Despite the EU having little direct say on the protection of poles and glaciers, advocates argued at the One Planet – Polar Summit, hosted in Paris from Wednesday to Friday (8-10 November), that its economic might can still be influential. Read the original French article here. Rising sea levels and coastal flooding are directly linked…

EU lawmakers and member states have struck a deal on a landmark law to protect nature after watering down rules that critics argued would trouble farmers. The nature restoration law, a hotly contested pillar of the European green deal, will force EU countries to restore at least 20% of the bloc’s land and seas by…

In the village of Tautira, Tahiti, the community came together to impose their own set of fishing restrictions to ensure the availability of fish into the future. Mauritius Images GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Located in a quiet part of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, the village of Tautira sits on the ocean’s edge, framed by…

Companies European Investment Bank Follow Inter-American Development Bank Follow Nov 10 (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are providing a $300 million guarantee for Barbados to execute a “debt-for-climate” swap to upgrade water infrastructure, the European Commission said on Friday. The deal will enable the Caribbean island nation to…

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Stepping inside the Conservation Carnivale van, dubbed “The Green Machine,” is like stepping inside a delightful cabinet of curiosities existing along the Upper Middle Rio Grande Watershed. Shells and specimens on the van’s walls invite viewers to touch and observe, and signs such as, “nature unites us,” speak of the central message of this traveling…

President Biden announced the Americas Partnership Fund for Nature at the Leaders’ Summit of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (Americas Partnership).  The Fund aims to catalyze investment in the Western Hemisphere’s vast natural capital and unlock nature-based solutions (NBS). Under this initiative, the ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect ecosystems, boosting…

SIPRI participated in two workshops at the 10th edition of Geneva Peace Week (GPW), which took place on 30 October to 3 November. The event is an annual forum though which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge and practice on topics related to peace. On 2 November, SIPRI Research…