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Can the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures solve the global ecological crisis? The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) officially launched on Friday (4 June) with an overarching aim to align corporate reporting and financial spending to alleviate nature-related risks. Here, edie explores whether the new initiative can generate enough momentum to deliver tangible change. The TNFD has officially launched today There has been a recorded 83% extinction of wild mammals and a 50% decline in the species of plants, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). Those...

May 27, 2021 You are here: Home / Business / The race to net-zero is on. This is how we can cross the finish line The race to net-zero is on. This is how we can cross the finish line (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum & Gonzalo Muñoz, Conference of the Parties (COP) Champion for Chile, COP25 High Level Climate Champions Nature can play a fundamental role in achieving net-zero, with the capacity to deliver ...

Dr Mitchell Kirby, Lindy Margan and Jeremy Stewart with the report. Photo supplied. Local groups say support and interest is growing for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to be considered as a flood mitigation option for Lismore and to be included in the Flood Risk Management Plan. Lindy Margan, a member of a committee that has been investigating flood options to decrease flooding in Lismore, says the group are interested in a new approach focused on NbS and have just released a document supporting this idea. ‘Nature-based is a long term project with great benefits for the community and the env...

Date Time Academics contribute to policy advice on nature and coastlines Researchers from the University of Plymouth have contributed to two international policy briefings showing how Malaysia’s coastal infrastructure can not only protect humans and property but also make space for nature. Academics from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences worked with colleagues from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaya to produce new guidance around how approaches to coastal engineering can be developed in ways that benefit habitats. They also looked at how nature can be used to not onl...

Makkio Yashiro, UNEP Restoring a critical ecosystem Restoring mangroves helps support not only nature but also, economies. A hectare of mangroves is estimated to be worth between $33,000 and $57,000 per year. UNEP studies find that every dollar invested in mangrove restoration there is a benefit of four dollars. Simply put they are one of the most efficient, cost effective In Pakistan, as well as the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami, organisations such as the IUCN have instigated a number of mangrove restoration projects. The IUCN has worked on projects including one with the Pakistani Navy to plant...