deforestation Archives

Biodiversity

New Tested and Scalable Investment Model Can Unlock Billions in Much-Needed Financing for Nature

November 14, 2025

The Landscape Finance Approach comes at a critical juncture when the global biodiversity funding gap has reached almost a trillion ...

ESG News

Green Climate Fund Approves Record $3 Billion For Climate Projects

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

October 31, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Green Climate Fund Approves Record $3.26 Billion for Climate Projects: The GCF approved 22 new projects across ...

Environment

FAO Report: Global Deforestation Slows, but Forests Remain Under Pressure

byThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

October 21, 2025

Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ...

Aerial of degraded rainforest; headline notes 63% off 2030 forest target.Instagram announces PG-13–style default for under-18 accounts with stricter content filters.Boeing wins EU approval to buy Spirit after Airbus-related divestments.Greenpeace threatens lawsuit over Crown Estate’s seabed leasing for offshore wind projects.

ESG News

World Is Missing the 2030 Deforestation Goal — Here’s How Far

byAda Omar

October 15, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates World 63% off 2030 zero-deforestation goal: 8.1M hectares lost in 2024 ahead of COP30. Instagram Adopts PG-13–Style ...

ESG News

The Race for the Arctic

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

September 16, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Geopolitical Tensions Rise as Icebreaker Race Accelerates: Melting Arctic ice has triggered global competition for resources and ...

A new Reuter's investigation has revealed significant flaws in Brazil's carbon credit schemes.

Business

Brazil’s Carbon Credit Schemes Linked to Illegal Logging

byLena McDonough

July 29, 2025

A recent Reuters investigation has found that many conservation projects in Brazil, designed to protect the Amazon rainforest through carbon ...

China is advancing nearly 1.3 TW of utility-scale solar and wind capacity.

ESG News

China Accounts For 74% of Global Solar and Wind Projects

byLena McDonough

July 10, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates China Leads Global Effort in Renewable Energy Buildout: The country is advancing nearly 1.3 TW of utility-scale ...

ESG news regarding UN council to vote on fossil fuel phase-out, Monzo fined £21 million, Texas floods expose FEMA collapse, Amazon carbon creditors tied to deforestation

Business

UN Passes Motion to Vote for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels

byPeter Vigh

July 8, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates UN Council to Vote on Fossil Fuel Phase-Out: July 9 vote will test global ESG resolve, with ...

ESG news regarding EU deforestation laws, the green funding gap in the EU, UK’s finance minister announces National Wealth Fund investment in carbon capture, BRICS demand that wealthy nations fund the transition to a greener global climate

ESG FINANCE

EU Countries Demand Further Cuts to Deforestation Rules

byElisa Marku

July 7, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates EU Countries Demand Further Cuts to Deforestation Rules: The rules set to be implemented in December face ...

Environment

Fighting Meat With Emotions, Not Facts

byPatrizia Catellani - Professor of Social Psychology at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan

July 2, 2025

Meat production is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and water consumption, leading to calls for a reduction in ...