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Businesses to adopt Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ recommendations

320 organisations from over 46 countries have committed to start making nature-related disclosures based on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Recommendations published in September last year. This first cohort of adopters of the TNFD Recommendations includes leading publicly listed companies across geographies and industry sectors representing US$4 trillion in market capitalisation; over 100 […]

Putting nature at the heart of the global economy

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Business for Nature are drafting recommendations for policies, legislation and regulations that put nature at the heart of the global economy. Business for Nature want to hear the views of the business community and a consultation on these recommendations is open until 1 March 2024.

Environment dominates global risks

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Environmental crises once again dominate the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 Global Risks report. Extreme weather is the top risk most likely to present a material crisis on a global scale in 2024, with the warming phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle projected to intensify and persist until May this year. It is also […]

Nature’s Water and Carbon Sponge

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Interesting blog by Gill Wrigley, Sphagnum project officer, Calderdale Council Sphagnum moss holds twenty times its weight in water. Once it was the most abundant plant on the hill tops of Calderdale, soaking up the water as soon as it falls, keeping the peat wet and slowing the flow of water into our steep sided […]

COP28 criticism rolls in

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There was more reaction this week to the limited progress made at COP28, where agreement could not be made to phase out or even phase down fossil fuels. The deal, including a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, is not enough to keep temperatures under 1.5C this century, according to the BBC. WWF argued that the […]

Delivering 30by30 on land

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’30by30′ is a commitment in the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at the COP15 biodiversity summit last December, whereby “30% of areas of degraded terrestrial, inland water, and marine and coastal ecosystems are under effective restoration.” Defra has outlined its approach to how the target on land in England will be met. This includes a set […]

Co-creating of nature-based solutions

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A new independent expert report, developed with nature-based solutions Task Force 6, presents insights into the co-creation and co-governance of nature-based solutions across Europe. The report contains practical guidelines for researchers, practitioners and other experts who are researching, implementing or evaluating nature-based solutions.

England to get new national park as part of nature plan

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The government has unveiled a range of initiatives to improve access to nature. The measures include a search for a new national park, 34 new landscape recovery projects and funding to support young people to access nature. Further measures include: A new plan to recover England’s temperate rainforests – backed by £750,000 of Research & Development […]