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The Financing Nature report sets the tone

Positivéco — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:55:39 +0000

The report, endorsed by former finance leaders, is addressed to public and private policymakers and the financial sector. The funding gap is estimated at between US$ 598 Bn and US$ 824 Bn per year according to the report. US$ 700 Bn is the value retained by COP 15 (GOAL [...]

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Biodiversity and climate: a crucial interdependence

Positivéco — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:05:04 +0000

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. [...]

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

Positivéco — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:02:56 +0000

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, [...]

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