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So called “Nature-positive” solutions to biodiversity loss bring about no real change in reality and protect the interests of those destroying the planet. So-called “solutions” to the biodiversity and climate crises are being developed, not for the protection of...
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The column comes as attendees and experts warn COP15 represents “the make-or-break moment” for the variety of life on Earth, given the rate at which species are disappearing. With a global biodiversity summit underway in Montreal, Guardian columnist George...
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On paper, forest carbon offsets appear to balance out a company’s carbon emissions. However, forest offsets might not actually be doing much for the climate. Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of...
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The UN biodiversity conference, COP15, taking place in Canada during December could be used to bring about real change if these three tasks are completed. This time has to be different. In the history of UN biodiversity agreements, governments have never made good on...
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A brief guide to the intergovernmental negotiations taking place this month in Montreal, Canada, that have a crucial role to play in halting biodiversity loss and restoring nature. iodiversity encompasses the full variety of life – all genes, species and ecosystems –...
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As attention turns toward agriculture in the fight against climate change, cellular agriculture has emerged as an invaluable solution. During COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced its plan to develop a roadmap...