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TNFD: A Pivot Point for Nature

Chris Hall

It was supported by an informal technical expert group, and a founding partner group consisting of Global Canopy, UNDP, UNEP FI, and WWF, to develop recommendations for more effective nature-related disclosures in order to promote more informed investment decision-making.

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Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable Future

Sustainable Development Network

The indicator would assess the “[p]ercentage of women, men, indigenous peoples, and local communities (IPLCs) with secure rights to land, property, and natural resources, measured by (a) percentage with legally documented or recognized evidence of tenure, and (b) percentage who perceive their rights are recognized and protected.”

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Plastic Busters: Realizing #SDG14 in the Mediterranean

Sustainable Development Network

It is widely documented that marine litter, such as plastics and derelict fishing gear, have negative impacts on human livelihood, marine wildlife, marine ecosystems, beach quality, navigational safety, and fishing and maritime industries. OSPAR, UNEP Regional Seas Programme, MSFD), national, and local scales.

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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. UNEP has created a dynamic data visualization that distils the report findings for non-scientists in all UN languages, plus Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili.

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 In addition to being a potent GHG, methane is the primary contributor to ground-level ozone. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation?

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

Jakob Thomae, Project Director at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), cautions against reading too much into a specific form of words in a single document. That’s a good outcome for a consensus document.” That’s something that the markets and the investors need to navigate,” says UNEP FI’s Fischer.

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Lost at Sea

Chris Hall

The relative lack of footage and photos documenting harmful fishing practices means the problem doesnt resonate with the vast majority of people, argues Tanya Cox , Biodiversity and Nature Manager at global sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability. Theres no way this could happen on land.