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Great Bear Sea's blueprint for doing business with nature

Corporate Knights

Whether it’s climate change, declining salmon, more expensive forestry operations, forest fires, the list is pretty long in terms of the feedback that we’re getting.” A 2010 analysis of the forests and wetlands surrounding Vancouver found that these provided $5.4 Those extremes are not at all where the solution lies.

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How Tracking GHG Emissions Accelerates Value and Strengthens Companies

3BL Media

Investors increasingly recognize the urgency of climate change and have allocated a growing amount of capital to sustainability efforts, with $500 billion dedicated to decarbonization in 2020 – double the amount invested in 2010. DESCRIPTION: The next ten years will be a critical decade to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon spikes to 12-year high

Envirotec Magazine

This explosive rate of forest loss greatly exceeds the country’s own target established in its 2010 National Policy on Climate Change, where a maximum of 3,900 km² of deforestation was projected for 2020. Deforestation observed over the course of the year occurred mainly in the Amazonian state of Pará, which accounted for 46.8

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Let the Innovation Flow

Chris Hall

Water is essential for our health, well-being, and the global economy. However, this vital resource faces an unprecedented crisis due to increasing populations and a changing climate. Climate change is also leading to increase instances of extreme weather that are driving increase in floods and other water related risks.

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Understanding Deglobalization: What the Backlash to Trade Liberalization Means for Business Growth and Global Inequality

James Militzer

The Trade-Offs and Unequal Benefits of Trade Liberalization However, while the global economy may have benefitted overall from trade liberalization, this growth has not been spread equally. What Does the Future Hold for Globalization? Specific localities and groups of workers have gained at the expense of others.

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Sustainable Finance Demands More Than Just Cutting Carbon

Chris Hall

Supporting resilience and just transition are as important as climate mitigation, says Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center. Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress. trillion from 2010-2019.

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What’s the True Cost of Your Food? True Price Incorporates Social and Environmental Impact

B the Change

To help these companies, Michel Scholte co-founded True Price , a Netherlands-based organization that aims to reduce food insecurity and shape a sustainable global economy through a pricing system that incorporates the cost of negative social and environmental impacts. “We