A new report released by Friends of the Earth says that the “big three” asset managers — BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street — are enabling destruction of the world’s rainforests.
Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth's vital biodiversity, the United Nations said Tuesday. Humanity's impact on the natural world over the last five decades has been nothing short of cataclysmic: since 1970
Strict targets are urgently needed to reduce biodiversity loss in nine sectors where the financial sector is exposed through loans, investments or underwriting activities, according to a report by The United Nations Environment Programme and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance...Banks, investors
Next year, all eyes will be on Kunming, China, as talks resume on a new set of global goals to protect biodiversity. These are much needed, because most of the existing 20 targets, which were set in 2010 in Aichi, Japan, have failed to make an impact on the rate of biodiversity loss.
Next week, representatives of more than 190 nations are gathering in Rome to discuss how to halt the biodiversity crisis during this decade and beyond.
