Moving From Unicorns to Ecosystems – How to Reimagine Climate Finance
Discover how shifting from chasing “unicorn” start-ups to building interconnected ecosystems can unlock real, lasting solutions to the climate crisis.
Climate Resilience Moves to the Forefront of the Global Agenda
As the world prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the spotlight is shifting to adaptation, a key focus of 2025 as nations confront the escalating impacts of climate change.
Climate Week NYC 2025: Momentum from Commitment to Action
Climate Week NYC 2025 marked a shift from commitments to execution, with investors and policymakers focused on scaling climate finance, resilience, and just transition ahead of COP30.
CWNYC 2025: Markets in Motion
As Climate Week unfolds in New York, global finance is shifting from debating climate risk to rapidly mobilizing capital for resilience, transition, and long-term growth.
Pollen Substitute Could Safeguard Honeybees and Global Food Security
Scientists have created a transformative new bee superfood from genetically modified yeast that can uplift declining bee populations and protect global food security.
EU Budget Proposal for 2028–2034 Sparks Concern Over Climate and Nature Funding Gaps
The European Commission’s €1.8 trillion budget proposal for 2028–2034 promises climate ambition and crisis resilience, but critics warn it risks sidelining nature and sustainable farming in favour of bundled green targets and industrial priorities.
COP30 President Designate Outlines Vision for Action Agenda to Implement Paris Agreement
In a compelling fourth letter to the international community, COP30 President-Designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago unveils a bold vision for a unified, solutions-driven Action Agenda to accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement through the Global Stocktake.
New 20-Year Vision Launched to Protect Dartmoor’s Nature and Communities
A landmark plan led by the Duchy of Cornwall and the Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery Project sets out a long-term roadmap to restore Dartmoor’s ecosystems, safeguard its carbon-rich peatlands, and support local communities in the face of mounting climate pressures.
Regenerative Agriculture: Ensuring Resilience
Agriculture has undergone profound transformation over the past century, driven by the urgent need to feed a fast-growing global population. Innovations such as synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, and the development of high-yield varieties (HYVs) significantly improved productivity and crop yields and led to what is known as the Green Revolution. However, this progress came at a serious environmental and social cost.
New Report Highlights Critical Food System Trends and Challenges in Countdown to 2030
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation.
One Quarter of Freshwater Animals at Risk of Extinction
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and shrimp species are at high risk of extinction, according to an analysis published in Nature. The IUCN co-authored study recommends targeted action to prevent further extinctions and calls for governments and industry to use this data in water management and policy measures.
COP29 – Week Two Summary and Final Outcome
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) officially ended at 5:31am on Sunday 24 November, 35 hours after initially planned. The road to COP29 was not an easy one, and its conclusion perhaps leaves more questions unanswered than answered.
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Agri-Food Systems Summit Highlights
The Agri-Food Systems Summit brought together global leaders, farmers, business innovators, and policymakers to tackle the pressing challenges of food systems transformation, to both adapt to and mitigate climate change, at COP29. Chair of the Summit, Jake Fiennes, Director of Holkham National Nature Reserve and General Manager at Conservation Holkham Estate, led a packed one-day program, where participants engaged in dynamic panel discussions, fireside chats, and the Future Food Systems Hackathon, giving every voice in the room a say. Attendees shared cutting-edge solutions, challenged conventional thinking, and forged connections across sectors to accelerate action. From innovative financing models to farmer-led pathways to sustainability, the summit spotlighted the bold ideas needed to ensure food systems are equitable, resilient, and climate-smart.
COP29 – Transforming Agri-Food Systems
COP29’s Food, Water and Agriculture Day shined light on the transformative power of agrifood systems to drive emissions reductions. However, efforts must be pushed from both sides, mitigation and adaptation, as these systems are particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change.
Engaging the Business Community at COP29 – Agri-Food Systems
Global climate goals are unattainable without agrifood system solutions. The private sector can play a key role in financing and scaling solutions that lower environmental impact, build resilience, support adaptation and reduce GHG emissions, whilst ensuring food security.
Bioenergy – bridging renewable energy development and biodiversity protection
As the UN Biodiversity COP16 continues for its fourth day, the 28th IRENA Council convenes in Abu Dhabi ahead of COP29 to assess global progress in the last year. Bioenergy sits at the interface of these conversations; however robust standards must be put in place to ensure clean energy does not come at the cost of biodiversity.
What to expect at COP29 – ensuring a just transition
As governments look to ensure their next round of NDCs are conducive with a just transition, at COP29 the Baku Initiative on Human Development for Climate Resilience will be launched, establishing a strategic global collaboration on human development and climate change.
Breakthrough Agenda Report 2024 – progress in priority areas for international collaboration
Strengthening international collaboration is vital to reduce emissions in the global economy’s largest emitting sectors to deliver on ambitious climate pledges, new Breakthrough Agenda Report finds
Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs
Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to a new report from the WMO
National alternative protein innovation centre launches
The UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK have invested £15 million into the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC). The NAPIC is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Leeds, the James Hutton Institute, Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield.