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February 3, 2023
New research has found that between 2015-21, Dutch multinational banking and financial services company Rabobank, provided billions of dollars in finance to 18 of the world’s most environmentally destructive industrial livestock companies despite having a commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, the Dutch Climate Agreement and Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture and Forests.
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December 16, 2022
The COP15 biodiversity summit can help mainstream and scale up action happening on the ground into our economy, urging companies, banks and investors to treat the destruction of nature as a serious liability and integrate nature into their spending and lending.
November 7, 2022
COP27 is here. It comes after typhoons in the Philippines, heatwaves in Europe, drought in East Africa, and a global food price crisis. Millions are on the brink of famine and fires raged across continents. Farmers are crushed and our land exhausted.
October 26, 2022
Livestock burps contribute 25%–30% of global methane emissions. Some feed supplements to reduce emissions are already being sold as voluntary carbon credits, but scientific credibility, scalability and safety remain unclear.
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August 1, 2022
Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis offers a stark example of what happens when debt-ridden governments enforce abrupt and unmanaged action in our food system to cut costs – without supporting a fair, inclusive transition to sustainable alternatives.
July 8, 2022
The current global food system is destroying the natural world and exacerbating the climate crisis while allowing a handful of food companies to profiteer at the expense of farmers and consumers. The Ukraine war demonstrates how vulnerable the global food system is to shocks.
March 30, 2022
Humanity is slowly starting to take climate change mitigation and adaptation seriously. But, implementation has been too slow and uneven, the IPCC WGII’s contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report states.
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International funds for #adaptation continue to be lower than promised. Estimated adaptation costs in developing countries are 5-10x greater than current adaptation finance, and the deficit grows with rising temperatures, alerts the #IPCC.
Learn more 👉 https://climatescience2030.com/
The latest #IPCC #AR6 #ClimateReport says that renewables are already outperforming fossils in every way. Governments and businesses need to #ActOnTheScience and ramp up emission-cutting efforts to ensure a safer & better future.
Learn more 👉 https://climatescience2030.com/
In 2021, Partha Dasgupta prepared a 610-page report for the British government about the financial value of nature. It's incredibly important, so we asked Alexander Skarsgård, a Swedish actor, to help simplify its concepts in this short film. https://nyti.ms/3TRirYd
🪵 The chocolate industry has a huge impact on human rights and #deforestation.
Want to know which chocolate brands are the most sustainable?
New ranking reveals which companies are leading the way and which ones have some work to do👇
https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/
Here are 3 things that need to happen in the near future, as per the #IPCC’s newest report:
🔴Deep #emissions cuts NOW
🔴Rapid phaseout of #FossilFuels
🔴A small amount of #CDR & CCS deployed for residual emissions
Learn more⤵️
https://climatescience2030.com/
New #IPCC Report: Current #emission plans will make millions across the globe more vulnerable to extreme #heatwaves, food supply disruptions & economic damages. Governments need to commit to tougher targets to phase out #FossilFuels NOW.
Learn more⤵️
https://climatescience2030.com/
'We constantly live on the edge' — Independent farmers have faced mounting challenges due to underinvestment and climate change, but they are key to our food security
Climate finance has seen a marginal increase in the past 10 years. Meanwhile, the #FossilFuel industry continues to avail significant subsidies. The #IPCC #AR6 Synthesis Report reiterates that more investments in #RenewableEnergy are needed urgently.⤵️
https://climatescience2030.com/
The #ClimateCrisis doesn’t see wealth. It is and will continue to affect the rich and the poor. But existing inequalities mean the poorest will face the worst #ClimateImpacts. The latest #IPCC report explains why. Learn more 👉 https://climatescience2030.com/
Can't stomach reading a 600-page report on economics?
🌿In new @nytopinion film, Alexander Skarsgård helps convey the importance of Partha Dasgupta's groundbreaking report on the financial value of #nature.
Learn more on this crucial report for our 🌍⤵️
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opinion/alexander-skarsgard-partha-dasgupta-economy.html
🔊Planet Tracker’s new ground-breaking Financial Markets Roadmap calls for the urgent transformation of global food systems, which could cut global #emissions by 20% & deliver over USD 1.5 trillion in economic benefits.
Read the full report: https://planet-tracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Financial-Markets-Roadmap-for-transforming-the-Global-Food-System.pdf #FoodSystems
💥Just in time for Easter, the Chocolate Scorecard is back!
The study ranks 56 of the world’s largest chocolate companies based on their practices on human rights and #deforestation.
Find out which companies are leading the way⤵️
https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/
