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Flagship Initiative Tracks Nature Opportunities

Chris Hall

Stewardship, emerging markets and supply chains will be key areas of focus within Greening Finance for Nature. The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 ‘ State of Finance for Nature ’ report suggested that investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) to date have been underwhelming.

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Nature Map – a new tool to support countries to integrate nature and climate in policymaking and promote nature-based solutions

Sustainable Development Network

Says Neil Burgess, Chief Scientist at UNEP-WCMC: “ Nature Map is a crucial new tool that can help to guide policies that tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss together. Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success.

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FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C.

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

According to analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), support almost doubled in 2021 from the previous year as the global economy rebounded post Covid-19 and energy inflation took hold. Sustainability also needs to extend to the supply chain. “As

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Scaling Corporate Climate Action

Chris Hall

The UK government has recently launched a Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT), which aims to develop a detailed framework for financial institutions and listed companies to publish robust transition plans that detail how they will decarbonise. This aims to bring change to all aspects of the business and supply chain.

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The ESG Interview: From Ground Level to Board Level

Chris Hall

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. Smith says: “There have been some delays in the calendar, but that means there has been much more engagement with different actors around developing the (GBF).

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

We will look at the response to the Global Stocktake, and what it means for the goals of the Paris Agreement and the pace of renewables adoption globally; we will also explore the intensifying climate-nature nexus and the role of the finance sector in the transition to net zero. The official verdict was clear. C in realistic reach.