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COP26: Deal reached to aim to end deforestation by 2030?

A Greener Life

World leaders on Monday last week hailed a major breakthrough when, on the first official day of COP26 , a deal was agreed to stop deforestation by 2030. trillion of global assets – including Aviva, Schroders and Axa – will also commit to eliminating investment in activities linked to deforestation. Enabling deforestation.

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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

Circle of Blue

Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern. The Chilean government declared an agricultural emergency in many provinces, estimating that rainfall is down between 62 and 80 percent in some regions. Help us,” he said.

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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Union of Concerned Scientists

Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Some marine species also experience boundaries to movement, including ocean currents, thermoclines, and shipping lanes, but they are generally more able to track changes in sea temperatures. Photo: T.R.

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Emergency? Part 3

Legal Planet

Here’s a statement from the Center for International Environmental Law: Despite occupying center stage in the “net-zero” climate plans trumpeted by the United States and Canada at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, government spending programs, and bills pending before Congress and Parliament, carbon capture is not a climate solution.

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Analysis: What is carbon-neutral milk?

A Greener Life

But government agencies provide little to no oversight of these labels. Products that bear the label “carbon neutral” are supposed to be produced with no added emissions to the atmosphere. If you cut down the trees in ten years, you lose any carbon gains as the gases are released back into the atmosphere. But can you trust it?

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).