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Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... risks. It also recommends undertaking impact assessments to help investors understand how their portfolios affect forests. Brazil, Indonesia, Congo, China, and the US are the most deforestation-prone countries, with land-use change being the prominent ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... from the Indo Pacific Carbon Offsetting Scheme towards Pacific renewable energy and policy coordination. The UK joined Brazil in committing to a 81% reduction off 1990 levels, or a 78% reduction off 2005 levels, the baseline Australia uses. The UK government ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... companies it invests in, OECD guidelines required it to act, alleges FOE and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). "We hope this complaint prompts BlackRock to fulfill its obligations under international frameworks," said Madan. It ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... signatories are obligated to update their NDCs ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference ('COP30') in Brazil in 2025. NDCs are emissions reduction commitments that signatories made under the Paris Agreement, an international binding ...

ISO to launch first net zero standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... for Standardization (ISO) will develop its first international net zero standard to launch at COP30 in November 2025 in Brazil. The standard will be an expansion of the ISO Net Zero Guidelines launched at COP27. It aims to accelerate sustainability ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of global market cap and over half of global emissions. ISSB adoption is particularly strong in emerging markets, with Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Turkey, recently signing on. It's also on the table for middle and high-income countries, including ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... US with 38 policy developments put out in the first half of 2023, followed by China (17), Germany (12), India (12), and Brazil (11) ahead of Australia (10) in the total number of climate policies announced by respective governments. Additionally, the ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate action, alongside 134 countries including Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, the UK and the US. The country did not join Australia and 119 countries to commit to the Global ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Law Programme senior research associate Rupert Stuart-Smith, co-author, commented. The paper identified the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Canada as next in the running, with 100, 77, 54, and 35 lawsuits to date respectively. This comes as FS Sustainability ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... at COP28, with over US$12 billion coming from governments including contributions from Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary ...
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