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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

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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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

We’re already experiencing the impact of climate change across the world; now an update from the IPCC suggests weather extremes could become the norm in the near future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. Sadly, as reported in this study , the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released by 267 artificial (i.e. How green are renewables?

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Water, Water, Everywhere?

Acoel

My role on the Climate Crisis Commission recently took me to UN Headquarters in New York City for the March 2023 UN Water Conference , the first UN-convened event focused on freshwater resources since 1947. Changes in climate are influencing precipitation in ways that are shifting the distribution of water around the world.

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Climate Litigation in Latin America and the Caribbean:  launching a regional Platform for Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable.

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. This directly impacts human health and wealth.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.