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Alarm grows over ‘disturbing’ lack of progress to save nature at Cop16
The Guardian spoke to experts about reported slow progress towards protecting biodiversity among participant nations of COP16. Professor Nathalie Seddon commented: "The biodiversity goals’ 2030 deadline exists for a reason: biodiverse, resilient ecosystems are the foundation of our economies and wellbeing. A bad outcome here isn’t just bad news for wildlife; it undermines food security, water quality, disaster resilience and economic stability. It worsens climate impacts of record-breaking heat, wildfires, floods and droughts."
Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists
Professor Nathalie Seddon told the BBC that biodiversity still takes a back seat to climate action, "even though the science speaks strongly to the need for fully coordinated approaches."
‘Good news for net-zero investment’: Green economy leaders react to Reeves’ 2024 Budget
Dr Anupama Sen described the UK Government's Budget as good news for net zero investment. "The shift in rules explicitly enables more public capital investment which will be crucial to funding or catalysing funding for green infrastructure," she said.
Work with nature to unlock economic prosperity, says major Oxford study
A comprehensive review of the economic impacts of nature-based solutions, co-authored by Oxford Smith School academics, concludes they can unlock prosperity by boosting local economies, increasing agricultural productivity and creating jobs.
Serviced emissions: Placing professional services at the heart of Net Zero
Alexis McGivern and Ranjita Rajan, Co-Chairs of the UN Race to Zero Working Group on Serviced Emissions, launched a new report at New York Climate Week 2024 exploring how professional service providers such as PR agencies and consultancies should be held accountable for their 'serviced' emissions.
Study: Nature restoration projects can unlock 'tremendous economic benefits'
Business Green reports on a new "first of its kind" study co-authored by Smith School academics Professor Nathalie Seddon and Dr Brian O'Callaghan.
What are serviced emissions and how can corporates act on them?
edie covers the UN Race to Zero report on serviced emissions, which outlines how organisations working in PR, law, advertising and over service-based sectors can use their influence to help achieve global climate goals.
Will Labour’s New Fiscal Rules Deliver Better Investments in Net Zero?
The Government’s planned changes to fiscal borrowing rules – reported to unlock over £50 billion in additional capital investment - could have a significant impact on the speed and scale of the UK’s green transition.
Young leaders secure $2 million investment for climate solutions
ClimateWorks Foundation has announced a $2 million investment in youth-led climate solutions, including through funding the Smith School's Summer Scene executive education programme for young policy makers and the Global Youth Climate Training Programme in partnership with Oxford Net Zero and The Global Youth Coalition.
How to end the tug-of-war over carbon capture
Steve Smith comments on UK debate on carbon capture and storage, saying “CCS is one of the crucial parts in the whole jigsaw that makes up a clean, green UK for the future. It’s not an alternative to better home insulation, renewables, electric cars and the like; it’s an additional requirement if we are serious about the climate.”
How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis
Arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. Writing for the Conversation, Emma O'Donnell (a graduate of the Smith School's MSc programme and PhD candidate with the Nature-based Solutions Initiative) and colleagues explore the role of finance at the UN's Biodiversity COP16.
Oxford University academics to advocate for ambitious nature recovery actions at UN biodiversity conference
Drawing on the depth and breadth of Oxford’s expertise on nature, the delegation will provide cutting-edge academic insight to the negotiations including the critical need to find synergies between climate and biodiversity goals.