Tag: SYSTEMIQ

Landmark report ahead of COP30 finds adaptation investment could unlock 280 million new jobs by 2035.

Stuart Mitchell

A new global report produced by Systemiq in collaboration with over 20 partners, launched today at the World Bank Annual Meetings reveals that investing in climate and nature resilience could generate over 280 million jobs across emerging markets and developing economies by 2035, while boosting GDP and unlocking a trillion dollar market opportunity.  The report, Returns on Resilience: Investing in Adaptation to Drive Prosperity, Growth and Competitiveness, presents the strongest evidence to date that adaptation is not just a moral imperative, but a strategic investment in sustainable growth. Released ahead of…

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Study confirms need for urgent transition to a circular economy for plastic

Stuart Mitchell

The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ have released Breaking the Plastic Wave, one of the most comprehensive and analytically robust studies ever produced on ocean plastics. As a thought partner of the report the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, along with University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and Common Seas, has contributed its expertise on the circular economy and the plastics value chain. Read our perspective here. Breaking the Plastic Wave shows that plastic pollution is rapidly outpacing efforts to stop it. By 2040, if we fail to act, the volume of…

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