- Mongabay

Brazil could face losses of $317 billion per year as well as biodiversity depletion and severe social setbacks for millions of people if Amazon deforestation continues, a new report from… [...]

- The Guardian
Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study

Emissions from food system alone will drive the world past target, unless high-methane foods are tackled [...]

- Reuters
U.S. eyes joining Amazon Fund during Biden-Lula visit

The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden's meeting with Brazil's Luiz Inacio… [...]

- New York Times
Nearly every country signs on to a sweeping deal to protect nature

Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant. [...]

- Mongabay
Amazonian countries must act together to reverse rainforest loss, experts say

A group of researchers from the Science Panel for the Amazon, an initiative dedicated to the region, says reversing the destruction of the rainforest needs to be done through large-scale… [...]

- The Guardian
Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study

Emissions from food system alone will drive the world past target, unless high-methane foods are tackled [...]

- The Guardian
Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall

Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall [...]

- Reuters
U.S. eyes joining Amazon Fund during Biden-Lula visit

The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden's meeting with Brazil's Luiz Inacio… [...]

- BBC
Global summit is 'last chance' for nature

Next month's UN biodiversity summit is the "best and last chance" to halt and reverse the decline of nature, the head of Natural England has said. [...]

- The Guardian
A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end it

A third of the companies most linked to the destruction of tropical rainforests have not set a single policy on deforestation, a report reveals [...]

- The Washington Post
Brazilian meat giant under fire for allegedly misleading investors

JBS sold more than $3 billion worth of ‘green bonds’ in the U.S., but a watchdog group says its impact on Amazon forests belies its pledges [...]

- The Guardian
EU ban on deforestation-linked goods sets benchmark, say US lawmakers

Campaigners hail EU move, and congressman says it gives fresh impetus to similar US plans [...]

- The Guardian
Can the world feed 8bn people sustainably?

Food production is a major factor in the climate crisis and still millions of people go hungry. Here are some potential solutions [...]

- Context
Greening food systems will help COP15 nature deal grow

Top U.N. biodiversity officials say transforming agriculture to better protect ecosystems and poor farmers will be difficult but offers plenty of opportunities if done right [...]

- Mongabay
Amazonian countries must act together to reverse rainforest loss, experts say

A group of researchers from the Science Panel for the Amazon, an initiative dedicated to the region, says reversing the destruction of the rainforest needs to be done through large-scale… [...]

- Al Jazeera
How the EU can help save Indigenous lives and the Amazon

Brussels’s new deforestation legislation should include a ban on products linked to violence against Indigenous people. [...]

- Context
Greening food systems will help COP15 nature deal grow

Top U.N. biodiversity officials say transforming agriculture to better protect ecosystems and poor farmers will be difficult but offers plenty of opportunities if done right [...]

- Bloomberg
Asset Managers Found to Have ‘Blind Spot’ Around New ESG Risk

Biodiversity risks are being overlooked by even the best ESG managers, new study says. [...]

- The Guardian
How to build on the success of Cop15 agreement

Ian Rappel says we should welcome the inclusion of agroecology in the targets agreed in Montreal, and Sophie Dembinski says developing the legal and regulatory framework for the environment is… [...]

- Reuters
Norway says fund to reduce Amazon deforestation in Brazil back in business

Norway, the major donor to the Amazon Fund, said the initiative for backing forest protection had been re-activated now that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was back in… [...]

- The Washington Post
Brazilian meat giant under fire for allegedly misleading investors

JBS sold more than $3 billion worth of ‘green bonds’ in the U.S., but a watchdog group says its impact on Amazon forests belies its pledges [...]

- Reuters
COP27 climate talks seen as key to success at next month's U.N. nature summit

Campaigners are calling for a full-fledged "Paris Agreement for nature" under which countries set national conservation targets and then report routinely on their progress in meeting them. [...]

- Financial Times
Investors channel funds to safeguard biodiversity

Markets are responding to rising concern about the effects of ecosystem loss [...]

- The Guardian
Financial sector ‘critical’ to stemming biodiversity loss, says Thérèse Coffey

UK environment secretary calls on business and finance to make meaningful investment in nature-based solutions [...]

- The Washington Post
UN summit: Don't repeat mistakes on nature, scientists warn

Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are urging officials… [...]

- Financial Times
Investors channel funds to safeguard biodiversity

Markets are responding to rising concern about the effects of ecosystem loss [...]

- The Guardian
‘Paris agreement’ for nature imperative at Cop15, architects of climate deal say

Leaders say December biodiversity summit in Montreal is ‘unprecedented’ chance to turn tide on nature loss [...]

- Environmental Finance
PBAF: 'High chance' of mandatory biodiversity reporting following COP15

The reporting of nature impacts by financial institutions is likely to become mandatory at biodiversity conference COP15, the chair of Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) predicted [...]

- The Guardian
A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end it

A third of the companies most linked to the destruction of tropical rainforests have not set a single policy on deforestation, a report reveals [...]

- Reuters
U.S. eyes joining Amazon Fund during Biden-Lula visit

The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden's meeting with Brazil's Luiz Inacio… [...]