity Council's new global benchmark could prove a watershed moment for the carbon market

Business Green

The CCPs respect their importance and will ensure that high-integrity carbon credits recognise and safeguard their rights, livelihoods and values," he added. It added that programs will be able to tag both existing and new carbon credits with the CCP label, provided that it has also approved the category.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

AGreenLiving

It’s natural to follow the people impacted by all this: the local residents, usually in poorer neighborhoods, whose homes and livelihoods are being lost; the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock are withering and dying; the stranded travelers and the evacuees seeking shelter amid the chaos. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5