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June 2, 2022
The global food price crisis is fuelling poverty, hunger and instability across the globe. The crisis – the third in 15 years – was triggered by the war in Ukraine but created by a broken food system that is overly dependent on fossil fuel fertilisers, overly concentrated on the production of a handful of commodities in a handful of countries, and overly dominated by a few powerful agri-food corporations.
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Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference. [...]
Climate-friendly practices can increase yields while improving ecosystem of farms, scientists say. [...]
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with much to do ahead of the make-or-break COP15 in December [...]
Murders of British journalist and Brazilian researcher show crime is festering and hindering the fight against deforestation [...]
By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims [...]
Europe’s demand for rubber to make tires and other products is destroying tropical forests across Africa and proposals from Brussels to limit environmental damage currently do little to address the… [...]
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June 2, 2022
The global food price crisis is fuelling poverty, hunger and instability across the globe. The crisis – the third in 15 years – was triggered by the war in Ukraine but created by a broken food system that is overly dependent on fossil fuel fertilisers, overly concentrated on the production of a handful of commodities in a handful of countries, and overly dominated by a few powerful agri-food corporations.
May 18, 2022
The latest IPCC reports have made it clear – we need deep emissions cuts now. Whilst net-zero becomes mainstream, there’s concern that many targets lack the environment integrity to marry up to the Paris Agreement. Overuse of offsets is one aspect of net-zero facing criticism. Whilst corporate-led standard setters look to create some uniformity to carbon credit standards, the question remains – what should regulation look like and who should lead it?
March 30, 2022
There is a narrowing window of opportunity for us to cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change to secure a liveable future, the Working Group II’s (WGII) contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report states.
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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.
March 29, 2022
If we are to survive the climate impacts to come, humanity must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC WGII contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report indicates.
March 29, 2022
Leading scientists say that human encroachment on nature is increasing the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
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🌱 #COP15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial #nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs.
Nairobi #biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference.
Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit âin peril‘, warn NGOs
Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference
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EU rules requiring large companies to disclose their impact on human rights & the environment will come into effect from 2024, pending formal agreement between @EUCouncil & @Europarl_EN. They will apply to EU firms with more than 250 employees & a turnover higher than 40 million.
🔴 Exceeding heat limits in the Paris Agreement could threaten thousands of species and ecosystems worldwide, study shows.
Findings highlight carbon dioxide removal technologies come with their own risks and cannot reverse #biodiversity losses, only drastic emissions cuts can.
🟢 Major global consumers like the U.K., the U.S. and the EU are debating how best to reduce the amount of tropical #deforestation resulting from the production of the commodities they import.
Consumer countries mull best approach to end deforestation abroad
Tropical deforestation is a cost our planet pays every day for the food we eat. The palm oil in our ice crea...
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Indigenous people protect 80% of the world's #biodiversity.
🌎Learn more about the importance of #indigenous communities in protecting the planet⤵️
Via @wef
As Chair of @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres’ Expert Group on net zero pledges by biz, financial institutions, cities/regions, I'm inviting all to join our global public session on June 29, 10-11am EST to find out about our work & how to support it! https://events.unfoundation.org/netzeroemissionscommitmentssession
🚩 Mass #biodiversityloss would slash global credit ratings, report warns.
Mass biodiversity loss would slash global credit ratings, report warns
Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more ...
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Lack of progress is bringing global #biodiversity talks to a crisis point.
🌿 Environmental groups call on UN and countries to show strong leadership and deliver an ambitious global deal #ForNature and people.
Read the open letter⤵️
#COP15 #Post2020 | @WyssCampaign
🌿 Efforts to draft an ambitious global agreement on halting #natureloss ended Sunday with little progress made in the Nairobi negotiations, leaving limited time for brokering a #biodiversity pact this year.
Global biodiversity deal to halt nature loss stalls in Nairobi
Efforts to draft an ambitious global agreement on halting nature loss ended Sunday with little progress made in th...
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🌿 Green groups fear failure on new global #biodiversity pact after sluggish talks.
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with much to do ahead of the make-or-break #COP15 in December.
Green groups fear failure on biodiversity pact after slow talks
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with m...
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ECIU's @mattadamw on food system challenges facing #G7
📍Drought + heatwaves ⬇️ yields in wheat
📍Food system creates up to 1/3 of 🌎 GHG gases
📍#Gas Prices ⬆️ - #gas a vital ingredient in many fertilisers
Added incentive to find new, cleaner alternatives to #FossilFuels.
🚨 New investigation reveals banks, UK supermarkets & Italian leather supplier have supported #deforestation, land-grabbing and the use of slave labour in Brazil by funding and stocking products from the Brazilian meat giant JBS.
Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil
By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims
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