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Nature Restoration Law 'at risk' after EU elections, UBS predicts
13 June 2024UBS has identified the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law as being "at risk" following the outcome of European Parliamentary elections, and a rule to phase out all new internal combustion engine car sales by 2035 could also be a casualty.
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Market not recognising timberland's full sustainability benefits
13 June 2024Current investment approaches to timberland fail to adequately recognise the main sustainability benefits of the asset class and are hindering scalability, investors warned.
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Proprietary nature data holding back AI development
12 June 2024Keeping nature data as exclusive information is hindering the potential impact of artificial intelligence, a Belgian nature investor has warned.
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OECD adviser criticises investors' "limited span of concentration" on nature
12 June 2024A member of the OECD's advisory council has criticised "big capital" for its unwillingness to properly engage with nature, alleging that most want overly simple investment options.
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Agriculture investments "forcing nature to its knees"
12 June 2024The impact of food systems is the "biggest problem in the world", according to Ocean 14 Capital's Chris Gorell Barnes, who urged investors and policymakers to step back from damaging industry practices.
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Biodiversity and carbon credits "poised for massive expansion"
11 June 2024The biodiversity and carbon credit markets are "poised for massive expansion", but more needs to be done to connect the two mechanisms and utilise their co-benefits, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said.
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Candriam looking to expand outside of "traditional" water investments
11 June 2024Candriam has told Environmental Finance it plans to invest outside of "traditional" water sectors to meet the growing number of challenges posed by the water crisis, and how it plans to leverage artificial intelligence to "differentiate" from its peers
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UBS: We need NDCs for nature
11 June 2024The next biodiversity COP needs to deliver progress on how countries plan to achieve the landmark '30-by-30' targets agreed at the previous meeting in Montreal, to incentive investment, UBS has said.
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West African countries urge SBTi to allow carbon offsetting
10 June 2024A coalition of West African countries has weighed in to the row about whether carbon offsets should be used to help meet net zero targets.
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"Inflection point" reached on biodiversity in bond markets
07 June 2024Improving data and capacity mean biodiversity within fixed income markets has hit an "exciting inflection point" but warned issuance might remain limited, Morningstar Sustainalytics told delegates at an Environmental Finance conference.