COP15

Biodiversity challenge gives clarion call for business

While we have long quantified primary goods produced on the land, such as timber or wheat, we have fallen short on measuring less-tangible assets such as the state of biodiversity, air, water and soil health.

Tackling nature’s demise as a key global business risk

Giant forest trees in Singapore's Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves.
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Gearing up for the global nature economy

The COP15 pact made clear that preserving biodiversity will be crucial not only for the planet’s survival, but also for protecting corporate bottom lines.

Asset managers must sharpen their focus on biodiversity

Countries that signed the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the COP15 summit will have to submit their national biodiversity plans in 2024.

Nature can't wait: Will COP15 biodiversity pact spur fast action?

Delegates at COP27 in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh reached a last-minute agreement to create a loss-and-damage fund to help developing countries impacted by climate change.

Six climate breakthroughs that made 2022 a step toward net zero

Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker (right) and scientist Adriana De Palma have teamed up to build "Econario", an art installation by Biersteker.

Robot plant grows, wilts on fate of UN nature talks

One of the key targets in the draft biodiversity pact is a commitment to protecting at least 30 per cent of land and water around the globe by 2030.

‘Paris deal’ for nature is key for business too