COP16: Countries launch ‘champions group’ for mainstreaming biodiversity
A group of 17 countries led by Colombia and Mexico have announced they are establishing a special group at COP16 to drive progress on mainstreaming biodiversity, following what they said are attempts to undermine the policy.
Read MoreCOP16: Global South alliance signals biodiversity financing “not working for us”
A group of ministers from 20 countries in the Global South have published a statement seeking urgent action to boost biodiversity financing for developing countries, while flagging issues with the global fund intended to support them.
Read MoreCOP16: Group launches bioeconomy coalition to scale sustainable markets, finance in the Amazon
A group of over 20 organisations on Wednesday launched a coalition to promote bioeconomy across the Amazon region, looking at the biodiversity credit market as a possible means to scale financing.
Read MoreCOP16: Electricity company announces Colombian biodiversity credit project
A Colombian energy transmission company has announced its support for a small voluntary biodiversity credit project in Colombia with the aim of helping open up a market.
Read MoreBiodiversity credit company announces data partnership
A biodiversity credit project developer and a data provider have announced a partnership with the aim of scaling projects in countries across Africa, South America, and Europe, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreCOP16: NA100 companies at early stage of tackling nature impacts
Most of the Nature Action 100’s (NA100) focus companies are in the early stages of addressing their nature-related impacts, but further action is needed across Indigenous Peoples’ rights, governance, and disclosure, the group has said.
Read MoreNon-profit targets raising up to $500 mln for sustainable materials fund
Canopy is planning to target raising between $300-500 million with a private equity fund tackling nature loss through investment in sustainable materials technologies, and seeks first close in the first quarter of 2025, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreCOP16: TNFD building beta nature data public facility
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is set to release a beta version of a nature data public facility in 2025 to enable pilot testing with companies, in a bid to catalyse data funding, it announced on Saturday.
Read MorePolicy group sets out next steps for ‘compelling’ biodiversity credit markets
A US-headquartered group of conservation policy experts has laid out the next steps for the biodiversity credit market, to fulfil what it sees as significant potential, by preventing it from mirroring voluntary carbon markets.
Read MoreWorld Bank channelling billions to industrial livestock farming -report
Development banks are funnelling billions of dollars annually into the expansion of factory farming linked to animals, capital that should instead go towards regenerative practices, according to analysis by a non-profit.
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