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Greenpeace tracks Swedish forest destruction to popular Ikea products
"No shelf or chair in the world is more important than saving irreplaceable forests. Ikea could make that decision today."
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COP17 moves biodiversity agenda forward, but critical barriers to action remain
COP17 charted a course for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), but did not deliver a response matching the urgency outlined by the Global Report.
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Largest meat and dairy exporters could conceal over 1.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions if controversial accounting metrics adopted
The report also highlights a risk of governments using these paper savings in agriculture to justify slower decarbonisation in heavy-polluting fossil fuel sectors.
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UN Biodiversity COP17: What future do leaders want?
The ministerial High-Level Segment, taking place during the second week of COP17, must provide the political leadership needed to deliver a strong, action-oriented response to the Convention’s first Global Review, with just four years left to meet those targets.
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Pig waste is polluting Mexico’s Maya rainforest. But local communities are fighting back
Across the globe, massive factory farms are polluting local drinking water to line the pockets of a wealthy few. But communities are drawing a line in the sand.
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UN Biodiversity COP17: Halfway to 2030, governments must act on nature
“We’re halfway to 2030 and the evidence is clear: we are far off track to reach the 30x30 targets. The systems that sustain life on Earth are under threat, and decisions made at COP17 must deliver a clear course correction to protect our planet’s ecosystems."
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Amazon rainforest wrecker and world’s biggest meat company JBS is now expanding into Southeast Asia
Behind closed doors, one of the biggest drivers of the climate crisis isn't an oil company - it’s a global meat dynasty.
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CBD COP17: What does it really mean to protect 30% of the planet?
From Thailand’s coast to the Brazilian Amazon, communities are showing what effective, rights-based conservation looks like.
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We are losing biodiversity by the minute, and Ikea is still part of the problem
While politicians move at a snails pace to write protections into law, destruction hasn't paused. Logging companies are still cutting down trees in the very places proposed for future protection. Right in the middle of this is Ikea, the world's biggest furniture store.