Biodiversity
Net Zero Nature: Expanded speaker line-up confirmed for inaugural summit
Sir Partha Dasgupta, Tony Juniper, and Rhian-Mari Thomas among stellar line-up for crucial event exploring the role of nature in the net zero transition
Engagement, transparency, and accountability: Consumer Goods Forum launches blueprint to tackle global deforestation crisis
The CGF has published a report detailing its strategy for tackling deforestation related to the production of four key agricultural commodities: palm oil, soy, beef, and pulp and fibre-based packaging
WRI: Primary rainforest destruction increased 12 per cent between 2019 and 2020
Update from NGO’s Global Forest Watch scheme highlights that deforestation of tropical forests crucial for biodiversity and storing carbon continue to rise
Carlsberg toasts seagrass restoration partnership with WWF
Drinks giant to donate 50p from every special edition Carlsberg pack to support the restoration of the 'underwater Amazon'
Covid-19 and the environment: Three steps to help prevent the next pandemic
The world must change behaviour and practices, both personal and commercial, in order to tackle the route causes of pandemics, writes Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll
Church of England plots science-based nature targets for £8.7bn investment portfolio
The Church Commissioners for England to help Science Based Targets Network design framework for businesses and investors tackle nature loss
Over $50bn is at risk from deforestation - but just one per cent of firms are taking 'best practice' action
New CDP survey of corporate efforts to combat deforestation for agricultural commodities have found an increasing number of firms are taking at least some action - but only a tiny fraction are on top of the problem
Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration
Mercado Libre reveals how some of the proceeds from its $400m sustainability bond have been earmarked for restoration projects in the once great Atlantic Forest
UK sets out four 'objectives' for COP26, as COP15 confirms second postponement
Chinese hosts of crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit announce new October date, lining up a crunch autumn for global efforts to avert environmental disaster
Net Zero Festival: BusinessGreen launches new Net Zero Nature Summit
Latest Net Zero Festival event to explore the complex and fast-evolving role of nature in driving the net zero transition
Mobilising Finance for Forests: Government launches £150m rainforest protection push
Major new international funding programme designed to help protect tropical rainforests and catalyse £850m of private sector investment
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Defra plots first post-Brexit green farming subsidy pilot
Sustainable Farming Incentive trial to kick off later in 2021, as Defra develops new environmentally-focused approach for supporting farmers now the UK has left the EU
The Fashion Pact launches new push to help curb industry's impact on biodiversity
Grant from Global Environmental Facility will support programme of work designed to reduce fashion sector’s contribution to biodiversity loss
Cultivated meat has tenth of climate impact of conventional beef, studies suggest
Cultivated meat could cause 92 per cent less global warming and 93 per cent less pollution than conventional beef, two new studies have found
'Beyond GDP': UN mulls adoption of green prosperity measure
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges nations to consider the costs of economic profit against damage to the environment
'Promises are not enough': Campaigners urge Prime Minister to enshrine 2030 nature protection goal into law
Stanley Johnson among group of high profile campaigners calling for government to set a legally-binding nature protection target ahead of pivotal COP15 UN nature talks
Digging into the complex, confusing, and contentious world of soil carbon offsets
Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets
Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia, data reveals
Indonesia experienced the lowest deforestation rates in 20 years, the figures from Chain Reaction Research reveal
UN: Covid-19 recovery an 'unmissable opportunity' to invest in nature and net zero
Major report warns society is waging a 'war on nature' and calls for all-society push to combat escalating planetary emergency
'Phenomenal result': Lloyds Bank and Woodland Trust hit one million tree-planting target
Partners celebrate achieving first annual target of 10-year tree planting programme
Cost of biodiversity action will double if delayed until 2030, researchers warn
Rate of endemic species' extinction could be slashed by a quarter if action is taken now, but policy delays will make this outcome more difficult to achieve and twice as expensive, report warns
Defra unveils £10m fund to drive private investment in nature projects
Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) promises £100,000 grants for woodland, peatland and habitat restoration projects that can then harness further private investment
Pricing the priceless
The debates over the Dasgupta Review are understandable, but it could provide the foundations for a much needed overhaul of our understanding of both economics and the natural world
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