Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised Balderton Capital, a multistage European venture capital fund based in London, as lead investor in the Series E+ financing of Scalable Capital, a Berlin-based, European digital investment platform. Scalable raised EUR 60 million in connection with the financing. The funding will be used […]

Photo: Pexels/Markus Spiske As ecosystems continue being degraded worldwide as a result of climate change, human encroachment and various forms of pollution, the planet’s natural capital will continue to decrease. In fact, by 2100 the economic benefits from ecosystem services will decline by as much as 9% while worsening inequalities […]

Complex challenges for farmers amid a continuing food crisis.

While some gains were made at the recent COP28 climate conference in Dubai, talk and pledges need to become action, and without another moment to spare, the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today.  Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific is […]

The construction industry has been under the watchful eye of the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in recent times and there have been a number of high profile fines and director disqualifications. For example:  The CMA has fined 10 construction firms a total of nearly £60 million in […]

Photo: Pexels/Juraj Valkovic Once upon a time bison roamed in large herds across Europe, but a century ago they went extinct on the continent with just three dozen of them languishing in captivity. Conservation efforts have been successful in reintroducing bison into Europe and the animals’ numbers are on the […]

Maya K’iche’ of San Pedro Jocopilas Mitigate Climate Change Through Reforestation  Country Guatemala agnes Mon, 12/18/2023 – 14:05 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Francesco Cricchio (CS Intern) “As the years pass by, the arrival of the winter season is more delayed. The rains have gotten […]