Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 18, 2022
by Bart Crezee, University of Leeds and Simon Lewis, UCL Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government is preparing to auction off a series of licenses to drill for oil in the Congo basin. This threatens to damage around 11 million hectares of the world’s second largest rainforest.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.
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Circle of Blue
AUGUST 11, 2021
HotSpots H2O: Argentina’s Paraná River Drops to 77-Year Low, Resulting in Economic Loss and Wildfires – Stretching over 3,000 miles, the Paraná River supports rainforest diversity, Indigenous ancestral homes, and Argentina’s economy. The move comes amid India’s push to reduce their own carbon emissions.
Ocean Conservancy
AUGUST 11, 2022
It’s common knowledge that coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea —hosting an abundant variety of sea life and crucial habitat for about 25% of all ocean species. It’s true that most people could easily identify a coral reef. But did you know that just like ice cream, corals have two different varieties—soft and hard?
A Greener Life
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Our response to climate change is a balancing act: we work to reduce carbon emissions on the one hand and to enhance nature’s ability to absorb carbon on the other. We can also build on and improve this take-up of CO2 , also known as carbon sinks, by planting more trees or restoring wetlands.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 2, 2022
A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5
A Greener Life
AUGUST 2, 2021
Global Footprint Network believes that the pandemic showed that governments demonstrated they can act swiftly, both in terms of regulations and spending, when they put human lives above all else. Of course, there’s a big difference in which countries bear the responsibility for carbon emissions and the collapse of biocapacity.
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