Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Failure to focus on water-related issues risks derailing efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The UN has previously said that water and climate change are “inextricably linked”, with the latter “exacerbating” both water scarcity and water-related hazards, such as floods and droughts.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). Finally, the CDP has estimated that the cost of inaction on water risks is up to five times the cost of action.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nevertheless, progress by the UNFCCC has been steady – a milestone was achieved at COP21 in Paris with the creation of the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, now the Global Climate Action Portal (GCAP), that highlights actions non-state actors are taking to address climate change.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations. November 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ -

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Standardising nature data Non-profit disclosure platform CDP has declared its intent to align with the TNFD framework, signalling a significant expansion of its purview, which previously focused on climate, deforestation, and water security, but is broadening to encompass biodiversity and plastic pollution.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . More scrutiny is needed on the companies that remain in the coal sector, with accountability for their impacts.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

As negotiations unfolded at the Bonn Climate Change Conference earlier this month, the politicisation of an existential and global threat was clear to see. What made negotiators’ incremental progress even more frustrating was that the squabbling was underpinned by the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

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