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Why Investing in Waste Matters

Chris Hall

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. It’s very much driven by UN SDGs and the UNEP priorities,” Mollin explained. billion tonnes. The economic cost is also substantial.

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Consistency Key to Achieving GBF Goals – FfB

Chris Hall

“The release of this framework on nature-related target setting is a significant step, offering practical direction for financial institutions to initiate transitions toward a nature-positive future.” Asset managers and owners are advised to establish initiation targets by 2026 and sectoral, engagement, and portfolio targets by 2030 or earlier. (..)

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A Very African Climate Conversation

Chris Hall

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says: “This vulnerability is driven by the prevailing low levels of socioeconomic growth in the continent. UNEP wants to see more investment diverted towards supporting African countries in meeting their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is the case in Africa.”.

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Time to Break the EV Bottleneck

Chris Hall

Last year, Volkswagen similarly announced delays to its EV ambitions, with its flagship EV project Trinity being pushed back from 2026 to 2030 and putting plans for a new European battery plant on hold. The war between Russia and Ukraine didn’t just have ramifications for food and energy supplies.