Biodiversity

Active ownership needed to tackle climate and biodiversity risks

Active ownership needed to tackle climate and biodiversity risks

Friday 10 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.36.5

Commentary: Transparency and disclosures only first step in climate change battle

By Kate Fowler in London

The sustainable finance disclosures regulation is a key initiative emerging from the EU’s 2018 action plan on sustainable finance. Active ownership will be a crucial instrument for investors to deliver the real economy impacts we need to see. SFDR is an important piece of the sustainable...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/10/active-ownership-needed-to-tackle-climate-and-biodiversity-risks/

Stress testing and biodiversity metrics crucial to the green transition

Stress testing and biodiversity metrics crucial to the green transition

Thursday 20 May 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.20.4

Commentary: Stress testing is integral to green transition

By Emma McGarthy in London

Shifting to greener, sustainable capital markets should not be seen as an economic risk, but as a significant opportunity for growth as technology, job markets and business models develop. To achieve this shift, decisive action must be taken across the financial sector. As climate risk becomes more...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/20/stress-testing-and-biodiversity-metrics-crucial-to-the-green-transition/

Time to align finance with biodiversity objectives, Outlook for 2021

Time to align finance with biodiversity objectives, Outlook for 2021

Tuesday 12 January 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.2.2

Commentary: Aligning finance with biodiversity

By Simon Buckle and Edward Perry in Paris

The planet is heading towards its sixth mass extinction, with 25% of plant and animal species at risk. Companies should become part of the solution. The destruction of biodiversity has significant implications for the viability and profitability of companies. Yet until recently, biodiversity loss had...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/01/12/time-to-align-finance-with-biodiversity-objectives-outlook-for-2021/

Frank Elderson on biodiversity risk, Mark Sobel and Steve Kamin on December’s FOMC meeting

Frank Elderson on biodiversity risk, Mark Sobel and Steve Kamin on December’s FOMC meeting

Thursday 10 December 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.50.4

Commentary: In conversation with Frank Elderson

By Danae Kyriakopoulou in London

Biodiversity loss poses a serious threat to the financial sector, but there is a lot financial institutions can do to mitigate the risks. Frank Elderson, executive director of supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank and chair of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/12/10/frank-elderson-on-biodiversity-risk-mark-sobel-and-steve-kamin-on-decembers-fomc-meeting/

[Watch] IMO Stands By Mauritius Oil Spill ‘Like Skin Cream’ Statement

In a major development, the IMO has said that the Mauritius Oil Spill appears just like a skin cream and isn’t a major threat, reports Forbes.  

The statement issued on September 15 stands by the comments of its representative in Mauritius who oversaw the disastrous oil spill clean up and salvage operation that is still ongoing.

An Expert Supported by IMO

In his comments to national media in Mauritius, the IMO representative had described the toxic ship oil spilled as being “Just like skin cream.”

T...

https://mfame.guru/watch-imo-stands-by-mauritius-oil-spill-like-skin-cream-statement/

UN Biodiversity Report Shows How the World Fails Nature Targets

The science behind the climate crisis
Aerial view of the location where Shaheen???s house, together with those of another 9 families, used to be before the river erosion took them away.

In 2010, leaders from 196 countries gathered in Japan and agreed on a list of goals designed to save the Earth and target was 10 year plan to be completed in 2020, and now when the time has come the world has failed to achieve that target, reports CNN.

What was the target?

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets laid out a 10-year plan to conserve the...

https://mfame.guru/un-biodiversity-report-shows-how-the-world-fails-nature-targets/

Listen to Magellan’s latest podcast with Humberto Rosa, European Commission

Listen to Magellan’s latest podcast with Humberto Rosa, European Commission

Last couple of weeks have been pretty busy at Magellan. We have launched several new activities including LIFE programme webinars, a Magellan Journal podcast series, and now we are working on our very first newsletter which will include all the latest activites from Magellan and EU funding opportunities.

We truly hope this interests you and we invite you to listen to our latest podcast and subscribe to our newsletter to...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/15/listen-to-magellans-latest-podcast-with-humberto-rosa-european-commission/

Birthday girl lost it on lockdown; UK minister hints at quarantine change; Prize-winning sculptor calls Boris comments ‘BS’ … and more…

Birthday girl lost it on lockdown; UK minister hints at quarantine change; Prize-winning sculptor calls Boris comments ‘BS’ … and more…

Good Morning Monaco

Monday, June 15, 2020

The French President has declared a “first victory against the virus,” as he said that all of France would be in the ‘green zone’ from Monday, June 15.

Birthday girl lost it on lockdown

A 27 year-old woman out celebrating her birthday on the night that Monaco’s lockdown...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/15/birthday-girl-lost-it-on-lockdown-uk-minister-hints-at-quarantine-change-prize-winning-sculptor-calls-boris-comments-bs-and-more/

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign

World Oceans Day – June 8, 2020  

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign and strengthens involvement in marine microbiome research 

On the occasion of World Oceans Day, the Tara Ocean Foundation is launching an exceptional communication campaign and strengthens involvement in marine microbiome research. Designed by the agency SoixanteSeize, the campaign shows the world upside down, with an...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/01/the-tara-ocean-foundation-launches-an-exceptional-communication-campaign/

High Seas Need To Preserve Biodiversity Through Mobile Protected Areas

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World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world’s ocean environments. This provides a unique opportunity, marine scientists argue this week, to introduce new techniques that allow protected zones to shift as species move under climate change.

In an article in the Jan. 17 issues of Science, researchers make the case for the United Nations to include mobile marine protected areas in the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, now...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/high-seas-need-to-preserve-biodiversity-through-mobile-protected-areas/

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