Biodiversity
News
90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN
Almost half a trillion dollars of support a year harms people’s health, the climate and drives inequality.
Latin America and Caribbean ‘failing to invest in sustainable post-Covid recovery’
Environmentally sustainable post-COVID-19 spending in Latin America and the Caribbean lags behind the rest of the world, according to a new platform co-developed by the University of Oxford that showcases real-time data from 33 countries.
Democrat spending proposal in the United States would raise conservation cash through fossil fees
Fossil fuel and mining companies would contribute billions toward conservation programs under a new proposal in the United States Congress.
Reports
Repurposing Agricultural Subsidies to Restore Degraded Farmland and Grow Rural Prosperity (WRI)
This report highlights why governments should reinvest underperforming public agricultural subsidies in land restoration.
Aligning Markets with Biodiversity: How biodiversity and the financial system are linked
Research to identify the harmful connections between the global economy and biodiversity losses is urgently required. This is the message of a background paper on biodiversity and the financial system compiled by Mistra’s expert panel.
IUCN Nature-Based Recovery Initiative Technical Papers
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us all to re-think the status quo, opening the door for sustained investments in nature and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to be part of the recovery.
Policy Briefs
Reforming Biodiversity Harmful Subsidies: Practical steps to untangle the subsidies knot
Eliminating or redirecting biodiversity-harming subsidies (BHS) by 2030 is feasible and can deliver multiple benefits. This policy brief highlights lessons learned from successful reforms in selected countries and outlines a
WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies: What’s the state of play? (IISD)
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are currently negotiating new multilateral disciplines to tackle the harmful fisheries subsidies that undermine marine resources, as well as the livelihoods and food
Green Stimulus Index – An assessment of the orientation of COVID-19 stimulus in relation to climate change, biodiversity and other environmental impacts (Vidid Economics)
Over the past 2 months the world has witnessed unprecedented government financial interventions in response to Covid-19. Economic stimulus packages announced to date include a range of different bailout mechanisms.
