Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Frontiers
JULY 27, 2022
In 2022, Possenia’s efforts focus on restoration of ecosystems and rewilding. When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. In fact, over two-thirds of our world’s tropical forests have been lost to rampant deforestation for logging, mining, and agriculture.
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , Johan Rockström , and Tharman Shanmugaratnam — September 27, 2022. Climate change and deforestation are reshaping the monsoon season, causing ice on the Tibetan plateau to melt , and affecting freshwater supplies to more than one billion people. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.
Breezometer
JUNE 7, 2022
2022: What Does the Latest IPCC Report Say? Recent findings from the World Meteorological Organization predict a 50:50 chance at least one year between 2022 and 2026 will exceed 1.5°C The latest IPCC report assesses global sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the progress of strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020). OECD (2022).
Acoel
APRIL 14, 2023
And land use changes (predominantly deforestation, wetland depletion, land degradation, and infrastructure development) are now influencing rainfall patterns and how rain is apportioned between so-called “green water” (soil moisture and water vapor) and “blue water” (surface water and aquifers).
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
In Peru, a group of young people sued the government for failing to formulate and execute a national policy and plan to curb deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon ( Álvarez et al. AIDA will launch the Platform on February 16, 2022. Despite these challenges, climate litigation is already showing the power it beholds in promoting change.
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