Opinion / #biodiversity
Policy & Finance
Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid
Targeted and cost-effective foreign aid reforms can amplify America’s global influence and safeguard national interests, says non-profit chief.
Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition minerals, write Boston University researchers.
Policy & Finance
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
Even though the global economy depends on a stable climate and reliable ecosystem services, businesses and financial institutions are not required or incentivised to invest in nature. Central banks and supervisors could change that trajectory simply by fulfilling their financial-stability mandate.
Transport
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
As the UN’s shipping regulator explores ways to decarbonise global shipping, biofuels aren’t the green alternatives they are portrayed to be.
All #biodiversity Opinion
16 January 2025
12 January 2025
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
12 December 2024
Policy & Finance
‘No-Go’ mining zones can protect nature as renewable energy surges
10 December 2024
27 November 2024
18 October 2024
Policy & Finance
Investments in nature will decide our future
15 October 2024
Policy & Finance
The delay to EU deforestation rules must help people transition
14 October 2024
Carbon & Climate
Nature conservation is a public good, not a market
3 September 2024
2 September 2024
Carbon & Climate
Clearing the air on snow leopards and last chance tourism
28 August 2024
16 July 2024
Policy & Finance
Rich countries must meet their biodiversity financing pledges
1 July 2024
Carbon & Climate
Habitat destruction hurting more than climate change
27 May 2024
Carbon & Climate
Could the low-carbon economy bill re-write the Philippines' future?
20 May 2024
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News / Energy
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Podcasts / Carbon & Climate
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News / Energy
New record-high US solar tariffs leave uneven impact across Southeast Asia’s solar industry
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