Climate Change

21 February

Implementation of the new European taxonomy: What are the next steps?

2024-02-21T19:04:48+01:00

The European taxonomy applies to companies from January 2022. It covers more than 142 economic activities and 9 sectors and will radically transform the definition of performance for companies. The taxonomy creates a classification of economic activities and investments according to their sustainability. The European green finance [...]

Implementation of the new European taxonomy: What are the next steps?2024-02-21T19:04:48+01:00
5 December

COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh: what results?

2023-12-20T09:59:27+01:00

The final declaration or "implementation plan" from Sharm el-Sheikh looks more like a status quo to hold until the next COP. COP 27 final declaration: focus on the 'Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan. The negotiation round that just ended in Egypt promised progress in the concrete implementation of previous [...]

COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh: what results?2023-12-20T09:59:27+01:00
1 December

Biodiversity and climate: a crucial interdependence

2023-05-02T10:02:07+02:00

In a 2018 study, Tim Newbold argues that climate change could become the leading cause of biodiversity loss by 2070, ahead of land-use change. Biodiversity degradation is thus both an additional driver of climate change and a threat to the ability of biodiversity to mitigate climate change. [...]

Biodiversity and climate: a crucial interdependence2023-05-02T10:02:07+02:00
20 October

Can COP15 on biodiversity result in a global framework as ambitious as the Paris Agreement for the climate?

2023-08-08T11:44:40+02:00

This Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the first international treaty that takes into account all aspects of biological diversity. COP 15 is particularly important in view of the current and accelerating erosion of biodiversity. Only "far-reaching economic, social, [...]

Can COP15 on biodiversity result in a global framework as ambitious as the Paris Agreement for the climate?2023-08-08T11:44:40+02:00
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