New suite of news and intelligence products to celebrate 10 years of Carbon Pulse
To celebrate 10 years of Carbon Pulse, we are announcing the launch of two new subscription products – Net Zero Pulse and Nature & Biodiversity Pulse – to enhance our suite of specialist news and intelligence offerings.
Read MoreCarbon Pulse continues to strengthen reporting teams with new hires, promotions
Carbon Pulse has further strengthened its team of carbon market, climate policy, nature, and biodiversity reporters with a series of new hires and internal promotions.
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.
Read MoreFEATURE: Resumed COP16 talks eye nature finance deal amid resurfacing tensions
The COP16 UN biodiversity conference resumed on Tuesday in Rome after talks were abruptly halted in November, with negotiators facing increasing pressure to hammer out a deal on nature finance amid fears that long-standing political divisions may prove too challenging to bridge.
Read MoreUS foundation to invest $500k to support TNFD expansion
A major US philanthropic foundation is throwing its support behind the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) with $500,000 in grants, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreOcean benchmark reveals big companies likely to be assessed
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has released a list of 63 companies out of the 125 that are very likely to be assessed on biodiversity in its forthcoming Ocean Benchmark.
Read More29 banking jurisdictions beginning nature focus, UNEP FI says
Some 29 jurisdictions, totalling more than €75 trillion of banking assets, have started reflecting nature-related considerations in their regulations, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said in a report.
Read MoreGlobal firms ramp up sustainability reporting ahead of CSRD deadline -report
Nearly all of the world’s largest companies have adopted sustainability reporting, with 96% of the largest 250 companies (G250) now publishing ESG data as they prepare for tighter regulations like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), according to a new report.
Read MoreCOP29: German govt announces over €1 bln in annual biodiversity funding
Germany plans to ringfence an annual €1.1 billion to fund biodiversity conservation starting next year, a government official announced at the ongoing COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan.
Read MoreCOP29: Global organisations call on countries to raise ambition on nature under climate finance deal
A group of 68 global NGOs, business coalitions, companies, and Indigenous Peoples organisations has called for COP29 parties to recognise nature’s role in addressing the climate crisis within negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG).
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