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Biodiversity

ESG

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

One in three people relies on the oceans for their livelihood, yet the oceans are in danger. They remain little-known, with neither global governance nor the financing needed for their preservation.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

‘We are the ocean’

The quality of South-east Asia’s biodiversity lags the rest of the world and has been deteriorating.
ESG
ESG Insights

Issue 146: Urging the financial sector to address nature; Singapore investors lag on climate plans

The use of both indigenous insights and scientific data has provided a more accurate picture of polar bear populations in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

AI alone won’t save the planet

Colombia's Environment Minister and president of COP16, Susana Mohamad told AFP that the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund “needs more money.”
ESG

COP16 chair hails biodiversity attaining ‘equal footing’ with climate crisis

Attendees watch a video from the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, Oct 20, 2024.
ESG

UN biodiversity summit opens with call for ‘significant’ funding

The stump of a tree sits amid a clearing that was once forested land in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation in Sierra Leone's Kambui Hills Forest Reserve threatens its rich biodiversity, as illegal logging, land clearing, and mining disrupt the delicate ecological balance. Conservation efforts are increasingly challenged by these unsustainable practices. (Photo by Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP)
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Once our primary forests are gone, they’re gone forever

Emerging market borrowers are more likely to make use of biodiversity bonds because populations in these countries are more dependent on nature for their prosperity.
Sustainable Finance

Why biodiversity bonds could have a record year

The goal is to monetise biodiversity through financial innovation, while navigating new regulations designed to protect the natural environment.
ESG

JPMorgan, Lloyds among banks adding new senior ESG roles on biodiversity

Manta rays feed in the Hanifaru Marine Protected Area in the Maldives. Asia Pacific is home to almost half the world’s richly biodiverse areas, which contain rare plant and animal species across jungles, mountains and waters.
Opinion & Features

Achieving a nature-positive future in Asia

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