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New Interactive Map Shows 10% Rise in Atmospheric Methane Over Two Decades
A Montreal company has released a new interactive map of global methane concentrations in the hope that it will inspire questions and provoke discussion. -
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‘Rewilding’ Could Help Avert 70% of Predicted Extinctions, Create Carbon Sinks
Targeted restoration of 30% of the world’s agricultural lands to their original wild state coupled with equally focused conservation efforts could prevent 70% of ... -
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Building Retrofits, Clean Transportation Lead Green Budget Coalition’s 2020 Recommendations
The Green Budget Coalition is calling on the Trudeau government to include C$10 billion for building energy retrofits, $4.8 billion for clean transportation, $4.8 ... -
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Tinder-Dry Canadian Peatlands Becoming a Ticking Carbon Bomb
Recent work by Canadian ecohydrologists on the devastating 2018 peatland fire near Parry Sound, Ontario has confirmed related findings from around the globe: the ... -
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Nature-Based Solutions Risk a Greenwashing ‘Circus,’ Says International Coalition
An international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous groups is warning that the net-zero emissions concept has become little more than a licence to pollute ... -
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EU Climate Plan Allows Loophole for Gas, Raises Questions About Carbon Sinks
Even as the European Union took a victory lap earlier this month for boosting its 2030 carbon reduction target from 40 to 55%, decision-makers ... -
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Climate Hawk Declares ‘Most Progressive Throne Speech in a Generation’ as Ottawa Pledges Tougher Emission Targets, Links Cleantech to Million-Job Strategy
Climate change moved to the centre of Canada’s million-job recovery strategy, the Trudeau government pledged immediate action on more ambitious carbon reduction targets, neither ... -
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Countries Miss All 20 Targets Under UN Biodiversity Convention
A decade after adopting a set of biodiversity restoration goals under a United Nations treaty, countries have missed every single milestone in the effort ... -
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Faster Tree Growth Leads to Shorter Lifespans, Less Carbon Storage
Climate modellers have long embraced the idea that trees flourish in warmer conditions, calculating friendly feedback loops where thriving forests create deeper carbon sinks. ... -
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UK Citizen Climate Assembly Calls for ‘Fair’ Green Recovery
A ban on SUVs, a frequent flyer tax, carbon emissions labelling, and protections for those most exposed in the push to net zero were ... -
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Arctic Wildfires Surpass 2019 Season Record in Eight Months
Last year’s Arctic wildfires set records, but 2020 has already outstripped that terrible devastation, with 200 more fires by July and CO2 emissions that ... -
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Multiple Threats Drive Population Losses for 59% of Canada’s Species at Risk
More than half of Canada’s species at risk have seen their populations fall over the last five decades, and those that appear on the ... -
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Standard Climate Models May Understate GHGs from Permafrost Melt by 14%
Standard climate models may be underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost by missing one of the key pathways for carbon dioxide entering the ... -
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Week 23, June 8: Regenerative Farming
Studies show that regenerative organic methods of farming and ranching can produce similar yields to conventional agribusiness while storing carbon in the soil, producing ... -
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Week 22, June 1: Regenerative Forestry
It is not our emissions as such that are causing the climate emergency: it is our accumulated emissions. Our world therefore faces not one ...
