Deforestation in Colombia Down 70 Percent So Far This Year
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is down 70 percent, year on year, through the first nine months of 2023, the government estimates. Read more on E360 →
Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1 For the first eight months of the year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than the same period in 2022. percent compared to last August. Gray: Yes, for sure.
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As Deforestation Grows in the Brazilian Savanna, Government Ends Monitoring
Yale E360
JANUARY 7, 2022
Last year, deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region, one of the largest savannas in the world, reached its highest level since 2015, according to newly released data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
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Amazon Deforestation Down 40 Percent So Far This Year
Yale E360
MAY 12, 2023
So far this year, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 40 percent from the same period in 2022, according to government data. The drop comes as a win for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has promised to curb forest less. Read more on E360 →
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The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is clearing the way for deforestation
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 30, 2022
… Continue reading The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is clearing the way for deforestation. Walker, University of Florida Imagine that a group of politicians decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big, so they downsize the park by a million acres, then sell that land in a private auction. Outrageous?
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Fell in Half Last Year
Yale E360
JANUARY 8, 2024
Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon was down 50 percent, year on year, in 2023, according to government figures. Read more on E360 →
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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation
A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.
Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions
Legal Planet
MARCH 17, 2022
For more than a decade of leadership and innovation, member states and provinces of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force have been developing strategies, programs, investment plans, and new legal structures to address tropical deforestation, embark on a low-emissions development path, and benefit their populations and the climate.
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Jaguars face major threat from Amazon deforestation and fires
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Prospects for South America's biggest wild cat are likely to get worse in the short term unless the Brazilian government strengthens protections against deforestation for timber and cattle farming
A $1 Billion Investment in the ‘New Forest Economy’
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 6, 2023
First, it seeks to structure more flexible implementation support for subnational governments and communities for policy implementation and actions. WRI also found that greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation in 2022 were equivalent to those of India (the third largest emitting country in the world!).
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Biodiesel Expansion Could Worsen Deforestation in Indonesia
Yale E360
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The Indonesian government has announced a major expansion of a program to make biodiesel out of palm oil, a move that officials say would necessitate planting 37 million acres of new palm oil plantations — an area one-fifth the size of Borneo. Read more on E360 ?.
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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation
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. Conditions vary between these agreements.
Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. Climate change and deforestation are reshaping the monsoon season, causing ice on the Tibetan plateau to melt , and affecting freshwater supplies to more than one billion people.
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Big banks linked to deforestation that threatens Indigenous people
A Greener Life
APRIL 9, 2023
The Ayoreo people live in the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay, where protected land has been drastically deforested in recent decades. Those responsible ranges from the Paraguayan government to local ranchers – and international financiers, as a new analysis has detailed. However, it doesn’t include finance,” Hammans said.
Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation
Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.
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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets
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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Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Kicks Off Annual Meeting in Heart of the Amazon Basin
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2022
Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic. These partnerships are critical for conserving important forested regions of our world.
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Singapore Publishes Eligibility List Under the International Carbon Credit Framework
Clean Energy Law
JANUARY 17, 2024
Background The Singaporean government introduced the ICC Framework in November 2022, in tandem with the progressive increase in carbon tax rate under the Carbon Pricing (Amendment) Act 2022 from the current S$5 per tonne of emissions to S$25 per tonne in 2024 and 2025, and S$45 per tonne in 2026 and beyond.
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New Reports Show Forests Need Far More Funding to Help the Climate, and Even Then, They Can’t Do It All
Inside Climate News
MAY 4, 2022
Studies show international efforts to cut carbon emissions by reducing deforestation are badly underfunded, riddled with complex problems and overwhelmed by industries that continue to cut down trees.
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UK House of Lords Considers New Bill on Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence
Clean Energy Law
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The Bill comes at a similar time to other proposed UK legislation under the Environment Act, which seeks to address environmental supply chain issues associated with deforestation in particular, by prohibiting certain supermarkets from selling products that contain materials sourced from areas associated with illegal deforestation.
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The Stream, January 13, 2022: Leaked EA Report Tells Staff To Ignore Low-Level Pollution Reports
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 13, 2022
A new study finds that deforestation is causing more intense storms along West Africa’s coast. A new study finds that storms are hitting coastal West Africa twice as frequently as 30 years ago, mainly due to deforestation. Urban growth and an increased demand for land has led to mass deforestation in major cities in West Africa.
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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government.
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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink
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. 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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Colombia targets reforestation growth
A Greener Life
MARCH 24, 2023
And in a green push, the government of Colombia has announced an ambitious reforestation target. President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources.
Guest post: Brazil will have first climate litigation trials in the Supreme Court
Law Columbia
MARCH 28, 2022
Brazil (on deforestation and human rights) (ADPF 760) and PSB et al. The PPCDAm represents a package of measures and financial directives by the Federal Government to combat deforestation and degradation in the Amazon. Two climate litigation cases are included on the docket on March 30th: PSB et al.
