(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament has adopted its position on a nature restoration law, aiming to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. MEPs support restoration measures covering at least 20% of EU land and sea areas by 2030, highlighting the … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) During the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2023, environment-focused directors from leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) met to discuss the circular economy for the first time. The African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Finland, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged AfDB, African Development Bank, biodiversity loss, circular economy transition, climate change, EBRD, EIB, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, IDB, IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank, MDBs, Multilateral Development Banks, pollution, WCEF, World Bank, World Circular Economy Forum
(IN BRIEF) KfW Development Bank celebrates the two-year anniversary of the Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF), an initiative for biodiversity conservation. The LLF provides long-term financing for protected areas in developing countries, ensuring effective conservation efforts. It has achieved significant progress, … Read the full press release
A major study has provided answers to the ways in which heather-dominated peatland can be managed, with a number of methods to choose from to help tackle the impacts of climate change and biodiversity losses. (IN BRIEF) A study by … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity, biodiversity loss, carbon storage, climate change, Defra, Natural England, peatland, Peatland management, Professor Andreas Heinemeyer, sphagnum moss, University of York, vegetation diversity
(PRESS RELEASE) FREDERICIA, 26-Oct-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ørsted (CPH: ORSTED), a Danish leading operator of offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants as well as the world’s most sustainable energy company, has announced a … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Technology
Tagged biodiversity goals, biodiversity loss, climate change, climate goals, ecosystems, Mads Nipper, Marco Lambertini, marine ecosystem, Marine restoration, ocean biodiversity, ocean health, Offshore wind, wildlife, WWF, Ørsted
(PRESS RELEASE) EXETER, 15-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Exeter, a public research university in Exeter, Devon, South West England, United Kingdom, has announced that its researchers have received £10 million in funding to investigate and tackle biodiversity loss in … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity, biodiversity loss, biodiversity renewal, environmental challenges, farmland, National Trust, natural environment, Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, Professor Kevin Gaston, Professor Rosie Hails, Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, RENEW, University of Exeter, wetlands, woodlands
(PRESS RELEASE) EXETER, 9-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Exeter, a public research university in Exeter, Devon, South West England, United Kingdom, has announced that a lead author Professor Tim Lenton, Director of the Global Systems Institute (GSI) at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity loss, Breakthrough Agenda, clean technologies, climate change, climate crisis, COP26, Dr Tom Powell, Global Systems Institute, Greta Thunberg, Hamburg University, Professor Tim Lenton, Scarlett Benson, sustainable solutions, SYSTEMIQ, University College London, University of Exeter
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced its participation in an innovative co-creation project with Planethon, a data-driven, science-based platform and business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged analytics, biodiversity loss, business transaction data, Carina Johed, deforestation, Ekman Group, green financing, greenwashing, Harri Rantanen, human rights violations, Payments, Planethon, reducing carbon emissions, SEB, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 21-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announces an exclusive reforestation sponsorship in The Atlantic Forest initiative in Brazil. The targeted, sustainable reforestation project will see 1 million trees planted to transform a barren farmland back … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Insurance, News, Society, Switzerland
Tagged 1.5°C Pledge, 2020 UN Global Biodiversity Outlook 5, addressing climate change, Alison Martin, Atlantic Forest initiative, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, Brazil, Brazilian rainforest, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, climate change, conservation, Covid-19 pandemic, curbing climate change, deforestation, ecological conservation, healthy ecosystems, Healthy forests, Instituto Terra, insurance policies, insurer, Lélia, Minas Gerais, monoculture plantations, preventing future pandemics, rainforest, reforestation, reforestation project, reforestation sponsorship, restore biodiversity, Rimba Raya, Sebastião Salgado, tree planting, UN Business Ambition, Zurich, Zurich Insurance Group, ‘green deserts’
10-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today proposed new legislation to prevent and manage the rapidly growing threat from invasive species. There are currently over 12 000 species present in Europe which are alien to the natural environment. About 15% of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged Asian hornet, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, coypu, grey squirrels, invasive alien species, invasive species, Janez Potočnik, Joe Hennon, Monica Westeren, natural environment, outcompeting red squirrels, problematic invasive species, protect biodiversity, tiger mosquito
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