IPBES

Nations agree to set up new UN science policy panel on waste, chemicals, and pollution

Science

Nations agree to set up new UN science policy panel on waste, chemicals, and pollution

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) aims to complete 'scientific trifecta' for the environment alongside the IPCC and IPBES

clock 23 June 2025 • 2 min read
How unaccounted for environmental costs are reaching 'at least $10tr-25tr per year'

Biodiversity

How unaccounted for environmental costs are reaching 'at least $10tr-25tr per year'

Landmark UN-backed report on ecosystem services warns biodiversity is declining at every level, with grave consequences for global economic and food security

clock 17 December 2024 • 5 min read
'Severe global threat': How invasive plant and animal species are costing economy $423bn a year

Biodiversity

'Severe global threat': How invasive plant and animal species are costing economy $423bn a year

Threat posed by invasive alien species to planet and society 'underappreciated, underestimated and often unacknowledged', according to new UN-backed report

clock 04 September 2023 • 6 min read
Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn

Biodiversity

Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn

IPBES research calls for science-based valuation of nature to be placed at the heart of economic decision-making in order to reverse the biodiversity crisis

clock 11 July 2022 • 5 min read

Science

Overlapping climate and nature crises must be tackled in tandem, UN panel warns

Landmark collaboration between UN science bodies warns that policies to date have failed to account for the interconnected nature of biodiversity loss and climate change

clock 10 June 2021 • 4 min read

Science

'Wake up call': Halting nature destruction key to avoiding pandemics, UN report finds

The world is now in an 'era of pandemics' due to nature loss and unsustainable economies, leading scientists warn

clock 29 October 2020 • 4 min read

Management

International biodiversity experts net first ever private sector donation

Undisclosed sum from luxury goods firm Kering is to fund research into the state of nature

clock 17 October 2019 • 2 min read

Management

Business for Nature: New initiative launches to bring business into biodiversity battle

Business for Nature aims to create a global 'business movement to help reverse the loss of nature by 2030'

clock 03 July 2019 • 2 min read

Energy

In the fight against climate change, let's not forget the environment

Decarbonisation must go hand in hand with enhancing nature, argue scientists Dr Alona Armstrong and Prof. Mike Stephenson

clock 03 June 2019 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Scientists declare biodiversity crisis - what does it mean for business?

A ground-breaking UN report yesterday revealed scale of threat facing the natural world - as politicians promise more action, BusinessGreen investigates what the warnings mean for leading corporates

clock 07 May 2019 • 7 min read