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UK and France join forces on Global Roadmap for nature recovery
…efforts to halt nature decline, as established at COP15, which was the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) adopted late last year. The framework establishes four long-term goals and 23 action-based…
G20 failing to implement nature-related disclosure policies for corporates
…Biodiversity Framework, which was agreed at COP15 last year. Target 15 requires companies and financial institutions to disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity by 2030 at the latest….
Embracing biodiversity and nature conservation through thoughtful packaging choices
The world took significant steps in recognising the importance of biodiversity and the health of our ecosystems to human life at the COP15 last December. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework…
COP28 into overtime following ‘disappointing’ draft Global Stocktake text – here’s what’s included
…gender inequality, the text states. But this is not a requirement, just something that is “stressed”. Nature The draft references the COP15 deal for nature. Last December at COP15, nations…
Therese Coffey calls on businesses to ‘shape efforts’ to deliver global nature goals
…action-orientated targets of the Montreal-Kunming Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF was drawn up at the CBD COP15 conference in Montreal in December and is aimed at halting land and…
New campaign urges businesses to set nature strategies
…finance streams for nature recovery, with 23 action-orientated targets to be achieved by 2030. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, formalised at COP15, aims to “take urgent action to halt and…
Report: Government stalling on 2030 nature targets
…Government since it signed a global pledge to halt the decline of nature by 2030 at COP15 last year. As part of the Global Biodiversity Framework, the UK agreed to…
More companies disclosing on forests, but $80bn risk of inaction remains
…size of Switzerland was cleared of rainforests last year, notes that neither the Paris Agreement nor the Biodiversity Treaty delivered at COP15 will be met without ending deforestation. CDP’s global…
12 organisations partner with TNFD to scope out global nature-related data facility
…accelerated since the successful agreement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the CBD COP15 meeting in Montreal in December 2022. During the meeting, UN nations agreed on a new…
Climate Group urges G20 to set timelines for fossil fuel phase-outs and a just transition
…G20 nations have “limited to no policies” in place for nature-related corporate disclosure, despite agreeing to a commitment for companies to start disclosing such data at COP15 late last year….
UK pledges £1.6bn to international climate finance to support developing nations
…established at COP15 as a global fund to help developing countries reduce emissions and adapt to the climate crisis. The UK’s new pledge is its single largest contribution to the…
Activating partnerships will be vital to accelerating sustainability action
…businesses on the natural environment has been a growing area of focus for climate action, especially following the COP15 biodiversity agreement aimed at addressing nature loss. During New York Climate…
Are we on the brink of a nature finance breakthrough?
…at COP15. The framework’s objectives include stopping the degradation of land and water, revitalising 30% of damaged ecosystems on both land and sea by 2030, and facilitating the emergence of…
28 voices on COP28: What we want from the climate summit (part 1)
…an opportunity to course correct. It must galvanise temperature management and ambition. “We need COP 28 to maintain momentum on the implementation of the global biodiversity framework agreed at COP15…
COP28: Rishi Sunak unveils £11bn Dogger Bank investment and £1.6bn international climate spending plans
…established at COP15 as a global fund to help developing countries reduce emissions and adapt to the climate crisis. Prior to the original £1.6bn announcement it had been widely reported…
Food systems pledges and King Charles’ speech: The 8 biggest stories from the World Leaders Summit (Day One) at COP28
…established at COP15 as a global fund to help developing countries reduce emissions and adapt to the climate crisis. The Government has confirmed that today’s announcement is built on the…
Youth Climate Stocktakes and energy majors’ joint renewables plan: The six biggest stories from 8 December at COP28
…inclusion and participation.” The Stocktake notes that there have been Youth Declarations at COPs since COP6, but that Youth were not granted official status in the COP process until COP15….
‘Little sense of urgency’: MPs call for UK to ramp up efforts to combat deforestation
…stop the UK from contributing to the global biodiversity framework, set up at the CBD COP15 in Kunming and Montreal aimed at halting land and water deterioration, restoring 30% of…
Climate finance: UK accused of ‘moving goalposts’ to meet £11.6bn pledge
This chopping and changing of accounting methods, the watchdog argues, is putting the UK at risk of under-delivering on its £11.6bn ICF commitments. During COP15 in 2009, the UK pledged…
Beyond Net Zero – why due diligence in biodiversity has become a hot agenda item for portfolio companies and their investors
…as the stark realities of biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction become clearer to the business community. At the last UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) held in Montreal in December 2022, global…
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