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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).

UNEP 98
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Nature Map Consortium presents global maps to help governments operationalize targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

Sustainable Development Network

Nature Map has been prepared by teams from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) Rio, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with the support of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

UNEP 52
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Nature Map Consortium present new global datasets of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Sustainable Development Network

The webinar was aimed at presenting this work to CBD national focal points and interested parties. With over 130 attendees, the Nature Map team also explored its potential applications to support in-country conservation and climate action efforts.

UNEP 52
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Nature critical to infrastructure for sustainable development: UN report

Envirotec Magazine

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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Guarding the Lifeline: Understanding the Importance of Source Water Vulnerability Assessment

3BL Media

In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). The AWS Standard was developed through a four-year global, multi-stakeholder consultation seeking a framework that could be implemented by any site, in any sector, in any catchment around the world.

UNEP 130
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NGOs Call for EU Taxonomy to Follow Science

Chris Hall

This was one of the motivations underpinning the CBI’s recent launch of a taxonomies-focused initiative alongside the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). weight by weight, calling for a more stringent limit of 0.01%.

UNEP 122
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Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

Chris Hall

The statement will remain open until 1 November, ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it will be presented to governments with the final list of signatures. The signatories recommended mandating climate-related disclosures across the financial system.