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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.?. While a company’s biodiversity strategy is being fully developed and science-based targets confirmed, we advocate a no-regrets approach , as defined by the UNDP, UNEP and IUCN and expressed by the Science Based Targets Network.

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Nature Map Earth Project Launched

Sustainable Development Network

A failure to conserve habitats and halt species extinction would have knock-on effects on the objectives of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since significant greenhouse gas emissions result from the destruction and degradation of forests, peatlands, wetlands and other high-carbon ecosystems.