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This article provides insight into how mitigation plans of countries such as UK and Sweden can fall short of the Paris Agreement

This paper investigates the linkages between the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in companies and the macroeconomic performance of those firms’ home countries, over the period 2002-2017.

This paper presents seven case studies from countries’ experiences that highlight how a long-term climate mitigation perspective (included in LT-LEDS, other national long-term strategies, long-term goals, and sectoral long-term strategies) can drive and shape short-term action.

This paper examines the leakage of plastics and other pollutants into the ocean and the resulting impacts on marine ecosystems, human health, and the economy. The paper comments on the kind of regenerative global industry that needs to be built as well as integrated solutions to reduce all pollutants to the ocean.

This paper proposes seven holistic approaches for the reduction of pollutants in the ocean:

• Improve wastewater management
• Improve stormwater management
• Adopt green chemistry practices and new materials
• Implement coastal zone improvements
• Practice radical resource efficiency
• Recover and recycle materials
• Build local systems for safe food and water

In light of the growing interest in natural capital accounting (NCA) and a clear demand for methodologies for including biodiversity into NCA, a wide range of initiatives have been launched to develop pragmatic biodiversity metrics for businesses and financial institutions (FI). Faced with multiple approaches and based on requests from its members, the EU Business Biodiversity Platform started a critical and constructive assessment of a sample of biodiversity measurement approaches developed for or by businesses and FIs in 2018.

The focus of this report is on identifying common ground amongst biodiversity measurement approaches with the final objective to support businesses and FI in selecting an approach that best fits their specific business context. The Report is based on a thorough analysis of 12 biodiversity measurement approaches, technical workshops by the Aligning Biodiversity Measures for Business initiative and feedback from the discussions during the European Business and Nature Summit in Madrid on 7 and 8 November 2019.