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Last year, the IES hoped that 2022 would be 'the year of delivery' on environmental commitments. Looking back, the 'year of delay' may be more appropriate. 2022 has not been without its milestones for environmental progress, but the year has not lived up to the significant need for tangible...
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) summit on biodiversity, COP15, has now begun, and will be taking place from 7th December to 19th December 2023 in Montreal, Canada. The summit was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but was significantly delayed, principally...
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With the growing number of electric vehicles on the roads, the question looms - what to do with the batteries when these vehicles reach the end of life? This webinar will explore the pathways to a circular economy of electric vehicle batteries, considering the reuse and recycling of lithium-ion...
Much of the talk at COP27 was around green finance – how to get money working for the benefit of the natural environment and the climate. In this talk, Matt Whitney outlined a model for leveraging green finance at the county-level to deliver against local strategic objectives. Biodiversity Net...
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