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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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Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water

Circle of Blue

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. Incentives must change so that the private sector can do its part to provide access to technology and innovation to poor and rich countries alike.

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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).

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Should We Intensify Farming to Prevent Disease Epidemics like Coronavirus? An Interview with Josef Settele

Environmental Progress

Most commonly the term is associated with the degree of increase in input factors such as energy, fertilizers, pesticides, financial capital, and “technological sophistication” used, irrespective of the actual output or cost-benefit of the system. Josef Settele, Professor of Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research, Dept.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment).

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The Year in Water, 2021

Circle of Blue

Technology and Adaptation. Brett Walton 2021-09-22 04:00:14 2021-11-29 20:37:05 Toxin Levels Spike, Prompting Drinking Water Emergency in Northern California ‘Eyes in the Sky’ Help Police California Water Use 0 Comments / September 9, 2021 Satellite data is one monitoring tool regulators turn to in this very dry year.

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