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From EPR to a just transition: Takeways from the draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Legislation

From EPR to a just transition: Takeways from the draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Ahead of the next round of UN plastic treaty talks, WWF explores the key issues that need to be resolved

clock 03 November 2023 • 4 min read
'Underfinanced, underprepared': Inadequate climate adaptation efforts leave world exposed, UNEP warns

Climate change

'Underfinanced, underprepared': Inadequate climate adaptation efforts leave world exposed, UNEP warns

Latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report warns world needs to invest hundreds of billions of dollars more each year in climate adaptation efforts

clock 02 November 2023 • 4 min read
Report: Most companies on track to miss global 2025 plastic waste targets

Recycling

Report: Most companies on track to miss global 2025 plastic waste targets

Ellen MacArthur Foundation predicts 20 trillion wrappers, pouches and sachets could end up in the ocean by 2040 unless businesses and policymakers show more bottle on addressing the plastic crisis

clock 31 October 2023 • 5 min read
'People are increasingly turning to courts': Number of climate court cases worldwide doubles in five years, UN report finds

Risk

'People are increasingly turning to courts': Number of climate court cases worldwide doubles in five years, UN report finds

Body of legal precedent on climate court cases continues to grow, forming an 'increasingly well-defined' field of law, according to UN

clock 27 July 2023 • 3 min read
'More important than ever': UK joins over 50 nations in calling for ambitious UN plastic pollution treaty

Policy

'More important than ever': UK joins over 50 nations in calling for ambitious UN plastic pollution treaty

French President Emmanuel Macron and UNEP chief Inger Andersen also call on companies to reduce plastic use and invest in circular business models

clock 30 May 2023 • 5 min read
AXA, SCOR and Sompo join exodus from Net Zero Insurance Alliance

Investment

AXA, SCOR and Sompo join exodus from Net Zero Insurance Alliance

Latest spate of departures from UN-convened climate initiative follows Swiss Re earlier this week, joining Zurich, Munich Re and Hannover Re on exit list in recent months

clock 26 May 2023 • 4 min read
Swiss Re becomes latest to exit Net Zero Insurance Alliance

Investment

Swiss Re becomes latest to exit Net Zero Insurance Alliance

Reinsurance giant withdraws from UN-led climate initiative 'with immediate effect', following hot on the heels of Munich Re, Zurich and Hannover Re

clock 25 May 2023 • 5 min read
UN: Slashing plastic pollution could save $4.5tr worldwide by 2040

Policy

UN: Slashing plastic pollution could save $4.5tr worldwide by 2040

Major UN report sets out roadmapfor slashing plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 based on existing technologies and solutions

clock 16 May 2023 • 6 min read
Could a UN investor group help tackle the mining sector's ESG failings?

Investment

Could a UN investor group help tackle the mining sector's ESG failings?

Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 has the backing of the UN, the Principles for Responsible Investment, and the Archbishop of Canterbury

clock 25 January 2023 • 5 min read
Plastics Treaty talks may face familiar deadlock, but progress is still being made

Waste

Plastics Treaty talks may face familiar deadlock, but progress is still being made

First round of negotiations to deliver a new treaty to end plastic pollution was characterised by much the same dividing lines that marred recent climate talks

clock 05 December 2022 • 5 min read
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