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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] Similarly, the 2018 Carr fire burned through areas where there had been treatment of wood fuels over the last three decades. 62] Pasture beef generates 300 to 400 percent more carbon emissions per kilogram than industrial beef. [63]

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

On May 10, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 72/277 (“Toward a Global Pact for the Environment”) , which calls for the Secretary General to submit “a technical and evidence-based report” on “possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments” at the 73rd session of the UNGA.

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