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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

” The latest Food Waste Index Report (2024) , compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and co-authored by WRAP, found that the world wastes over a billion tonnes of food – one fifth of all food available to consumers at the retail, food service and household level annually.

Waste

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

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ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. Changes in the ocean drive weather systems that influence both land and marine ecosystems. What is a sustainable blue economy? Launched in 2018, they act as a global guiding framework for banks, insurers and investors.

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UNEP Banking Paris Agreement Stranded Assets

At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

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/ -

Net Zero

Net Zero Climate Change UNEP Supply Chains

Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This year’s global investor statement – the most ambitious yet – sends a clear message from hundreds of investors to governments around the world for greater policy action to help unlock private capital to support the decarbonisation of the global economy,” said Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of the IIGCC.

Net Zero

Net Zero UNEP Paris Agreement Climate Change

World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can tackle climate change and biodiversity crisis”

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The report was produced by the World Economic Forum, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with Vivid Economics.

Climate Change

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Water Must Be “Third Peak” in Climate, Nature Challenge

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.

Climate Change

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Net Zero Action Depends on Public-Private Cooperation

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

They need support from policymakers and regulators, they need rules and regulations to steer global economies in an effective, sustainable, and coherent transition to net zero. Addressing system-level risks and considering climate goals is not only permitted but may be required by existing investor duties and obligations.

Net Zero

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Why Investing in Waste Matters

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Waste management is a big – and growing – business, as the global scale of solid waste generation reaches vast proportions. Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. billion tonnes.

Waste

Waste UNEP Global Economy Development

The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If the aim of restricting climate change to within the Paris-agreed 1.5°C In the near term, it has clearly been a setback,” said Tom Nelson, Head of Thematic Equities and Co Portfolio Manager, Global Natural Resources at Ninety One. Potential for Paris-aligned gains to replace Russia-inflicted short-term pain at COP27.

COP26

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ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

If we don’t respond, not only will a massive array of the rural and vulnerable poor not have access to key resources, but nor will the rest of the global economy,” says Wendy Elliott, Deputy Practice Leader and Innovation Lead for Wildlife at WWF Kenya. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Supply Chains Climate Change Development

UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

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.

Net Zero

Net Zero Climate Change UNEP Paris Agreement

Nature is Integral to Sustainability Reporting – ISSB

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Former World Bank Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Karin Kemper will advise the board on natural ecosystems. . It will fill a public-interest gap and provide investors with practical and globally applicable parameters.” .

Net Zero

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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

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