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New International Forest Protection Fund a ‘Game Changer’, Says EDF
The United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and nine corporate heavyweights came together at last month's Climate Leaders’ Summit with a joint commitment to mobilize ... -
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Biden Administration Mulls Controversial Climate Deal with Bolsonaro
Defenders of the rainforest are watching with trepidation—and, for some, horror—as the Biden administration contemplates a climate deal with Brazilian president and “climate-scoffing populist” ... -
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UK Grocery Chains Prepare Brazil Boycott as Amazon Becomes Net Carbon Emitter
The Jair Bolsonaro government in Brazil is once again risking international boycotts in response to a rainforest-imperilling law, as a new study confirms that ... -
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Chinese Banks Rank Second as Financiers for Tropical Deforestation
China now ranks second in the world as a financier of industries linked to tropical deforestation—and a new report shows the country’s banks hold ... -
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Some Countries Commit, Others Deflect as White House Pushes for Faster Carbon Cuts
The Biden-Harris Leaders’ Summit on Climate was scheduled to open with statements from leaders of more than two dozen countries, in what the White ... -
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New International Forest Protection Fund a ‘Game Changer’, Says EDF
The United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and nine corporate heavyweights came together at this week’s Climate Leaders’ Summit with a joint commitment to mobilize ... -
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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had no effect on the “relentless” increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases, but made the impacts of the ... -
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2/3 of Tropical Rainforests Destroyed or Damaged by Logging, Farming
New research concludes that roughly 64% of the world’s original tropical rainforest has been either degraded or destroyed by the hunger for commodities like ... -
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Global Carbon Emissions Set to Push Past Pre-Pandemic Levels, IEA Warns
Greenhouse gas emissions from energy production are just months away from blowing past the level they hit before the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily reduced demand, ... -
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‘Red Alert for Planet’ as UN Report Projects Only 0.5% Emissions Cut by 2030
An initial snapshot of countries’ latest carbon reduction promises, released Friday by the United Nations climate secretariat, shows global greenhouse gas emissions on track ... -
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Tree Programs Should Favour Natural Regeneration Over Commercial Plantations
The oil company Shell recently miscalculated the extent of its reserves on a pretty massive scale. The mistake meant its new scenario for meeting ... -
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Too Much Sahara Solar Development Could Bring Regional, Global Climate Impacts
The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power—the most abundant and clean source of energy we ... -
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‘Now Fix the Future’: UN Climate Ambition Summit Delivers Progress, Leaves More Ground to Cover
Leaders and diplomats from 75 countries closed out the Climate Ambition Summit Saturday with solid progress in the road to stabilizing average global warming ... -
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U.S. Takes Colossal (Dis)Honours in Special Five-Year Fossil Awards
The United States won the highly-coveted Colossal Fossil of Five Years, as well as a second award for stinginess on climate finance, while Brazil ... -
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BREAKING: Canada Places Dead Last on Energy Use, Fourth-Last Overall in Global Climate Change Performance Index
Canada posts the fourth-worst climate performance in the world, ahead only of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, and no country is consistent ...
