Jaguar stewardship project in Brazil issues 71,000 biodiversity credits
A Brazil-based environmental company has marketed over 71,000 biodiversity credits generated through a jaguar stewardship project in the Pantanal region over the last few years.
Read MoreUzbekistan sets course for national biodiversity credit, offset markets
Uzbekistan has released a strategy to attract finance for nature protection and restoration, including plans to establish national frameworks for biodiversity credit and offset markets.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: US rollback on nature looms over resuming plastic treaty talks
The US administration’s recent rollback on environmental action is poised to overheat the debate on financing at the resuming talks on the UN plastic treaty, with the EU expected to adopt an even tougher stance than it did at last year’s summit, an observer to the negotiations told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreNorwegian startup secures €3.7 mln to address biodiversity, climate risks in real estate sector
A Norwegian startup has raised €3.7 million in seed funding to advance its platform aimed at enabling European real estate companies to manage biodiversity- and climate-related risks.
Read MoreEnvironmental impact fund raises €300 mln at first close
A French asset manager announced this week that it has secured €300 million for an impact fund investing in solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change.
Read MoreEuropean Investment Bank to back French voluntary biodiversity credits
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has teamed up with a Paris-based consultancy firm to help scale voluntary biodiversity credit transactions in France, with a view to backing the market uptake across the EU.
Read MoreGoogle unveils accelerator for nature tech startups
US giant Google has launched its first accelerator for startups using technology to protect, manage, and restore biodiversity, amid continuous growth of the global nature tech market.
Read MoreUN plastic treaty talks to resume in August in Geneva
Negotiations on the first-ever global treaty to tackle plastic pollution will resume in August in Switzerland after countries were unable to reach an agreement during talks in South Korea last December.
Read MoreOver a third of EU economy highly dependent on ecosystem services, report says
Over one-third of the EU’s gross value added (GVA) is highly dependent on ecosystem services, according to a report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Read MoreCOP16: Countries strike last-gasp deal on nature finance
Countries at the resumed COP16 UN biodiversity summit late Thursday reached a hard-fought agreement on a plan to mobilise finance for nature, in a decision that draws a line under months of tensions despite delaying critical steps to bridge the existing funding gap by the end of the decade, according to observers.
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