Carbon Farming – Land Use Natural Climate Solutions
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AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
City Forests Hold Promise for Significant CO2 Offsets, Study Concludes
Urban reforestation in cities in the Global South could be a cost-effective path to offsetting some part of global city emissions, according to a ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
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 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceansSoil & Natural Sequestration
Giant Whales, and Their Giant Poop, Serve as Natural Carbon Sinks
The Earth’s great whales are magnificent, intelligent, and peaceful. But new research shows that they also help keep the planet cool—in life, and in ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
New Deforestation Map Reveals Shocking Loss of B.C.’s Old Growth Stands
Despite its “Super, Natural” branding, British Columbia is by no means a haven for old-growth forests, according to a new mapping project that points ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
Pickering-Area Citizens Launch Blockade, ‘Shoe Strike’ to Protect Sensitive Local Wetland
Community groups and angry citizens from Pickering, Ontario are going up against what one news report calls “a billionaire and a business-friendly government” to ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
In Conversation: New Fibre Sources Are Key to Protecting Forest Ecosystems, Drawing Down Carbon, Rycroft Says
Nicole Rycroft is founder and executive director of Vancouver-based Canopy, and one of this year’s two recipients of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough award, a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
Deforestation, Degradation in Brazilian Amazon Hit 12-Year High
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has rocketed to levels not seen since 2008, thanks to the pro-development/anti-regulation regime of President Jair Bolsonaro. Further endangering ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural Sequestration
UK Agricultural Funding Shakeup Increases Focus on Wildland Protection
Upcoming radical changes in the United Kingdom’s agricultural policy—including the replacement of an ineffective, $2.7-billion annual landowner subsidy—are being largely welcomed by both farmers ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Study Uncovers Global Climate Finance Gap for Small-Scale Farmers
Drawing on “the latest data available representing international financial commitments in 2017 and 2018,” a recent study has found a problematic gap in climate ... -
China’s Forests Yield Higher Than Expected Carbon Storage
China’s commitment to restoring its forest carbon sinks is paying off, with recent research revealing that the carbon absorption capacity of two swaths of ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & Studies
Maori Landowners Build New Economy from Forest Preservation
A handful of New Zealand’s Maori landowners are generating much-needed income by keeping their indigenous forests intact. But concerns about equity and cultural loss ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Global Food System Could Drive Emissions Past Paris Agreement Targets
Emissions from farming and food production are enough on their own to drive atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations beyond the targets in the Paris Agreement, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsUnited States
California Wildfires Point to Perils of Forest Carbon Offsets
The devastating wildfires scorching California point to the perils of relying on tree planting for carbon offsets when there’s a risk that the investment ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSoil & Natural Sequestration
‘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 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsUnited States
P&G Shareholders Vote Overwhelmingly for Action on Deforestation, Climate Impacts
Boreal forest campaigners at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) were taking a victory lap this week, after Procter & Gamble shareholders voted overwhelmingly ...
