A Greener Life
JANUARY 18, 2022
During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation. million in 2020, according to official data.
A Greener Life
APRIL 1, 2022
Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. Two recent developments aim to clear a path for testing these controversial methods in the ocean. The ocean as a carbon sink. Photo credit: Daniel Poloha / Alamy. By Olive Heffernan.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 17, 2023
The unrelenting heat has caused a dizzying number of air and ocean temperature records to be broken in recent weeks. June 2023 was the hottest June on record, with the majority of locations around the world experiencing temperatures much higher than in recent decades (1991-2020). High ocean temperatures also fuel tropical storms.
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. Our oceans and forests sustain billions of people and provide green jobs – 86 million green jobs from forests alone.
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
Wildfire in Canada , smoke in NYC , heat domes in Texas , massive heat in the Atlantic ocean are just some of this month’s news. percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4 The world’s scientists warn of massive disruption to the planet in report after report. trillion or 6.8
Acoel
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. The GBF is also a sequel to the 2020 Aichi targets , none of which have been fully met.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 8, 2023
Nonprofit organizations and private landowners have stepped up in recent decades to combat deforestation. And though, from 1985 to 2020, forest cover has remained statistically stable, these numbers are bolstered by the growth of new trees and young vegetation — since 1985, 25 million acres of mature, primary vegetation has been lost.
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