Nature

WHAT''S NEXT?: Oceans, animals, and land are all under threat from climate change and human activities. The effective and efficient conservation of agricultural biodiversity is vital to meeting the global challenges of food and nutritional security for an expanding world population. But, the signs are of continued degradation of our global natural resources and environment.

[New] The EU could provide leadership globally to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilisers as well as mitigating the impact of environmental change on food sustainability.
[New] If left unchecked, emissions from agriculture - mostly from animal farming - are projected to increase to half of all global emissions in the coming decades.
[New] The USDA will stimulate innovation so that American agriculture can achieve the goal of increasing production by 40% while cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture in half by 2050.
[New] Tonix expects small animal and non-human primate data from safety studies of TNX - 1800 in COVID-19 models to measure safety and the immune response to the SARS-COV-2 Spike protein in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Better use of data has the potential to help solve wider climate change problems and help the UK meet its net zero 2050 target, but we will also consider government's and businesses' responsibility for the environmental impact of increased data use.
Tonix expects small animal and non-human primate data from safety studies of TNX-1800 in COVID-19 models to measure safety and the immune response to the SARS-COV-2 Spike protein in the fourth quarter of 2020.
If globally no action is taken, global average temperature rise could be greater than 5 °C by the end of the century, posing significant risks to all life on Earth.
The Pact's ambition to create a new circular economy for plastics is crucial, given that recent Foundation-backed research warned that the volume of plastic entering oceans and waterways will triple and the global ocean plastic stock will quadruple by 2040.
Mass loss caused by melt-water and crumbling ice from 2007 to 2017 aligned with the most extreme forecasts from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), which see the two ice sheets adding up to 40 centimeters to global oceans by 2100.
Over half of the world's GDP - around $44tr - is potentially threatened by the loss of nature, with the destruction of natural ecosystems posing myriad financial threats to the global economy.
Mass loss from 2007 to 2017 due to melt-water and crumbling ice aligned almost perfectly with the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's (IPCC) most extreme forecasts, which see the two ice sheets adding up to 40 centimetres to global oceans by 2100.
As part of a wider sustainability strategy to reduce its environmental impact, Kingfisher has pledged to plant more forest than it consumes by 2025.
Cellular agriculture as well as 3D printing might offer a surprising solution for the future to meet a 28% increase in demand for food production by 2050, as well as to reduce waste and negative impact on the earth.
On environmental sustainability, the EU Commission expects data centres and telecommunications technology to become more energy efficient, use more renewable sources and become climate neutral by 2030.
As we enter into a historic decade of action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and address climate change, business has a critical role to play in environmental stewardship of our planet.
Climate change and biodiversity loss are interlinked problems, and nature-based solutions to tackle climate change will be important for reducing pressures on biodiversity and increasing investment in habitats.
By 2030, approximately 55,000 tonnes per year of new total rare earth oxide production capacity developed outside China, and a further 60,000 to 80,000 tonnes per year capacity within China.
In 2007, the nine nations that surround the sea adopted an Action Plan to achieve a Baltic Sea in good environmental status by 2021, including elimination of eutrophication.
As other companies expand their health, safety, and environment and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs, the number of oil and gas companies investing in the energy transition will likely grow.
Growing environmental concerns, coupled with a strong push from governments to adopt sustainable ink products, are anticipated to propel the global next-generation printing ink market in the coming five years.
$44trn - more than half of global GDP - is exposed to risks from nature loss and global warming.
As evidence of increased climate change risk builds, consumers and regulators are attentive to environmental issues and the UK's commitment to a zero carbon economy by 2050.

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Last updated: 26 September 2020