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Source: WWF   2024 marked the implementation of EU Nature Restoration Regulation . This policy operates alongside the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy  by creating targets dedicated to  reversing the ecosystem damage caused by unmitigated economic growth. This strategy stems from the European Green Deal with the goal of  slowing the decline of biodiversity by 2030.   Why This Matters Restore/Preserve Ecosystem Services: Nature protects and provides for all beings, whether it’s thro

Source: JUICE, Unsplash Battery recycling is increasingly positioned as a critical enabler of energy transition, with implications for critical mineral supply and resource efficiency. As governments and companies pursue pathways toward net positive outcomes by 2050, scaling battery recycling will be essential to reducing reliance on primary extraction and improving the sustainability of battery supply chains. This blog examines battery recycling as an integrated system, cover

Europe is identified as the fastest-warming continent , and the top 10 countries with the biggest 2023 increases all lie in Europe. The following analysis is based on the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dataset, which reports annual land temperature changes compared to the 1951 – 1980 average. Why This Matters Global mean annual temperature change on land reached +1.8°C over 1951 – 1980. Europe saw a mean annual increase of +2.4°C in 2023, and in seven of the past

Source: Climate Copernicus EU Over the past 11 years, the Earth has experienced record warm temperatures. Within the past 3 years, the global average temperatures have reached the threshold of 1.5°C. This specific temperature demonstrates the limit created by the Paris Agreement in an attempt to protect the Earth and all its inhabitants from the dangers of global warming. However, Data clearly displays life-altering information about the rapid and aggressive rise in global t

Refining concentration by geography and ownership , 2024 (IEA, Global Critical Minerals Report 2025). As clean energy and high-tech industries expand, demand for critical minerals is rising fast, while supply, especially at the refining stage, remains highly concentrated. Because new mining and processing projects are slow and costly to build, both the EU and the U.S. are turning to recycling as a faster way to strengthen supply security. The EU follows a rule-based, target-d

Following up on our research paper on wetlands finance, we wanted to discuss again wetlands conservation finance this week. Coastal ecosystems and wetlands are one of the most important ecosystems in the world due to the abundance of ecological, economic, and social benefits. Many plants and animals live within coastal wetlands. Wetlands also act as barriers against storms or floods while improving water quality through the filtration of pollutants. These areas are transition

Reflecting upon Responsible Alpha's top January 1, 2025, Responsible Alpha id well. Responsible Alpha’s 2025 Top Ten: 10. ESG In Your Backpack, Ready for Travel: Standardized and Portable ESG Forecast:  Demand for standardized and simplified ESG reporting that can be transported across geographies will grow. While ESG is an acronym used for the first time in 2004, many of the underlying ESG metrics are much older . In fact, the metric “reporting the number of members of a bo

As Responsible Alpha celebrates a year of growth delivering key energy and nature transition services for our core set of clients, we want to wish each of you a Happy New Year, and remind you to never give up. To summit a mountain takes one step a time, slowly and patiently. As our mountainer friends like Ossy Freire say it take one step at a time to reach the summit. To our Responsible Alpha friends and colleagues globally, we wish that in 2026 you are able to slowly climb