ESG Today

JUNE 7, 2023

Spanish insurance company MAPFRE announced today that it has decided to discontinue its membership in in the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), marking the latest in a string of major insurers exiting the UN Environment Program (UNEP)-backed climate action-focused industry group. MAPFRE joined the alliance in April 2022.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As of 1 July 2020, the number of cases had nearly doubled, with at least 1,550 climate change cases filed in 38 countries, according to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report. In 2019, an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) task force published a report on resolving climate change-related disputes through arbitration.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A climate and environment risk platform designed for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), STRATA, has been developed in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, and is powered by Earth Blox’s technology.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Normal 0 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE Between October 31 and November 2, 2019, Prof. Sachs’ keynote speech at the 6th Sustainable Finance Forum held by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Turkey (SKD) and Global Compact Turkey, in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative, Istanbul Stock Exchange and SDSN Turkey.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The COP28 outcomes on adaptation and loss and damage will aim to advance real action towards building resilience and contributing to sustainable development, including by driving enhanced adaptation finance,” he says. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is bullish on the impact of this year’s conference. But will the outcomes match the rhetoric?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29. Boston Consulting Group, Global Resilience Partnership and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a report laying out the business imperative for climate adaptation and resilience finance.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: DUBLIN, June 23, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The second day of The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit — the first in-person edition since 2019 — continued to explore the potential for responsible growth in the post-pandemic era, taking into account the confluence of issues and trends that converge with this transition.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 The increasing proximity of residential development to our right-of-way meant that the infrastructure had become subject to elevated safety standards.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Corals reefs across the world are under relentless stress from warming caused by climate change and other local pressures such as overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and declining water quality. Between 2010 and 2019, the amount of algae has increased by 20 per cent, corresponding with declines in hard coral cover.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 25, 2019

On current trends the Aichi targets for biodiversity and the 2020 biodiversity targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be missed by a wide margin. Nature Map Earth will develop a global map of biodiversity, carbon storage, and other dimensions of nature by consolidating and crowd-sourcing data from many sources.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

WWF International’s Battle says that scientists are only just beginning to understand the systems and processes that allow life to thrive in the deep ocean, and how it helps to regulate the climate. “This lack of scientific knowledge means we cannot possibly develop informed regulations for this new industry,” Battle notes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Clear challenges, solutions needed All finance and investment policies, strategies, and standards developed at the national and multilateral levels should from now on incorporate climate targets to support sustainable, resilient, and inclusive economies.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

“Climate change is undoubtedly already upon us, and cities are seeing huge changes,” says Roland Hunziker, Director of the Built Environment at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The disparate challenges of different countries will be a running theme, specifically the needs of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), but adaptation will play a lesser role, having been covered in a recent deep dive, as will the failure to agree on carbon markets. reduction in CO2 emissions versus 2019, setting a course for 2.1-2.8°C

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As PRI in Person closes today in Barcelona, gathering more than 1,700 investors and stakeholders in person for the first time since 2019, one key message throughout has been that policy matters, now more than ever. By comparison, in 2019, there were fewer than 600; and in 2013, 300. Bridging the gap to sustainability outcomes.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2022

The F4B initiative was established in October 2019 to increase the materiality of biodiversity in financial decision-making and better align global finance with nature conservation and restoration. The F4B framework has been developed to complement the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure’s (TNFD) upcoming guidance, Zadek said.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report , more than 1,500 cases had been filed in 38 countries by July 2020. The number of cases is widely recognised as having doubled since 2015. Nor is it only companies as corporate entities that face possible lawsuits.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

“This year showed that climate change is an immediate direct threat to every community on this planet, and it is only going to intensify,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. Local cities and governments have also developed codes. per cent compared to 2019. Green building certification has increased by 13.9

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

The wild species use report builds on previous 2019 IPBES research to identify just how reliant we are on nature, in the knowledge that a million are under threat of extinction, in no small part due to over-exploitation. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference. What has IPBES already told us?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

The initiative builds on the lessons learnt by investors, including the £3 billion AUM pension scheme, through engagement with the sector following the January 2019 Brumadinho disaster in Brazil. The initiative developed a Global Tailings Portal and Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, together with UNEP and industry.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 19, 2021

SDSN and our networks hosted a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The UN RCO of Samoa and SDSN provided an update on the conceptualization and development of a new MVI and its importance in the context of the SDGs and Agenda 2030. Event summaries are below.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

Further, a recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, showed that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of securing climate action and justice.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1 9] Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) (2019). For many institutional investors, physical risks remain ‘terra incognita’.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This has served as a pivotal moment for us, learning to work with a team to develop an idea and actualize it. The world-class panel of judges for the 2022 Innovation Challenge event included: Juan Pablo Celis Garcia, Youth Engagement Specialist for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2023

Aiden Davy, COO of the ICMM, which developed the standard with members, admitted a significant number are not yet fully compliant.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

3 Cities in developing countries are often the hardest hit, due to the combination of minimal pollution regulation, concentrated emission sources and tightly packed buildings that prevent smog dispersion. 2 Of real concern is its estimate that 99 percent of the global population breathes air that exceeds its published air quality limits.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

Several countries led by Saudi Arabia opted to block a reduction in use of fossil fuels in favour of investment in developing carbon capture and storage technology to address rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Standard was developed following the 2019 Brumadinho disaster in Brazil which resulted in the deaths of 272 individuals.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The race among AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer to develop a COVID-19 vaccine perfectly exemplifies the difficulty of satisfying the needs of each stakeholder group simultaneously. Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static. Sponsored Article.

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