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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

10] As wealthy nations develop and farms become more productive, grasslands, forests, and wildlife are returning. Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] 32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. Such calls for climate financing and deforestation commitments are welcomed, particularly in light of the current levels of GHG saturation in the atmosphere.