Deforestation-driven climate change set to threaten Brazil’s position as leading agricultural producer, warns Planet Tracker.

This blog explores how the same biotechnological improvements that are contributing to the rapid growth in alternative food proteins are also opening new possibilities for textiles and materials.

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this week is categorical – climate change is real and the impacts are being experienced today, not at some point in the future.

Why should sustainable investors be interested in Vanguard, a USD 8 trillion asset manager, buying Just Invest, which manages a mere USD 1 billion?

This report sets out four steps Brazil could take to change direction, including issuing an innovative Deforestation-Linked Sovereign Bond tying interest payments to its success in reducing deforestation.

The Bond would boost Brazil’s sovereign health and align its fiscal objectives with investors’ sustainability ambitions.