Erwei Xiang

Sep 26, 2024 | financialaccountant.co.uk | Erwei Xiang |Marwa Elnahass Elnahass

Biodiversity can refer to all the different kinds of life that can be found in just one area of the world, or the teeming variety of animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms like bacteria that comprise all life on Earth. In either case, each species collaborates in ecosystems to generate everything in nature that we need to survive: food, clean water, clean air, medicine and shelter – these are what scientists call “ecosystem services”.

Sep 23, 2024 | phys.org | Erwei Xiang |Marwa Elnahass Elnahass

Humans have overfished the ocean, cleared forests, polluted water and created a climate crisis by burning fossil fuels. These actions are affecting biodiversity around the world, from remote islands to our own backyards.

Sep 20, 2024 | theconversation.com | Erwei Xiang |Marwa Elnahass Elnahass

Humans have overfished the ocean, cleared forests, polluted water and created a climate crisis by burning fossil fuels. These actions are affecting biodiversity around the world, from remote islands to our own backyards. Biodiversity can refer to all the different kinds of life that can be found in just one area of the world, or the teeming variety of animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms like bacteria that comprise all life on Earth.

May 22, 2024 | conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louise Mair |Marwa Elnahass Elnahass |Erwei Xiang |Frank Hawkins

1 INTRODUCTION Economic activities directly and indirectly drive global biodiversity loss. In the context of international trade and complex supply chains, financial decisions (whether made by businesses, investors, governments, or consumers) can have global extinction risk footprints. There is therefore a pressing need to better understand how financial decision makers can reduce the drivers of biodiversity loss and take advantage of opportunities to restore nature.

Aug 21, 2023 | theconversation.com | Erwei Xiang

From chip shops to tech start-ups, and even large, well-established companies, rising interest rates have had an impact right across the business world. After 14 consecutive base rate hikes by the Bank of England since 2021, this is causing particular problems for companies with a lot of debt. We recently saw the chaos this can cause when English utility Thames Water nearly collapsed under the weight of its debt and had to seek emergency funding from its shareholders earlier this year.