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S&P, UNEP Launch Methodology to Measure Companies’ Nature & Biodiversity Risk

ESG Today

S&P Global Sustainable1 and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today the launch of Nature Risk Profile, a new methodology aimed at enabling companies and investors to assess and analyze companies’ nature-related risks, including impacts and dependencies on biodiversity.

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United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP, partners to train rural women on clean energy livelihoods

Global Renewable News

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), ReNew. Climate Change

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UNEP Report Calls for a ‘Step Change’ in Adaptation Investments

Impakter

UNEP Report Calls for a ‘Step Change’ in Adaptation Investments. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued its annual Adaptation Gap Report, which provides a science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing, and implementation. Impakter.

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Ozone action on track, helping avoid 0.5C of global warming by 2100 says UNEP

John Englart

Ozone recovery is back on track says the latest UNEP assessment report on ozone depletion and recovery.Rogue emissions from China of ozone-depleting chemicals had threatened to delay recovery by a decade. The impact the Montreal Protocol has had on Montreal Protocol ozone UNEP

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UNEP launching new sustainable land use finance impact directory

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from UNEP. The Land Use Finance Impact Hub and its Positive Impact Indicators Directory – launched today by … Continue reading UNEP launching new sustainable land use finance impact directory.

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“Room for Improvement” in Climate Risk Tools – UNEP FI

Chris Hall

Climate risk tools available to financial institutions suffer from shortcomings in data inputs and scope, despite recent consolidation and technology innovation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

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Public subsidies that harm nature at least triple spend on nature protection: UNEP

Eco-Business

Public expenditure needs to be reformed to redirect finance flows, said a new report by the environmental watchdog. Investments into nature-based solutions should more than double to US$384 billion per year by 2025, it says

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Australia and Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty and reduce plastic pollution in the marine environment

John Englart

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A New One Health Global Action Plan is Out! 

Impakter

Health Society United Nations FAO OHHLEP One Health Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action UNEP WHO WMO WOAH wtoImpakter. A New One Health Global Action Plan is Out! .

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How I got here. UNEP Asia Pacific director Dechen Tsering

Eco-Business

The United Nations Environment Programme's Bhutanese regional head speaks to Eco-Business while in Nairobi, negotiating for the first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic waste. She says women should not feel guilty for having a family

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UNEP Southeast Asia plastics lead Maggie Lee returns to WWF

Eco-Business

The former Procter & Gamble executive takes on a role as WWF's APAC lead for global seafood traceability based in Bangkok

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UNEP at 50: what has the world’s ‘environmental conscience’ achieved?

Eco-Business

As the UN Environment Programme reaches its 50th anniversary, we review its successes and shortcomings and how to strengthen its role in an era of deepening environmental crises

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How Biomimicry Can Solve the Environmental Crisis

Impakter

Clare Dawson Environment Science biodiversity biomimicry Emission Gap Greenwashing Janine Benyus NDCs Paris Agreement SDGs sustainable development goals UNEP

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Environment, Part of One Health, Is Often Missing in Action

Impakter

Health Society ecosystems environmental impact assessments FAO JEE Joint External Evaluation One Health UNEPImpakter. Environment, Part of One Health, Is Often Missing in Action.

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One Health: The International Community Takes A New Step Forward

Impakter

Health Politics & Foreign Affairs Financial Intermediary Fund G20 G7 One Health pandemic Stockhom 50 International Meeting UNEP WHO World BankImpakter. One Health: The International Community Takes A New Step Forward.

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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. It is a now problem,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “To

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How Genomics Will Support Gorilla Conservation

3BL Media

According to UNESCO and UNEP’s report, Stolen Apes: The Illicit Trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans, at least 98 gorillas were taken from the wild in a six-year time period.

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UNEP Southeast Asia plastics project lead Maggie Lee returns to WWF

Eco-Business

The former Procter & Gamble executive takes on a role as WWF's APAC lead for global seafood traceability based in Bangkok

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S&P launches nature metrics methodology

Environmental Finance

A methodology for assessing corporate impacts and dependencies on nature has been launched by S&P Global and UN Environment Programme (UNEP

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Bonds Could Unlock Climate Adaptation in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

Estimated adaptation costs and financing needs in developing countries are between five to ten times greater than recorded 2020 international public adaptation finance flows, according to the 2021 Adaptation Gap report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). .

