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Climate change, Deforestation, Financial Institutions, Senza categoria / 12.08.2020

Local and international investors and authorities are pressuring Bolsonaro to fight deforestation

Bolsonaro has imposed a ban on forest fires during the dry season and arranged military operations against deforestation practices. This decree comes after pressure from financial investors, international companies and foreign governments on the need to improve Brazil’s environmental commitment and to stop deforestation, a practice that is...

Biodiversity, Deforestation / 10.08.2020

Deforestation and the Covid-19 pandemic: a two-fold connection

COVID19 has reaccelerated deforestation, with forest loss alerts increasing up to 77% compared to 2017-2019. As deforestation itself heightens the risk of future disease outbreaks, rural frontiers should be approached more holistically by taking into consideration the health of humans, animals and the planet. Despite a positive historical trend...

ESG, Oil and Gas, Renewables / 01.08.2020

Big oil: demand shocks and investors’ led change

The recent oil price shock has deeply affected corporations such as Chevron and Exxon Mobil, but also the long-term trend in oil demand seems to pose risks. As the sector is evolving, activist investors are becoming increasingly vocal with respect to environmental matters and are leading change in...

Biodiversity, ESG / 28.07.2020

Why we need global Biodiversity Finance

Biodiversity depletion is an environmental disaster deteriorating faster than climate change. Environmental risks will adversely affect the macroeconomic performance of various sectors and financial markets. Moving sustainable finance into mainstream practices is key. Evidence shows that nature-based solutions can be readily turned into cash flows and in the...

Climate change, Industrials, Mining, Oil and Gas / 06.07.2020

Trump continues to weaken environmental regulations during Covid-19 pandemic

Since he became president, Trump has dismantled 100 environmental rules. A drastic accelerator to this law reformation has been put in place during the COVID19 pandemic [caption id="attachment_2625" align="aligncenter" width="892"] Credits: AP Photo/Evan Vucci[/caption] Since the beginning of his mandate as president of the United States, Trump has...

Climate change, Deforestation, ESG / 07.05.2020

Why investors are more than ever key players in forest preservation

The 2020 Global Forest Resources Assessment informs us about a consistently declining rate of deforestation, to be explained by diminishing deforestation coupled with natural forests expansion and afforestation. The African continent is however emerging as a key hotspot, and important ecosystems, such as the Congo Basin, are...

Positive impact cases / 01.01.2020

Tara Houska, indigenous resistance for future generations

What does define a civilised society: cutting-edge technologies? Infrastructure development? Capital economies? From a westernised way of living, a truly civilised society is one in which the abovementioned achievements flourish. Social interaction is online conceived, infrastructure overcomes nature, and the purpose of the economy is profit....

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 24.09.2019

Oil CEOs push carbon-capture efforts ahead of climate talks

A group of 13 companies known as Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) spoke out on Monday about the progresses they made in promoting investments in carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS). OGCI said it is ready to make investments. These, though, relies heavily on technology in order...

Climate change / 15.09.2019

Surveys reveal high levels of scepticism on climate change in US

Yale program on climate change communication latest report reveals that seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. But data show that three out of ten say "it is due mostly to natural changes in the environment", showing a widespread scepticism on the subject. Another survey by...

Climate change / 12.09.2019

Trump administration rolls back clean water rule

This is not the first case US moves back in environmental regulations under Trump administration. We already tackled the issue of methane emission limits in this article , while this is the turn of water. During his campaign, Trump has already announced the intention to repeal the...

Oil and Gas / 06.09.2019

Trump reverses methane emission limits, resulting in GHG increase in the USA

Controversial news coming from the White House: Trump administration has taken another step back for US environmental regulations. Indeed, it proposed to remove the limits and rules for companies which are required to prevent methane leaks during drilling operations for oil and gas. The issue with methane...