INTERVIEW: EU expert sets priorities for bloc-wide nature market regulation
Standardised units, measures to reduce price volatility, and robust market infrastructure are among the elements that EU regulation on nature credits should address, according to an external expert working with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Read MoreStandard body updates governance framework for carbon, biodiversity, water programmes
An environmental standard body has revamped the governance framework that supports its carbon, biodiversity, and water programmes.
Read MoreWelsh govt launches national nature partnership
The Welsh government has launched a partnership that brings together major land managers across the country, with the aim of advancing efforts toward national biodiversity targets.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Stalled plastic treaty talks may need procedural changes, observers say
Reviving stalled talks on a first-ever global treaty to curb plastic pollution may require changes to the negotiation process, though even a compromise could now be difficult to achieve, according to observers.
Read MoreEU report urges nature risks be factored into SME financial assessments
Incorporating nature-related risks into financial assessment frameworks for European small and medium enterprises (SMEs) could improve estimates of default, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Read MoreExperts map nature-positive path for Australian agricultural sector
A group of experts has developed a nature-positive roadmap for the Australian agricultural sector, with biodiversity credits among the tools that could support this transition.
Read MoreEnvironmental groups sue Dutch govt over North Sea bottom trawling
A coalition of environmental organisations has taken the Dutch government to court for allegedly failing to protect the North Sea by allowing bottom trawling.
Read MorePepsiCo agrees to publish biodiversity disclosure after investor engagement
Drinks giant PepsiCo has agreed to disclose the measures it intends to take for identifying and reducing its impacts on nature in response to investor engagement.
Read MoreUK on track to achieve just three biodiversity targets, national report says
The UK is on track to meet only three of 23 targets set out under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), according to the government.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Slovenian group develops methodology for grassland, eyes EU nature market
An organisations backed by the Slovenian government is developing a certificate methodology for grasslands, aiming to present it to the European Commission for the upcoming EU nature market, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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