Food Security
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Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsFood SecuritySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Soil Provisions in U.S. Farm Bill Could Capture Carbon, Boost Crop Quality and Yield
A new focus on soil and carbon performance could make the 2018 Farm Bill adopted December 12 by the U.S. Congress an important tool ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5
Gender Equality Puts Climate Objectives Alongside Development Goals
Tuesday, December 11 was Gender Day at COP 24, a chance to underscore what gender equality means for effective climate action, and to identify ... -
Intensive Silvopasture Could Cut Methane Emissions, Boost Carbon Sequestration in Animal Agriculture
Intensive silvopasture is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that Drawdown lists as Coming Attractions—strategies that weren’t ready for prime time when the book ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionTransit
World Bank Doubles Climate Fund to $200 Billion for 2021-25
The World Bank has committed US$200 billion to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation between 2021 and 2025, a doubling of its previous budget, ... -
CanadaCoalDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Health Impacts Kill 2.1 Million World-Wide, 7,142 in Canada in 2017
Chronic exposure to the air pollution associated with greenhouse gas emissions kills 2.1 million people world-wide and 7,142 in Canada per year, according to ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Regions Could Face Up to Six Climate Threats at Once by 2100
The risks and hazards associated with climate change are already coming in combination, and some parts of the world could face as many as ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOceansSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Climate Assessment Shows Impacts ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
The effects of climate change in the United States are “intensifying across the country” and will soon add up to hundreds of billions of ... -
Ontario Taps the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Plan
The new Ontario government is taking a second look at a plan to build a multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail corridor that would connect Toronto to ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureMiddle EastWater
Climate Change Brings Severe Drought, Soaring Temperatures to War-Torn Iraq
After years of being devastated by war, Iraq faces increased climate stress in a hotter, drier future, according to a stark report released recently ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrawdownFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationSoil & Natural Sequestration
Indigenous Peoples’ Land Management Would Save 6.19 Megatons of Emissions, Sequester 849.4 Gigatons of Carbon, by 2050
Indigenous Peoples’ Land Management ranks #39 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It can reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 6.19 gigatons and sequester 849.37 gigatons of carbon ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureJobsLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Crab Fishers Sue 30 Fossil Companies for Impacts of Ocean Warming
The biggest commercial fishing association on the U.S. west coast filed a lawsuit last week against 30 major fossil companies, including Calgary-based Encana Corporation, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Food SecurityForests & DeforestationPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
‘Natural Climate Solutions’ Could Offset 21% of U.S. Emissions
A collection of “low-tech, time-tested forest, farm, and land management techniques” could offset 21% of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions, InsideClimate News reports, ...
