Tag Archives: environment

Agroecology to drive high-value sustainable development

As the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference enters the closing days, many of the highest-value areas of climate-related investment and transformation remain largely untapped by the mainstream economy. While the negotiations in Belém, at the edge of the Amazon region, have advanced new initiatives for sharing science insights and investing in conservation, it is important that we not overlook theContinue reading “Agroecology to drive high-value sustainable development”

Good Food Finance partners shaping climate policy & financial innovation

GFFN Newsletter – Advancing nutrition-related investment standards; unlocking climate finance; COP30 priorities for finance, food, trade, and metrics; new Resilient Prosperity Forum to explore food finance questions. ATNi engages in the IFRS/ISSB consultation on amendments to the SASB standards A critical shift toward healthier product portfolios The food industry’s transition towards providing healthier foods for all is essentialContinue reading “Good Food Finance partners shaping climate policy & financial innovation”

EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health

Food systems are one of the major drivers of Nature loss and climate disruption, in all regions of the world. Agricultural and land use practices developed in a time when the human population was much smaller, and our industrial resource-extraction capabilities were more modest, are now putting future food security itself at risk. Last month,Continue reading “EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health”

Active Value joints Integrated Data Systems Initiative

Active Value is joining the Good Food Finance Network’s Integrated Data Systems Initiative, as part of our work toward multidimensional metrics for food systems finance and value chain management. The IDSI is a 5-year innovation sprint, initiated in May 2023 by the Good Food Finance Network, for the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit. The goal isContinue reading “Active Value joints Integrated Data Systems Initiative”

ICJ climate opinion has implications for food finance

In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly formally asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states with regard to climate change, under international law. The request asked for legal findings on two core questions:  On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the ICJ issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on theContinue reading “ICJ climate opinion has implications for food finance”

Agrifood transformation can secure a livable climate & ocean future

In its flagship Recipe for a Livable Planet report, the World Bank found that  Agrifood is a bigger contributor to climate change than many think. It generates almost a third of GHG emissions, averaging around 16 gigatons annually. This is about one-sixth more than all of the world’s heat and electricity emissions. This has several far-reaching practicalContinue reading “Agrifood transformation can secure a livable climate & ocean future”

Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown

The COP30 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Belém, Brazil, offers many opportunities for expanding investment into climate action and its everyday benefits. In many ways, Belém provides a unique opportunity to take those benefits far beyond clmate priorities, to support improved conditions across whole economies. For a long time, one of the greatContinue reading “Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown”

Cooperative innovation in energy, food, finance & trade can halt climate breakdown

Ahead of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, CCI is calling for a significant increase in multilateral climate cooperation, in line with Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement. 32 years have passed since the community of nations formally agreed to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Since the Paris AgreementContinue reading “Cooperative innovation in energy, food, finance & trade can halt climate breakdown”