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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. No less galling than the inaction on HFO and scrubbers were the decisions on short-term GHG emissions—though a shift in the winds may be coming at last. The easiest is to slow the vessel down, reducing both fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Stay connected.

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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. These initiatives must be executed before 2026. That means the funds will not arrive for several years, since the capture of emissions has not yet happened. Debt-for-nature swaps in Costa Rica.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. White House: President Biden issued an executive order setting a course for the federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050. But Is It Burning Less Carbon? – Ocean CDR is a set of strategies to sequester carbon dioxide in ocean waters.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

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Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’ – The Guardian. Putin Says Russia Will Target Carbon Neutrality by 2060 – Bloomberg Green. South Korea aims to cut carbon emissions by 40% in 2030 – Associated Press. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 5, 2021.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. In this issue: Senate Passes U.S. Scientist Elected to Congress.

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