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Burberry announces biodiversity strategy at COP26

Environmental News Bits

Burberry says it will take action to “protect, restore and regenerate nature” based on its aggressive commitment to climate change. The British retailer will fund a series of regenerative projects in areas where it has the greatest ecological impacts. Read the full story at Retail Gazette. Read more →

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Seaweed: a model solution for fighting climate change, says group

Envirotec Magazine

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage. We consider that about 4 million Km2 of ocean can support seaweed aquaculture while delivering positive impacts on the marine environment.

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Concrete actions to increase the sustainability of food and land still missing from COP26 climate pledges 

Sustainable Development Network

A new report by SDSN’s Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker explores the extent to which key countries include transformations of food and land systems—necessary to meet both climate and Sustainable Development Goals—in their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted before COP26. To stay below 1.5°C

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The textile companies creating material change

GreenBiz

Globally, with both the COP26 on Climate Change and COP15 on Biological Diversity happening this year, the urgency couldn’t be more clear. With the Climate+ strategy goal of 45 percent reduced CO2 emissions from textile fiber and material production by 2030, Textile Exchange is the driving force for urgent climate action.

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World's Leading Agri-Commodity Companies Deliver Roadmap To Reduce Emissions From Land Use Change

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The roadmap focuses on reducing emissions from land-use change in the cattle, palm oil, and soy sectors, while protecting global food systems and producer livelihoods. We must face climate change while also increasing global food production to ensure food security. The Agriculture Sector Roadmap to 1.5°C C target.”.

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Greater action required to prevent irreversible outcomes for farming

Envirotec Magazine

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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From Farm to Shelf: Mondel?z International Targets Net Zero Across the Value Chain By 2050

3BL Media

The net-zero target aligns with the company’s signing on to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Race to Net Zero initiative, which intends to mobilize businesses, governments and investors to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5

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