Business

Europe Funds Pandemic Recovery With Green Bonds

BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Green Bond framework, taking a step towards the issuance of up to €250 billion green bonds, or 30 percent of NextGenerationEU’s total issuance. […]

Land Use/Forests

IUCN to Coordinate Sustainability of Nature-based Solutions

MARSEILLE, France, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress amplified its environmental decision-making on Wednesday by introducing a plan to develop a collaborative certification system for Nature-based Solutions, NbS. The IUCN would coordinate existing sustainability certification programs… […]

At Risk

Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when it struck Louisiana on August 29 to tropical depression blowing out into the Atlantic Ocean east of New England on September 2 . […]