BCI organises the following events at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) Eco-Smart Inclusive GovernanceThursday, 17 November 202213:00 – 14:00 (GMT+2)Live stream available here.
It is worth bearing in mind that COP negotiations are not the only way to find solutions to global problems. What COP does is reaffirm the signals that negotiators have been sending to markets. I believe markets had got the message that coal’s days were numbered even before Glasgow. And they already regarded fossil fuel investments as risky. Of course, whether markets pull out of fossil fuels altogether and the rate they do so depends on many factors including, national policies. So governments need to step up to the plate with a realistic carbon price and end fossil subsidies.
The traditional linear economy is clearly no longer a sustainable model for growth. The idea of a take/make/dispose economic plan cannot continue in a world racked with climate change issues.
In response to the latest IPCC Report on Climate Change, BCI joins the international civil society in taking the stance that acceleration of climate action is critical, given the clarity that human influence affects the future course of climate.
Brazil has a wide range of PES schemes to consider, on different levels of development, including private and official public databases for results-based payments, REDD+ (jurisdictional and project-level initiatives), carbon market initiatives and many other overlapping frameworks.
Climate change is often associated with rising temperatures and carbon emissions. And to combat it, our intuitive action is to plant trees and take public transport. We should rethink those instincts. Research tells us that it would be more impactful to focus our attention on the oceans.
To help meet the climate emergency, every Yen or Euro must be well spent. The same kind of blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, offers a way to create trust through the system for the ambitious climate actions we all need to take.
Whether we are individuals, communities, businesses, or nations, the incentive should be to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
But how can we have confidence in our recycling systems? How do we reduce the amount of waste we create? And crucially, is it time to redefine what we mean by waste?
Business interruption from supply chain vulnerability is one of the most complex risks in global business environments. Extreme weather caused by climate change has significantly increased this vulnerability.
Take a look at Indonesia. Its rainforests are home to some of the highest levels of biological diversity in the world. Many sources credit Indonesia as the most species-rich country on earth. Spread over 17,500 islands, Indonesia contains the world’s third-largest area of the rainforest after the Amazon and Africa’s Congo Basin. The biodiversity is at risk.
