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This month, a small group of diplomats is meeting to hash out a plan that could affect the future of nearly half of Earth’s surface — including regions containing metals that are vital for …
International negotiators just missed a deadline to regulate deep-sea mining. Now what? Read More
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals …
Countries split on plastics treaty focus as U.N. talks close Read More
The UK government’s environment improvement plan pledges to restore 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wildlife-rich habitat, create or expand 25 national parks, invest in the recovery of hedgehogs and …
Environment plan for England asks farmers to restore nature – but changes are likely to be superficial Read More
Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva’s narrow victory over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s recent presidential election has reinvigorated the Latin American left. Despite recent setbacks in Peru and Argentina, left-wing governments in the …
Latin America’s pink tide is preparing for the green revolution Read More
(Monday 19th December) Commenting on the adoption of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in Canada today, Katie Leach, Head of Biodiversity at responsible investment NGO ShareAction, said: “World leaders have today …
COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework – ShareAction response Read More
Nations will have to rethink economic growth as a measure of success if they want to make good on pledges to halt the destruction of the natural world, according to …
‘Nature is our home’: New UK report urges big economic rethink Read More
Thinking out of the box: currently, retail is largely about mass, transactional relationships. Can business ever be good? Henry Leveson-Gower explores. A year ago I was on the hunt for examples …
Selling the circular Read More
Japan’s new leader is looking to revive the nation’s economy with the same strategy that floored it. Dr. Chris G. Pope explains. Abe Shinzo stepped down in September after becoming …
Flogging a dead horse Read More
Governments using regulators and other institutions to stick-and-carrot people into acting for the common good is not the way to deliver policy. Henry Leveson-Gower shares his discovery of a more …
Bring out the Best Read More
Global warming is happening but the planning to halt it doesn’t just happen. Charles Seaford asks who? And other questions. Well-informed people the world over knew, in 1933, that something …
Climate short change Read More