Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A new report finds that up to 85 percent of threatened animal and plant species have had their habitat damaged by mining, agriculture or logging.

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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.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 23, 2023

Not only are the EU and Korea participating in initiatives to pursue climate action, but they are also working to combat deforestation, promote sustainable forest management, and enhance agricultural supply chains.

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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.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Second, it stands out because of who is issuing the demand – namely, leaders of states, provinces, and communities who are at the frontlines of the climate, biodiversity, and economic crises that compound current high levels of deforestation. This call was especially timely as it fell on Indigenous Peoples’ Day for COP28.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Agriculture has historically been left out of the conversation at COP. That changed this year with the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action , which was signed by 134 world leaders. This agreement emphasizes the imperative to adapt agricultural practices to a warming world.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The beef industry hopes a planned deforestation-free farming zone will tempt buyers back but many fear it will drive up illegal tree felling. Read the full story in The Guardian. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With enforcement of a new deforestation law on the horizon, stakeholders along the food supply chain and working to ensure compliance. Read the full story at Food Navigator Europe. We look at the new tools and services being developed that promise enhanced traceability and due diligence.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern. In much of the country’s agricultural heartland, soil water levels are a third of what is needed to sustain healthy crops. Reservoirs are dwindling, causing major deficits in hydroelectric power.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Birds native to the tropical Andes are threatened by increasing agricultural development in the region.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Read the full story at Food Navigator. How is Unilever ensuring sustainability in sourcing regions? Hanneke Faber, President Foods & Refreshment at Unilever, weighs in. Read more →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Global hunger and deforestation: Excessive consumption of bio-based diesel fuels has already contributed to the 2022 global food crisis , and is accelerating deforestation caused by increased soybean and palm oil cultivation around the world. percent or even 39 percent with a commensurate increase in costs for California drivers.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 23, 2023

Deforestation is the biggest threat to the planet’s ecosystems, and new research has now mapped out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces forestry. Read the full story from Aarhus University.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Extreme droughts affecting agriculture and ecosystems are already more frequent and intense than they were last century. Extreme droughts affecting agriculture and ecosystems are already more frequent and intense than they were last century. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. But this is no longer accurate.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 10, The GIANT Company announced a $1 million donation to Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in support of its new Center for Advanced Agriculture and Sustainability , which will be focused on sustainability and localized sourcing through high-tech food and agriculture.

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Rising temperature and lower rainfall will require a shift in agriculture, and impacts in urban areas may be severe. Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

At CLEE, we are doing quite a bit of work to promote reduction of methane emissions from all sectors (agriculture (livestock and rice), energy (oil & gas and coal), waste (landfills and sewage)). Methane is primarily released by humans through agriculture, energy production, wastewater, and landfills.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. The US Department of Agriculture tracks the share of US vegetable oil production devoted to bio-based diesel, which has risen steadily and exceeded 40 percent in 2022.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new report finds that up to 85 percent of threatened animal and plant species have had their habitat damaged by mining, agriculture or logging. Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 23, 2024

PalmWatch tracks deforestation by palm oil mills and connections to major multinational brands. Read the full story from the University of Chicago.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Importantly, that number can be reduced in many ways: greater solar panel efficiency (possibly through new materials like perovskites ), panels on waste sites , panels on aqueducts , agrivotaics (solar and agriculture combined), roof-top solar, off-shore wind, and increased and improved energy storage (often co-located with renewables).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution. American crocodile, Florida Everglades.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 31, 2024

Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands protests against Rabobank’s agricultural policies in the Dutch city of Utrecht last year. Photo credit: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace. In addition, the authors of the report highlight that the European Union (EU) provides 9.4%

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Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

Much of this land is already in use for agriculture, so using up that land is likely to push production into less productive land. The indirect result can be to increase emissions — for example, less land for soybean fields in Iowa can raise world prices, incentivizing deforestation in Brazil. of total territory in the EU, 0.3

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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. With more than 200 events, four pavilions, and a day dedicated to agriculture, COP27 was billed as the “ first food COP.”

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 10, 2022

Deforestation in areas where residents hunt and gather food can lead to malnutrition, food insecurity, and greater forest loss. Read the full story at JSTOR Daily.

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Frontiers

MARCH 15, 2022

In the case of the Amazonian fires of 2019, there was no clear information on what exactly was burning: forests or previously deforested areas that had been converted to pasture and cropland,” explained Dr Alexandra Tyukavina, of the University of Maryland. Forest loss was defined as the removal of woody vegetation over 5 meters in height.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

Germany was the only country we looked at that committed to moving away from harmful subsidies that prop up intensive agricultural practices and contribute to higher emissions. Similarly, none of the plans assessed includes specific measures to promote healthy and sustainable diets. .

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The patrol group of Indigenous farmers, teachers, and hunters spend their time working with conservation officers to track deforestation and report their findings to government regulators. Uganda has lost about 40 percent of its wetlands over the past two decades due to illegal filling for building or agricultural expansion.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Commodities driven deforestation is a major reputational risk for food businesses. Read the full story at Food Navigator. A lesser known environmental impact is the contribution food production makes to grasslands degradation. But, with grasslands disappearing at an ‘alarming’ rate, could this become the next conservation battleground?

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Deforestation across the country is also making the… Read more → As the third biggest cocoa powerhouse in the world, Indonesia’s farmers have a lot to lose as climate change threatens the $80-million export industry. As rainfall patterns shift and temperatures climb, land ripe for cocoa cultivation will fall by 9 percent by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Collective action and solidarity are needed to demand accountability for the harms done, and push for the clean energy future we so desperately need.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 6, 2021

But the deforestation that facilitated Brazil’s soybean boom is now undermining it, bringing hotter and drier weather that makes soybeans less productive,… Read more →

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

A recent study co-authored by Flach published in World Development shows that deforestation, especially of the Amazon and Cerrado, increases the temperatures and reduces local rainfall, drying out the soil and harming agribusiness. The Cerrado and the Amazon currently suffer from high rates of deforestation , worrying rural producers.

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Frontiers

MAY 4, 2023

Mimicking reforestation in miniature The researchers conducted controlled experiments to mimic the ecological succession and changes to the soil that happen when pasture in deforested areas is actively restored to forest.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While Brazil achieved its emission reduction goal from the NPCC, the reduction targets of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest were not fulfilled. Additionally, Brazil had committed to reducing deforestation by 80% by 2030 in 2015 – this provision was deleted from the updated NDC. Brazil (on deforestation and human rights ).

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

According to Johan Rockström , a researcher with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, offsets can be used to restore and grow new forests, protect the oceans and improve agricultural practices to increase soil health. In the UK, the National Farmers Union has a “net zero by 2040” target for the nation’s whole agriculture sector.

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