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The Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves must take a more expansive view of investment to put more money into the economy, improve infrastructure and support net zero targets. Our head of economy Steve Coulter shares his thoughts on what we need to see at next week's autumn budget👉 #autumnbudget #greeneconomy

Today the government have published new guidelines for delivering on the UK's 30by30 target to protect land and sea for nature: https://bit.ly/3Aeoyk7. 🌍🌿 Comment from Ruth Chambers, senior fellow: Ruth Chambers, senior fellow at Green Alliance, commented: “The government is wise to rethink how it will protect at least 30 per cent of our land and sea for nature by 2030, a commitment which will play a vital role in nature’s recovery. It’s especially important that the government is clarifying which areas count as protected: only a third of those currently designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, for example, were in favourable condition last year." "We now need to see how the government will use the farming budget to support farmers to manage more land for nature, in line with the new guidance. With the right support and proper monitoring, this could be a game changer for some of our most degraded nature sites.” #NatureRecovery #30by30 #Biodiversity

In the fourth #GAblog in our #COP16 miniseries, Elliot Chapman-Jones, head of public affairs at The Wildlife Trusts. discusses the need to move beyond ambitious biodiversity targets to actual implementation and action through concrete measures, adequate funding and political will. "The ambition of the latest targets in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is welcome. All nations need to dramatically up their game on protecting and restoring nature, but the true test will be effective implementation by those nations. That’s why the current UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 is so crucial. It’s the first opportunity for the world to take stock of monitoring and progress towards the GBF." Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/epxM_prx

🌎 💡 🍃 🕊️ My contribution to the #GAblog miniseries on #COP16. The theme of this year’s UN global biodiversity summit is Peace with Nature. At the start of the last Conference in Montreal in 2022, UN Environmental Programme Executive Director, Inger Andersen, made the memorable statement, “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace.” Two years on, it seems little has changed and despite its centrality to life on earth, our war with nature is ongoing. The new UK government has vowed to change the state of nature. It is reviewing a major plan for environmental improvement to make it fit for purpose. This provides an immediate opportunity to embed 30 by 30 and other global goals in our domestic framework. #nature #peace #COP16 https://lnkd.in/epXhQCKm

📢 #GAevent | What are the fiscal costs of climate change mitigation and damage? In this webinar, economists from Office for Budget Responsibility will discuss the findings of their recent report estimating the impact of climate change on the economy and public finances. Register: https://lnkd.in/e7XXBwVZ Chair: Shaun Spiers, executive director, Green Alliance Speakers: Steve Coulter, head of economy, Green Alliance; Tom Josephs, Budget Responsibility Committee, OBR; Alison T., senior analyst, energy and climate change, fiscal risks and sustainability, OBR; final speaker tbc #GreenEconomy #ClimateRisk

🌐🤝 Today's episode of the #GreenAlliancePodcast, hosted by policy adviser Rosie Allen, centres the need to to raise ambition on methane ahead of COP29 Azerbaijan. Featuring conversations with Jenniffer Iveth Pedraza Vega, research associate at SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, and Liam Hardy, senior policy analyst at Green Alliance. The discussion offers both domestic and international perspectives on the increased leadership required to tackle methane emissions. From the bold steps needed to develop methane roadmaps in Latin America to the key announcements we hope to see from global leaders in Baku, this episode is a must-listen for anyone engaged in climate policy and discussions surrounding COP29. Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eT5z8PQK Subscribe on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eMPgtpfb Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/errPqxb3

In the third #GAblog in our #COP16 miniseries, senior fellow Ruth Chambers argues the need to embed nature protection within the UK’s environmental and economic plans, outlining that a healthy economy depends fundamentally on a healthy environment. "At the start of the last Conference, COP15 in Montreal in 2022, UN Environmental Programme Executive Director, Inger Andersen, made the memorable statement, “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace.” Two years on, it seems little has changed and despite its centrality to life on earth, our war with nature is ongoing". Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/epuEwGkY

The concept of nature-positive sectoral pathways is gaining a lot of traction at #COP16 and we expect a lot of progress in this space between now and COP17. I've attended at least ten panel events this week that highlighted the need for sectoral pathways. TNFD's newly published draft guidance on nature transition plans identifies the lack of nature-positive sectoral pathways as a key gap in the existing policy framework. https://lnkd.in/d3YC4qBt Nature-positive pathways are essential to enable the private sector to manage transition risk and redirect financial flows. Together with Aviva, Green Finance Institute, and many environmental NGOs we're calling on the UK government to develop sectoral pathways for key economic sector. Finance for Biodiversity and Business for Nature have issued separate calls encouraging governments globally to develop sectoral pathways. You can learn more about sectoral pathways and why we need them in our latest blog article published by Green Alliance and in our recent report with Aviva: https://lnkd.in/dj6GDgv4 Thanks Green Alliance and Alice Stafford for!

🎧 Tomorrow we’ll be releasing a new episode of the #GreenAlliancePodcast hosted by policy adviser Rosie Allen, with guests Liam Hardy, senior policy analyst, and Jenniffer Iveth Pedraza Vega, research associate at SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, on the need to raise ambition on methane ahead of COP29 Azerbaijan. Stay tuned to catch the full conversation. Listen to all our podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eFj8aqcX Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/errPqxb3 Subscribe on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/esYGUtnh