A survey conducted by the UN, with 1.2 million participants across 50 countries, has found that the majority of people think climate change is a global emergency. The proportion of…

2020 was a record-breaking year for climate-tech startup investment, according to Bloomberg NEF. `Climate tech’ is their label for technologies addressing the climate crisis, targeting both mitigation and adaptation. This…

Over 560 companies with a combined revenue of over US$ 4 trillion are responding to a call from the new Business for Nature coalition to call for governments to adopt policies to reverse nature loss this decade.

‘Climate First Bank’ is a community bank launching in Tampa later this year, based explicitly on Project Drawdown‘s plan to reverse climate change. By this they mean “Every decision and…

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has announced it will be retiring 7,000 hectares of its active plantations to restore carbon-rich peatlands in Indonesia. This will be the first time a…

After more than five years of investigation into murders, beatings, and intimidations of environmental defenders, United Nations special reporter John Knox is calling for the UN to formally recognize the…

Farmers in England are being encouraged to convert farmland to woodland by the UK government through two connected schemes which launched in January 2017 – The Woodland Creation grant and…

The Magpie River has become the first in Canada to be granted legal personhood rights, part of a growing global movement pushing for the Rights of Nature to be legally…

The government of New Zealand has announced a new goal of planting one billion trees in the next ten years, double the number it has been planting to date. The initiative promises…

Archangel Ancient Tree Archive has created 75 ancient Redwood tree clones using Redwood stumps as old as 3,000 years.  Founded in 1994, the California nonprofit group managed to create a…

After nearly a century of listing on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Exxon Mobil was removed from the index. There is now only one oil company listed on the index…

After publishing research in journal Bioscience assessing how much of the earth’s terrestrial biosphere is protected, researchers are calling for a Global Deal for Nature.  This deal, explain the authors,…

Patagonia Is Suing the Trump Administration After the President dramatically rolled back protections on national monuments, the outdoor brand goes on the offensive. Visit Patagonia’s website on just about any…

A recent report shows that more than 7% of the world’s oceans and 15% of the land now have protected status, taking us closer to the goal of creating nature…

State found guilty of ‘non-respect of its engagements’ aimed at fighting global warming

On 4th October, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok declared that Malaysia was over 50% forest, and it intends to stay that way. The Minister explained that the Malaysian government will not…

From January to April 2020, the rate of Amazon deforestation alerts rose sharply by 55%, according to data gathered by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and its real-time…

Can blockchain save Indonesia’s forests? Blockchain technology will be used for the first time this December in an attempt to protect Indonesia’s rainforests and prevent the peatland haze fires that…

Pollination group and HSBC have announced an investment fund focussed on putting a value on natural resources.  The fund will invest in regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, water management, blue carbon…

VF Corp Acts to Minimize Impacts on Endangered Forests – Rivet VF Corporation, the makers of Lee and Wrangler, released its first-ever set of guidelines for the purchasing and use…

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped 11 companies in 2015 over their connections to forest destruction: six palm oil companies, four pulp and…