In December 2020, 50 of the world’s leading biodiversity and climate experts, selected by a 12-person Scientific Steering Committee assembled by IPBES and IPCC, participated in a four-day virtual workshop to examine the synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation....

The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report analyses the risks from societal fractures—manifested through persistent and emerging risks to human health, rising unemployment, widening digital divides, youth disillusionment, and geopolitical fragmentation. Environmental degradation—still an existential threat to humanity—risks intersecting with societal...

The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report highlights that the highest likelihood risks of the next ten years are extreme weather, climate action failure and human-led environmental damage; as well as digital power concentration, digital inequality and cybersecurity failure. Among the...

Climate change and environmental degradation are sources of structural change that affect economic activity and, in turn, the financial system. With the aim of offering an overview on the degree of knowledge that Spanish organizations have about climate-related and nature-related financial risks, members of Technical...

The report, Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change, by UNEP-WCMC finds that conserving 30% of land in strategic locations could safeguard 500 gigatonnes of carbon stored in vegetation and soils – around half the...

Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change The report, Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change, by UNEP-WCMC finds that conserving 30% of land in strategic...

In the framework of COP25 taking place in Madrid the coalition Business for Nature (BfN) organised a side event for representatives from business, governments and civil society to discuss recommendations from private sector to governments to revert loss of biodiversity by 2030 and tackle climate...