Global Forest Loss Tops Record as Wildfires Drive Destruction May 21, 2025 By Natasha White Global loss of tropical and boreal forests surged to a record high last year as unprecedented temperatures fueled fires, releasing...
Banks, Insurers Targeted as Climate Group Seeks EU Review of Deforestation Rule February 28, 2024 By Natasha White Climate activists are putting pressure on the European Union to reconsider its decision to exclude banks from a landmark deforestation...
Brazil Subsidized Rural Insurance for Deforested Farms: Report February 9, 2024 By Clarice Couto Brazil subsidized rural insurance for farmers who deforested protected areas, engaged in slavery-like labor or planted in indigenous lands, according...
Financial Services Firms ‘Largely Blind’ to Exposures From Nature-Related Risks: Report August 17, 2023 By Alastair Marsh Most financial firms aren’t assessing their portfolio exposure to nature-related risks with the same urgency they use to measure climate...
French Bank BNP Paribas Sued by NGOs Over Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Link February 27, 2023 By Mathieu Rosemain Environmental and human rights activist groups said on Monday they had sued BNP Paribas, the eurozone’s biggest bank, for providing...
AXA to Join €1B Regenerative Agriculture Fund to Help Mitigate Climate Change May 13, 2022 Insurer AXA and consumer goods group Unilever plan to invest 100 million euros each into a new 1 billion euro...
Update: Leaders at COP26 Climate Conference Pledge to Cut Methane and Save Forests November 2, 2021 By Jake Spring and Jeff Mason GLASGOW – Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference pledged on Tuesday to stop deforestation by the end of the...
France’s AXA to Invest €1.5B to Fight Deforestation, Preserve Biodiversity October 15, 2021 French insurer AXA said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.74 billion) to support sustainable forest management as...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising March 5, 2021 PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging...
Global Institutional Investors, Including Insurers, Urge Brazil to Control Deforestation June 24, 2020 By Jake Spring A group of 29 global investment firms that manage $3.7 trillion are demanding meetings with Brazilian diplomats around the world...