Climate & environment

A UK court has given the government eight months to spell out its net zero plans, as the number of court cases attempting to hold governments and companies to account over their climate policies continues to soar

The new investment manager, Akaria Natural Capital, will invest in natural climate solutions projects in south-east Asia and aims to help promote better understanding of nature-oriented capital allocation  

Systemiq Capital’s new fund will invest in early-stage climate tech innovation to accelerate the transition to a more resilient, clean and just global economy 

Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat generate higher CO2-equivalent savings per dollar invested than any other sector, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group and Blue Horizon

Private sector funding will be critical to scale up the rewilding of Europe’s peatland to a point that it can really make a difference for nature and climate. Rewilding Europe takes up the challenge

New fund has completed is first close with backing from investors including BASF Venture Capital, and will invest in startups focused on “needle-moving technologies” to cut CO2 emissions

This week, the European Parliament gave nuclear energy and gas a green label. Both energy sources are now included in the European taxonomy for sustainable investments

The Supreme Court decision to limit the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to fight climate change has delivered a huge blow to US climate action. Leading investors share their views on its implications 

Despite the “multidimensional threats” facing the worlds’ oceans, SDG 14 – life below water – continues to receive the least funding of any of the SDGs, delegates at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon heard

Experts from the Good Fashion Fund, Fashion for Good, Laudes Foundation and Apparel Impact Institute talk to Impact Investor about breaking the barriers to investment and why the opportunities should not be ignored