Why it is smart to invest in the planet
Posted on: November 18, 2020
Reducing carbon emissions and protecting biodiversity makes companies more resilient to shocks, more relevant to society and more valuable to investors
Early last month, NextEra Energy, a renewable energy company based in Florida, became more...
Evaluation in the time of pandemic
Posted on: November 16, 2020
The year 2020 has been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted lives and livelihoods everywhere around the world. The way we work has been interrupted and altered. This is true for those working to advance and manage international...
How public development banks can help nature
Posted on: November 11, 2020
Public development banks will be critical to global efforts to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. To realize their potential, they should complement their climate investments by setting explicit nature-based goals...
Why nature is our best ally for a post-COVID recovery
Posted on: October 30, 2020
Investments that protect and restore nature can deliver good economic returns and employment benefits
National leaders are increasingly promising a green industrial revolution to drive their economies' post-COVID recovery. They are right in...
How COVID-19 can steer city leadership on sustainability
Posted on: October 28, 2020
Cities are at the heart of the pandemic impact and response, and city leaders managing through the COVID-19 crisis have demonstrated commitment to integration, innovation, and partnership. GEF Cities Lead Aloke Barnwal makes the case that this...
Reversing nature's loss: business's next frontier
Posted on: October 26, 2020
Protecting the global commons is not only the right thing to do – it improves the bottom line as well
In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, companies are increasingly committing themselves to helping to stabilize the Earth’s climate. It is...
Working together to grow, nourish, and sustain
Posted on: October 16, 2020
On October 16 every year, we celebrate World Food Day to highlight the enduring vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition. This year, we face the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19, which threatens food security and human health and may push...
Repairing our broken food system
Posted on: October 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the warning bells about our broken food system. As farmers and consumers grapple with disruptions in the global food supply chain, we are witnessing an exacerbation of threats to the natural environment. Since...
Time to double down to reach net zero
Posted on: October 13, 2020
There is everything to play for through reducing carbon emissions as the world emerges from the COVID-19 recession
In the early weeks of this year, before all our lives were turned upside down by COVID-19, the International Energy Agency announced...
Welcome to the Anthropocene
Posted on: October 8, 2020
The many overlapping crises of 2020 are not just hallmarks of a bad year. They reflect the human-caused environmental damage that will keep compounding in the epoch dubbed the Anthropocene, where humanity’s impact on the planet dominates all...