Did you know that every minute the world loses 50 soccer fields worth of forest? That’s one of the headline findings from recently published data on global deforestation. Access to deforestation data is making it increasingly easy for companies to monitor deforestation in their supply chains. Deforestation is just one issue where big data is providing companies with more … [Read more...] about How Big Data Is Changing Big Business
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Using corporate offsetting to finance climate change adaptation
The financing gap for climate adaptation is huge- it is estimated that developing countries need somewhere between US$70 to $100 billion per year through 2050 to meet current and future adaptation needs, and that’s on the low end! A more recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme – (UNEP) projects costs to be as high as US$250-500 billion per year until 2050. … [Read more...] about Using corporate offsetting to finance climate change adaptation
What is the Value of Nature?
An apple at a supermarket: $0.50. 1,000 gallons of tap water in New York City: $4.95. Annual value of pollination to agriculture: $200 billion. Cost savings from good land management in New York City’s watershed: $8 billion. Total value of benefits from nature: priceless? Robert Costanza, a leading environmental economist, just published the article: “Changes in the Global … [Read more...] about What is the Value of Nature?
Low carbon development opportunities with China
By Guy Edwards. As Latin American and Caribbean countries increasingly court Asia and especially China as a major trade and investment partner, there is remarkable potential to explore opportunities on environmentally sustainable activities which are crucial to global efforts to confront climate change. However, to date, the rapidly expanding trade ties between the region and … [Read more...] about Low carbon development opportunities with China
“Biobolsa”: turning agricultural waste into biogas and organic fertilizer
* By Ignacio Fernández Admetlla Sistema Biobolsa is a social enterprise that manufactures, distributes, sells, and installs anaerobic bio-digesters that transform farm waste into renewable energy (biogas) and organic fertilizer to small and medium-sized farmers. A project supported by the MIF-OMJ accelerator program is now trying to strengthen the sustainability of Sistema … [Read more...] about “Biobolsa”: turning agricultural waste into biogas and organic fertilizer