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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

We cannot win the fight against climate change without addressing nature loss.?. Integrating a dedicated biodiversity strategy — which is now part of our wider sustainability strategy — into Kering’s day-to-day operations is pivotal for our contribution to bending the curve on biodiversity loss over the next years.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

Environment and Climate Minister Steven Guilbeault has unveiled detailed plans to phase out “inefficient” oil and gas subsidies, based on guidelines released yesterday morning that take effect immediately and are meant to fulfill a 14-year-old pledge by G20 countries. We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.”

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From Ambition to Action

Chris Hall

“COP15 was the first time the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and member states had an ambition on the alignment of financial flows to nature, similar to the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c) Isciel also co-chairs the FfB’s public policy advocacy working group. It also recommended policy actions for risk mitigation.

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This Week’s Fund News: Federated Hermes Partners with UK Museum on Biodiversity

Chris Hall

Managed by Ingrid Kukuljan, the firm’s Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing, the fund is classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a concentrated portfolio of companies working to preserve and restore biodiversity.

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COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

Renewable Energy World

In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change. offi cial, I’ve been involved in climate negotiations for several years. Bending the curve to 1.5°C. Read the original article.

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Minneapolis Health Department splits the bill with green investors

Renewable Energy World

A sustainability program run by the health department may seem like an odd match, but Hanlon explains how climate change poses a serious risk to public health. Whether it’s heat waves , air pollution from wildfires, or an expanding territory for disease carriers, the consequences of climate change are dire. Episode Notes.