Inside Climate News
JANUARY 16, 2023
By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma Forests managed by Indigenous peoples and other local communities in the Amazon region draw vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere while the rest of the rainforest has become a net source of the greenhouse gas, a new report has found.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 2, 2021
Eastward, across gnarled rivers and historic indigenous homelands, the great Amazon Rainforest paints this basin shades of green, refreshing much of the world’s oxygen. . BR-364, the 2,700-mile asphalt strip that weaves through rainforest to connect São Paulo to Acre, might soon be lengthened.
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Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
‘Despite decades of warnings, we are still heading in the wrong direction’ By Bob Berwyn Research released this week raises new questions about how much more Earth may warm, or cool, if and when human carbon dioxide emissions zero out.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3]. Replacing these massive carbon sink forests with machinery which continuously pumps vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere is increasing the rate of global warming.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 13, 2023
The report—prepared by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, the Sierra Club and Urgewald—examines commercial and investment bank financing, combining lending with underwriting debt and equity issuances. degrees Celsius (2.7 C above preindustrial levels.
Vermont Law
APRIL 13, 2020
Additionally, approximately 13% of the world’s net carbon dioxide. In addition to carbon sequestration, tropical rainforests help to regulate the global temperature by. stem from land cover change, such as deforestation, afforestation/reforestation, and wood harvesting. 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
Corporate and securities law – as well as companies and their leaders acting through lobbying and politics – also have major roles to play. [9] It would require standardized reporting of GHG emissions (primarily carbon dioxide and methane) by firms doing business in California with total annual revenues more than $1 billion. [19]
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