According to Martin Koehring's recent article in the Economist Impact, these are the sustainability and climate trends to watch out for in 2023.

•Scope 3 emissions in the limelight: Reducing indirect emissions to gain accelaration to support net zero efforts.

•Carbon credit market evolving: Imrpovements in regulation and standard for carbon credits are expected. The focus will be on locating high-quality carbon credits in the market.

•Scaling up carbon removal solutions: Investment in carbon removal technology to accelarate, with emphasis on collaboration between all stakeholders.

•Operationalizing the loss and damage fund: More progress on the loss and damage fund and the Global Goal on Adaptation are both needed and expected.

•Adaptation of circular economies and combating pollution: Collaboration will be needed to drive the end of pollution and advance adaptation of circular economies.

•Nature and biodiversity for solutions for full sustainability: More focus is expected to be on protecting and restoring biodiversity, addressing water-related issues and implementing ocean-based climate solutions.

•Intersecting crises of climate and cost-of-living: The social aspect of climate crises will be one of the key focus points in 2023. This is due in part of the cost-of-living crises, heightened by the war in Ukraine.

Read the article from here.