After ten years of discussions, nations have secured a historic agreement to safeguard the world’s seas. The High Seas Treaty intends to conserve and restore marine life by designating 30% of the oceans as protected areas by 2030. After 38 continuous hours of talks and 10 years of negotiations, the deal was struck on Saturday evening at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The talks had been stalled for years due to conflicts over finance and fishing rights. The latest international accord on ocean conservation, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, was signed 40 years ago in 1982 ..read more

For years, the UK’s management of its rivers and coastal waters has been deteriorating at a greater pace than we have seen since the Industrial Revolution and has never been fit for purpose. With the pace of deterioration of our water quality accelerating at a truly alarming pace, we need an urgent, coordinated and comprehensive national review, driving prompt action including law changes to force improvements by our water companies, business and agriculture. In this new series, Save the Planet lays down its manifesto for change – a “carrot and stick” approach of strengthening regulations with ..read more

Two Welsh coastal areas have been identified as some of the most highly-polluted spots in the UK due to sewage contamination. The latest figures illustrate the dismal state of many bodies of water due to contamination from water firms. Two north Welsh locations have made it into the top ten – Rhyl and Morfa Nefyn – while the Menai Strait has also secured a spot in the top twenty. The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have revealed that sewage was pumped into waterways for 3.4 million hours in only one year, which can be translated to 388 years. This issue has been brought to light ..read more

Greenwashing is accelerating in the auto industry. Here’s one way to slow it down. The post Truck makers need to end the hypocrisy first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more

Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, is home to over 200 plastic and petrochemical plants — and some of the most polluted air in the U.S. The post How much will we sacrifice for plastics? first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more

A rapidly growing startup sees them as a path to virtual power plants, and a key to making the grid more sustainable and resilient. The post Home batteries are more than just a backup first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more

Investing in climate funds is great. But it’s not the only way to add value. The post More than money: How corporations can really help climate tech startups first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more

Kentaro Kawamori, CEO of climate software firm Persefoni, wants to reframe how companies think about data. The post Is the climate crisis really a ‘data problem?’ Yes and no first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more

Date/Time: April 4, 2023 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) As the IPCC states, there is no path to 1.5 ℃ that doesn’t include restoring the world’s forests. Forests not only sequester carbon but also provide critical ecosystem services, host much of the world’s biodiversity, and provide employment to 25% of the global population. Despite these benefits, forest carbon faces a financing gap that hinders the development of high-quality projects. During this panel, you’ll hear from leading corporates and remote-sensing company Pachama about approaches to investing in origination, including insetting and for ..read more

The ability to model processes such as training, product development in an immersive virtual world could have real implications for ESG strategies. The post Getting meta about the metaverse first appeared on Save the Planet ..read more