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US and BTG Pactual launch $10bn Brazilian restoration coalition

The US government has launched a Brazilian land restoration coalition, with aims to mobilise around $10 billion from the public and private sector.

HSBC: Time to supercharge climate tech and address funding gap

HSBC has issued a call for collaboration to address the $2 trillion funding gap for climate technology that has not yet been commercialised.

World Economic Forum launches biodiversity credit platform amid predictions of $2bn market

Investors should demand an end to corporate 'biocrastination'

Climate change tops WEF's long-term global risks

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified four environmental challenges among its ranking of the "most severe" risks over the next decade, with climate change again topping its list.

Standard Chartered CEO: 'VCMs exist because governments have failed'

Standard Chartered has hailed the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as the best route for wealth to flow from developed nations to emerging markets.

WEF: Private sector must push nature investment policy

Private financial actors must pressure governments to implement strategies to encourage more investment in nature, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.

UN: G20 private investment in nature is 'meagre'

Private investment in nature-based solutions from firms based in G20 countries is a "meagre" $14 billion annually, a report led by UN EP has found.

'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'

The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports

Climate and social crises are top global threats for 2022

Climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss are the top three global threats by severity, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022.