Climate

The Paris climate agreement's call for 'results-based payments' and 'internationally transferred mitigation outcomes' means the forest carbon sequestration market is set to boom, argues Roger Williams of Blue Sky.

Owning a forestry asset and integrating carbon and timberland management can often generate a higher internal rate of return than a pure forestry strategy, says New Forests chief executive officer David Brand.

Understory Weather, whose backers include the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, sells its weather sensor technology to insurance companies.

ZeaKal will use the money to begin testing on genetically modified soy with potentially enhanced photosynthetic abilities.

More than half of the 84 projects approved for funding in 2016 focus on water quality and access.

Efficient regulation in water markets is vital to deal with growing pressure on global water resources, says a new report.

The paper says private companies concentrate too much on short-term profit margins, and that more research has to be carried out with public funding.

By using microbes to improve crop resilience, the company hopes to drive sustainable yield improvements.

The amount of meat people eat would be reduced, but crop production for human consumption would take up the slack, the study suggests.

Rabobank says in Brazil, wet weather has made production more difficult, tightening global supplies.