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Why Has The Term “Nature-Based” Been Crucial To Dialogue At COP16 Convention On Biological Diversity?

November 4, 2024 admin air quality, Biodiversity, carbon emissions, climate change, ecosystems, investment, Massachusetts, nature, policy & politics, the nature conservancy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:53:35 +0000

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is now well underway in Cali, Colombia, bringing together nearly 190 nations. They’re gathered to find answers to the critical challenge of halting ever-increasing biodiversity loss, investigating its relationship with the climate crisis, and enhancing the … [continued]

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With Some Careful Planning, Solar & Biodiversity Can Go Hand-In-Hand

September 19, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, Biodiversity, clean power, Solar energy, solar panels

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:51:23 +0000

The sun’s energy is becoming a popular renewable source for everyday power. To meet increasing demand, thousands of acres of solar farms are expected to be developed over the next few decades. Co-locating arrays and agriculture on the same land — known as “agrivoltaics” — can create pollinator habitats in … [continued]

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EU Mandates Biodiversity Restoration, Setting Up New ‘Green’ Requirements Alongside ‘Clean’ Ones for Power Sector

August 1, 2024 admin Biodiversity, climate change, climate change mitigation, compliance, EU, eurelectric, full coverage, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, news, Policy, power, power sector, regulatory, Renewables, sustainability, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:10 +0000

This June, the European Council formally adopted a first-of-its-kind regulation that sets out to restore at least 20% of the European Union’s (EU’s) land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of

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Biodiversity Is A Global Asset That Should Be Factored Into Investment Strategies

May 24, 2024 admin Agriculture, Biodiversity, climate change, investment, policy & politics, united nations (un)

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 14:42:00 +0000

Readers of this publication are definitely interested in the intersection of technology and decarbonization. Yet you may not think a whole lot about biodiversity. When you mull it over, though, despite all our technological advances, we all are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems for our water, food, medicines, … [continued]

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Nations Reach Historic Agreement On Biodiversity At COP 15 Conference

December 22, 2022 admin Biodiversity, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:30:09 +0000

The COP 15 biodiversity conference has wrapped up its work in Montreal. There were smiles all around, but was any progress made?

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The Last Tepui: Biodiversity On The Earth’s Sky Islands

April 20, 2022 admin Biodiversity, biomimicry, National Geographic, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:00:19 +0000

Biodiversity takes center stage on the flat-topped “islands in the sky” that lurch out of the Amazon in South America.

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Nature-Based Solutions Can Tap The Earth’s Carbon-Sequestering Powers

April 5, 2022 admin Biodiversity, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, clean power, climate change, Fossil Fuels, ipcc

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:43:14 +0000

Biodiversity is the diversity of life from the level of gene to the level of the ecosystem. The newest IPCC report cites the value of nature in reducing vulnerability across multiple sectors.

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Davos Is Just a Bunch of Boomers Sharing Viral Videos

January 23, 2020 admin Biodiversity, CAPITALISM, carbon emissions, climate change, content, Davos, inequality, World Economic Forum

Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:20:46 +0000

Davos’ empty words and promises are most apparent in its terrible aggregated videos designed for social media virality.

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Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

January 7, 2020 admin Biodiversity, biodiversity cop, biodiversity cop in kunming, China, clean power, climate change, climate cop, climate cop in glasgow, co2 emissions, Coal, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, ocean summit, ocean summit in lisbon, Oil, policy & politics, research, United States, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:13:47 +0000

It seems like a lifetime ago when at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, I watched more than 100 heads of state and government queue to sign the original documents of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Biodiversity Convention and Agenda 21. Negotiations had been tough, and some leaders were more enthusiastic than others