Business
Exploring efforts to make global trade and investment more sustainable
Analysis: China’s coal-to-chemicals growth risks climate goals
The sector is where energy security and emissions reduction priorities are most directly at odds, write Chengcheng Qiu and Belinda Schäpe
In focus: Finance for biodiversity
Climate-focused investors risk missing a nature dividend
Investments that benefit both climate and nature are so far receiving only 8% of the money they need
‘Counting nature’: aligning finance with nature’s needs
Financial institutions must act quickly to measure their impacts on nature and safeguard the ecosystems we all rely on
Investors see missing data as key hurdle for biodiversity action
Financial institutions must better understand their exposure to biodiversity risks so they can take steps to reduce these through company divestment or engagement
Capital markets can defuse Covid-fuelled debt crisis with nature performance bonds
New sovereign debt should be linked to nature performance to help tackle the interlocking crises of nature loss, climate change and coronavirus
