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"Private actors engaging in nature conservation isn’t new at all. For corporate social responsibility (CSR) reasons, big and small companies have long supported conservation projects."

How to get private capital to protect nature – without greenwashing

By: EBR | Thursday, October 29, 2020

“Innovative finance” is the newest buzzword used to find ways to channel money – especially private money – to nature-based solutions

Scientists warn that we have just ten years at most to take the steps needed to keep global warming within 1.5 ?C of pre-industrial levels, and thus to avert significant risks to nature and humanity.

Here’s how we can reduce emissions from the shipping industry

By: EBR | Monday, October 26, 2020

This month, delegates from governments around the world are meeting (virtually) for a crucial, albeit under-the-radar, climate summit at the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO)

World Bank President David Malpass estimates that up to 150 million people are being plunged into extreme poverty this year, taking the global total to well above 800 million. By the end of 2021, the total could be far higher.

The Post-Pandemic Crisis: What Happens Next?

By: EBR | Monday, October 26, 2020

The failure of multilateral strategic decision-making in these COVID times has been led by the Trump Administration and its bizarre attacks on international institutions

Digital’s potential to streamline transport, reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and create value across the board is well-established on paper but it is only in recent years that companies have started to embrace it fully.

Transport leaders go in search of safe data spaces

By: EBR | Monday, October 26, 2020

The coronavirus is likely to accelerate transport’s shift towards digitalization and help the sector decrease both its environmental footprint and its costs

While geopolitical tensions are elevated, countries in the region are encountering falling fiscal revenues, increasing debt, higher unemployment, and rising poverty and inequality.

IMF: How to ensure an inclusive recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia

By: EBR | Friday, October 23, 2020

Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia face with COVID-19 a public health emergency unlike any seen in our lifetime, along with an unprecedented economic downturn

In Europe, they employ over 90 million people but their small size makes them vulnerable to cash flow crises. In Spain, for example, 83% of the 85,000 businesses that have collapsed since February employ fewer than five workers.

Over half Europe’s small firms fear for survival, survey finds

By: EBR | Thursday, October 22, 2020

Over half the small and medium-sized companies which together provide jobs for two-thirds of European workers fear for their survival in the coming 12 months, according to a survey released by management consultancy McKinsey

"Collecting used plastic is vital to create a circular economy in the industry and prevent fossil fuels from being used to produce new plastics."

Fixing plastic collection seen as vital to success of chemical recycling

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Two billion people worldwide do not have access to proper waste collection services, leading to ever-growing plastic pollution in oceans and waterways, particularly in the global south

Ocean temperatures are known to rise and fall, but this recent spike falls outside of scope of natural patterns.

New research shows the Atlantic Ocean just had its hottest decade in 3000 years

By: EBR | Friday, October 16, 2020

This past decade has been the Atlantic Ocean’s warmest in nearly three full millennia

The new challenges, and the speed of the necessary changes, cannot be overcome by using solutions from the past. Business as usual is no longer an option; it exists merely as evidence that our current systems have failed in delivering economic, social and environmental sustainability.

The new lens that can unlock the net-zero economy

By: EBR | Thursday, October 15, 2020

The world today is facing a series of convergent global emergencies linked to the economy, the environment and society

How do these emissions break down? Is it cars, trucks, planes or trains that dominate?

Cars, planes, trains: where do transport CO2 emissions come from?

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Transport accounts for around one-fifth of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions [24% if we only consider CO2 emissions from energy]

We need to achieve this annually for the next 15 years to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5oC goal.

Emissions have fallen this year. Now we need to make it permanent

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The green lining of the COVID-19 crisis is a projected 8% drop in global CO2 emissions in 2020

Cities are on the frontline of the climate crisis. Many already face the threat of flooding and rising sea levels. Once in a hundred year storms now hit every few years.

The future of cities: sustainable or bust

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

European leaders need to recognise that direct investment in cities is the best way to address the immediate needs of our citizens, whilst also responding to the causes of the climate crisis

Widespread Covid-19 testing will be a fact of life for years to come. Scaling up the supply chain requires governments to answer five key questions.

Building the Supply Chain for Large-Scale Covid-19 Testing

By: EBR | Monday, October 12, 2020

Scaling up access to Covid-19 testing is one of the most serious challenges that the global healthcare supply chain has ever faced. And it is not going away anytime soon

Initial data suggests that 2020 annual emissions could decrease by as much as seven percent globally due to the downward shift in energy demand worldwide.

What are the biggest risks to business? New data shows climate concerns are rising

By: EBR | Monday, October 12, 2020

An overly simplistic view of global economics has fuelled climate denial and skepticism for decades

"Ill health worsens an individual’s economic prospects throughout the lifecycle. For young infants and children, ill health affects their capacity to acumulate human capital; for adults, ill health lowers quality of life and labour market outcomes, and disadvantage compounds over the course of a lifetime."

How to build a better health system: 8 expert essays

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Our healthy future cannot be achieved without putting the health and wellbeing of populations at the centre of public policy

"The Impact Assessment accompanying the Commission’s proposal only assessed net targets, revealing that this idea has been in the making for some time, despite this not being explicit in the public consultations."

Now is the time for an honest conversation about carbon dioxide removal

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The European Commission’s new climate plan for 2030 increases uncertainties and gives us a rude awakening on carbon removal

Around 25% of all CO2 emissions are absorbed by the ocean, making it one of the world’s largest ’carbon sinks’.

The oceans are absorbing more carbon than previously thought

By: EBR | Friday, October 2, 2020

The oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface and play a crucial role in taking up CO2 from the atmosphere

According to the International Energy Agency, even if we deploy all the technologies currently available to us (solar, wind, energy efficiency, etc.), we still won’t be able to achieve the emission reductions we know we need to reduce climate change-related risks from wildfires, droughts, massive storms and melting glaciers.

Science and Innovation as the way out of the crisis

By: EBR | Thursday, October 1, 2020

The only plausible exit strategy for our current global challenges is science and innovation. We need EU funding for science and innovation more than ever… yet the Council wants to cut Horizon Europe, warn Pascal Lamy and Carlos Moedas

While some organizations such as the Human Rights Foundation and American Red Cross have long-accepted cryptocurrency donations, we have seen an increase in the number of players looking at digital currency as an avenue for financing the SDGs.

3 ways blockchain can accelerate sustainable development

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 29, 2020

When the SDGs were conceived in 2012, blockchain technology was in its early days. Few could have foreseen the trajectory and the potential of blockchain for advancing these ambitious targets

As transport makes up a quarter of EU carbon emissions, the European Commission estimates that a 90% decrease in that sector will be necessary to meet the 2050 target.

Internal combustion engine ‘not going away’, automakers say

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 29, 2020

While automakers are busy making plans to roll out electric vehicles, the existing car fleet will continue relying on traditional fuels for many years to come, the industry says, arguing in favour of biofuels to achieve CO2 cuts in the short term

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EU Actually

Russia and China warn the EU about Euroclear billions

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin went on a working visit to Cina. After a meeting with his Chinese colleague Li Qiang in the city of Hangzhou, an extensive press release was published yesterday.

Europe

Disunited Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

Disunited Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

"The Commission’s proposals are quite good and meet our demands," said EPP MEP Herbert Dorfmann, while sources close to the file said centre-left S&D lawmakers were unhappy with the suggestions.

Business

China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row

China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row

Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.

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