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Enabling climate resilience with consultancy work for foreign climate aid, research and strategy for regional and Government, NGOs, indigenous communities, international development agencies, the World Bank and other international finance institutions.

Impact ventures including seaweed farming, ecosystem restoration and regenerative ocean farming, as environmental solutions to drive resilience for coastal communities and economies facing climate risks.

All about COP29 with Natasha Jacobs COP29Climate

All about COP29 with Natasha Jacobs

Cop29 is drawing to a close in Baku, Azerbaijan; EnviroStrat’s Natasha Jacobs summarises the key takeaways from the global climate change summit. But first, what is Cop29? Cop stands for Conference of Parties; the summit his held annually, with this year’s conference being the 29th. Over the last two weeks, ministers, envoys, negotiators and activists have flocked to Baku to try to make progress on agreeing global commitments to fight climate change. This year finance is the hot topic, and the primary aim of the conference has been to agree a new target for how, and how much, money should…
EnviroStrat
November 26, 2024
Aquaculture Direct ClimateCoastal, Marine & Blue EconomyImpact venturesUncategorised

Aquaculture Direct

EnviroStrat owns 50% of New Zealand’s largest specialist aquaculture consultancy; Aquaculture Direct Ltd.  Aquaculture is a huge growth opportunity for New Zealand and EnviroStrat felt that supplementing its core scientific, economic and financial capabilities with deep technical aquaculture skills would provide a unique opportunity in the New Zealand and international aquaculture sector.  Our work in aquaculture since acquiring Aquaculture Direct has blended their world-class technical and operational expertise with EnviroStrat's in-house understanding of business growth, the blue economy and project development.
EnviroStrat
November 7, 2024
Greenwave Aotearoa ClimateCoastal, Marine & Blue EconomyImpact venturesUncategorised

Greenwave Aotearoa

EnviroStrat proudly owns and operates New Zealand’s first regenerative ocean farming initiative, dedicated to advancing sustainable seaweed cultivation. Our regenerative farming approach requires zero external inputs—no added nutrients or feeds—yet yields significant economic, social, and environmental benefits. Through Greenwave Aotearoa’s innovative commercial model, we are restoring ocean ecosystems, capturing blue carbon, and removing excess nutrients from marine environments. The cultivated seaweed offers versatile applications, including food, biostimulants, animal supplements, and pharmaceuticals. In partnership with GreenWave US, we are executing a $5 million, three-year pilot project designed to establish a high-value, sustainable seaweed sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Find out more…
EnviroStrat
November 7, 2024
All About COP16 ClimateOur Thinking

All About COP16

Written by EnviroStrat's Natasha Jacobs.   Q – What is COP? COP stands for Conference of the Parties. It’s a global summit where nature takes centre stage. COP16, the 16th iteration, has been taking place over the last two weeks, in Cali, Colombia.  Not to be confused with the Climate Change COP taking place in Azerbaijan next month, COP16 is the Biodiversity COP, and aims to drive international co-operation to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. Q – What are we learning this year? Highly anticipated this year, is country progress on COP15’s Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, a landmark global agreement, established in 2022, aimed at halting…
EnviroStrat
November 4, 2024
What are, and aren’t, nature-based solutions? ClimateOur ThinkingStrategy, Research & Analysis

What are, and aren’t, nature-based solutions?

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) members adopted a resolution at the 2016 World Conservation Congress and members’ assembly which, for the first time, defined the use of nature for simultaneous benefits to biodiversity and human well-being. According to the resolution, nature-based solutions are defined as “actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits”.  The crucial role of nature-based solutions in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss was highlighted in a COP27 session organised by the IUCN. At…
EnviroStrat
May 21, 2024
Nature-based solutions perspectives and practices ClimateCoastal, Marine & Blue EconomyIn The News

Nature-based solutions perspectives and practices

EnviroStrat's Sustainability Director, Cerasela Stancu was interviewed for a podcast on Monocle 24: The Bulletin with UBS. Cerasela, along with UBS Optimus Foundation’s CEO Maya Ziswiler and Patti Chu of Mana Impact shared the key ambitions of the Catalysing Nature-based Solutions: Perspectives and Practices for Developing High Quality Projects report released in November 2022. “If there is one overarching and reassuring finding it is this aspect of multiple benefits that nature-based solutions provide and the fact that they really deliver value for money.” Nature-based Solutions, The Bulletin with UBS 429 - Radio | Monocle | December 2022
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023
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