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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.”. Innovative finance.

UNEP 98
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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 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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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). Inogen Alliance recently sponsored the AWS Forum which brings together global experts for presentations and discussion on water stewardship.

UNEP 130
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How the Fashion Industry Is Tackling Three Major Impacts on Our Ocean - Bringing Hope for the Decade of the Ocean

3BL Media

With one of their 3 pillars focused on ocean action, the group is calling for innovators to step forward and present ideas for solutions to the plastic crisis, via its (RE)SET for The Fashion Pact. Innovation plays a major part and one company, Humblebee, has taken a novel approach to search for an alternative solution.

Waste 264
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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.

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Integrated Tools Helping FIs’ Assess Climate Risks

Chris Hall

Physical and transition risks being incorporated into a more holistic approach by financial institutions, says UNEP FI report, as regulators increase scrutiny. Climate risk management tools are reflecting an increasingly integrated approach by financial institutions (FIs), according to a new report United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (..)

UNEP 52