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Jason Gray Joins the Emmett Institute as Project Director, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force
Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2022
In his new role as Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , Jason will help direct a major sub-national coalition focused on reducing tropical deforestation and advancing inclusive, equitable, low-emissions development at jurisdiction scale. The Emmett Institute is co-sponsoring the meeting.
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Emergency? Part 2
Legal Planet
JULY 12, 2023
Regardless, renewable energy requires land, and land for renewables creates lots of conflicts, with landowners, local governments, environmentalists, and competing development interests. And the volume of renewable energy required requires significant new transmission, which creates even more land use conflict.
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GCF Task Force Exchange of Experiences in San Martin, Peru
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 31, 2022
These experiences were framed within the Manaus Action Plan , a GCF Task Force-wide call to action initiated earlier this year for additional financing and support to implement jurisdictional approaches throughout the 39 member governments of the GCF Task Force to tackle the climate, poverty, and biodiversity crises.
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Greenhouse gas emission impact from peatland fires underestimated by 200%-300%, shows new study
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. In 2019, Indonesia lost 31,000 km 2 of forest to deforestation fires. Deforestation fires emissions. Image: PARALAXIS/Shutterstock.
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IEA v. Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Brazil , the Institute of Amazonian Studies (IEA) calls upon the Brazilian Federal Government to take appropriate measures to comply with the federal law that instituted the National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC ) and thus enforce compliance with the Plan to Prevent and Combat Deforestation in the Legal Amazon – PPCDAm.
How the ICC is Using International Criminal Law to Prosecute Suspects of Eco Crimes
Legal Planet
MAY 1, 2024
There is a growing recognition that severe environmental damage resulting from acts such as large-scale pollution, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, and blanket bombing, can also constitute international criminal crimes already on the books, such as crimes against humanity, or war crimes.
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The Stream, November 16, 2022: UN Climate Summit Hosts First ‘Water Day’ at COP27
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The government of Manitoba, Canada , releases a new water strategy that focuses on reducing demand. The Water and Climate Leaders, a group of UN officials, private sector representatives, and current and former government ministers, called for countries to integrate their climate and water plans. 56 Percent. On the Radar.
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Food and Farming Makes the Menu at UN Climate Talks
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 12, 2023
By subsidizing such practices, governments can foster genuine food security independent of industrial inputs. Some critics argue against regenerative practices, citing lower productivity of these farms and the increased amount of farmland they can require, which could lead to deforestation, a driver of climate change.
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Earth Overshoot Day: we have just exceeded what Earth can regenerate in a year
A Greener Life
AUGUST 2, 2021
decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. The notable drivers of consumption is the 6.6% carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5%
A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon 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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Statement from Michelle Woodhouse, Water Program Manager, Environmental Defence, on historic $420 million funding for Great Lakes protection
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 24, 2023
This investment must address the most critical threats facing the Great Lakes, including nuisance and toxic algae blooms, toxic chemical and plastic pollution, deforestation, and wetland loss. The importance of these precious water bodies to this region and the world cannot be overstated.
Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership
Legal Planet
JULY 29, 2021
They will be working alongside our faculty director (formerly faculty co-director) Ted Parson—an accomplished scholar of environmental governance—as well as me and my colleague Cara Horowitz, shaping the strategic direction of the Emmett Institute. Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China.
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Climate Justice, Climate Finance and Pragmatism for Tropical Jurisdictions at COP28
Legal Planet
JANUARY 17, 2024
Panel discussions centered around implementing innovative financing mechanisms, leveraging carbon markets for Indigenous empowerment, and executing jurisdiction-scale programs to combat deforestation while supporting sustainable livelihoods.
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Following COP26, a surge in sustainable investments ?
A Greener Life
JANUARY 6, 2022
For instance, the UK based environmental, social and governance equity funds (ESG) which in recent years have grown in prominence have seen a record 1.5billion of investments. Responding to the positive announcements during COP26. Edward Glyn, head of global markets at Calastone said : “ESG continues to capture investor imagination.
The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?
Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
Over the last decade, courts, legislatures and various bodies of government in countries around the world have sought and won ecosystem protection through nature rights. The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. What countries have declared rights of nature?
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Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 10, 2021
Everyone north of the Dry River was urged by the government to evacuate, though political distrust and an intimate connection with their homes made such a move difficult. The destruction that remains months after the first eruption is evidence, residents say, of government failure. . Many remained as long as they could.
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Opinion: Food systems transformation critical to reducing emissions
A Greener Life
MARCH 25, 2022
The co-author of a new report explains how most governments are overlooking a principal route to cutting emissions. It gives governments and other actors a toolkit to drive such food systems reform. . Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 billion tonnes a year. By Patty Fong.
Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Other research shows that deforestation and fragmentation has left 62% of tropical forests without enough connectivity to facilitate species shifts. Photo: T.R. American crocodile, Florida Everglades.
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HotSpots H2O: Polluted Rivers, Scarce Water, Sinking Capital: Report Warns of Dire Water Threats Facing Indonesia
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 31, 2022
The report’s other recommendations include limiting groundwater extraction and reducing deforestation. The root of these diverse challenges is, at least in part, political and institutional.
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