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New tool helps banks, investors take immediate action to reverse biodiversity loss

Environmental News Bits

A new ENCORE biodiversity module by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance — a collaboration between the UN Environment Program (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre, the UNEP Finance Initiative and Global Canopy — enables banks and investors to analyze the potential impact of their investment activities in agriculture and mining on biodiversity loss, with focus on species extinction and loss of ecological integrity. Read the full story at Sustainable Brands.

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Climate change: 'Unprecedented' economic transformation now needed

Eco-Business

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says huge emissions cuts are needed to hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal and avert the worst climate impacts

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Integrated Tools Helping FIs’ Assess Climate Risks

Chris Hall

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How unchecked consumerism helps drive climate change

Corporate Knights

For example, trees are the Earth’s carbon storehouse but the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that 10 million hectares of forests are lost each year.

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UN strengthens environmental governance to reduce carbon footprint

Environmental News Bits

According to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations entities strengthened their environmental governance and staff training in 2021, signaling another year of steady progress toward improving the organization’s environmental sustainability. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Mining Sector Needs “Social Compass”

Chris Hall

The investor-led initiative will be advised by UNEP and is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Cape Town and the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

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What a catastrophic gas leak in Pennsylvania means for our climate and health

Energy Central

By EDF BlogsImage credit: Methane plume from the leak captured by the Sentinel-2 satellite on 9 November (data processed by UNEP/IMEO) By Adam Peltz and Jon Goldstein A natural gas storage site in Western Pennsylvania has sprung a massive gas leak that’s impacting both the climate and the communities who live in Cambria County.

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Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact

Chris Hall

To mitigate the risks of investing in small EMDE projects and companies, Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit (CFU) for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), says investors are looking for opportunities with “some form of grant or concessional finance attached”. . “It’s

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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. UNEP FI is going to play a big role in in the year ahead in the piloting programmes to work out what this will look like.”.

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Time for a fair phase out of fossil fuels

Corporate Knights

C above pre-industrial levels, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Second, wind down production of existing fossil fuel stockpiles at the needed 5% annually, as per UNEP. Divestment from fossil fuels is accelerating around the world.

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The ESG Interview: Dancing into the Mainstream

Chris Hall

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas.

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Sports Organisations Commit to Safeguarding Nature Under New Framework

3BL Media

Thank you to the IOC, IUCN and UNEP for joining forces under the Convention on Biological Diversity in this ground-breaking initiative to bring action for biodiversity from sports worldwide. SOURCE: International Olympic Committee.

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TNFD Looks to Balance Comparability and Flexibility

Chris Hall

of the nature risks and disclosure framework takes a streamlined approach to metrics through introduction of leading indicators.

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Nature-based Solutions “Good Value for Money” – UN 

Chris Hall

Because of their multiple benefits, investments in NbS would represent “good value for money” at a time of global macroeconomic uncertainty, said Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). . Head of UNEP’s?

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Keysight Announces Winners of the 2022 Innovation Challenge

3BL Media

The world-class panel of judges for the 2022 Innovation Challenge event included: Juan Pablo Celis Garcia, Youth Engagement Specialist for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Illinois Institute of Technology students take top prize with Tree of Life carbon capture device.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: WWF Launches Biodiversity Risk Filter 

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including WWF, UNEP, S&P Global Sustainable1, ISS ESG, and CHOOOSE.

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3 keys for scaling nature-based solutions for climate adaptation

GreenBiz

Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. According to the Commission’s Adapt Now report — which builds on UNEP-WCMC’s research — three crucial steps are needed to make this happen: 1.

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European Regulators Slammed for Approach to Greenwashing Probe

Chris Hall

A lack of engagement with key stakeholders and timing of greenwashing investigation among criticisms levelled at European Supervisory Authorities.

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ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

Chris Hall

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI members have taken action to innovate in the blue economy.

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Time to Break the EV Bottleneck

Chris Hall

The world’s natural stores of minerals and metals are critical for battery-powered electric vehicles, but these reserves must be used responsibly.

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The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'

GreenBiz

UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson urged policymakers to carefully consider the Global Recovery Observatory report, which collates examples of green recovery spending from around the world and underlines the social benefits that can be unlocked by carefully designed green policies, such as improved health outcomes, energy cost reductions and enhanced food security. The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'. Cecilia Keating.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

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Buyers’ Guide Bids to Build Trust in VCMs

Chris Hall

Current climate pledges by governments are falling short, with the latest analysis by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) putting the world on track for a temperature rise of between 2.4°C