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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. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia.

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COP28: “The Methane COP”

Legal Planet

This shift is good news because tackling methane is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its significantly higher global warming potential than CO2, the disposal of relatively cheap methods of controlling emissions, and its short atmospheric lifespan. By far, the most ubiquitous figure at COP28 was that of John Kerry.

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Inequality hotspot map shows where women in agriculture are hit the hardest by the climate crisis

Frontiers

The results were published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. by Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Women working in agricultural sectors in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionally at risk from climate change induced hazards, such as droughts, floods, or shortened crop-growing seasons.

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Penn State Hosts May 22-23 Climate Solutions Symposium

PA Environment Daily

By Penn State News Penn State will host the Climate Solutions Symposium on May 22 and 23 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College. It is also a deliberate effort to promote networking and discussion to facilitate the development of new partnerships and projects aimed at solving the climate challenge.

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How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?

Environmental and Urban Economics

Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century ," American Economic Review , American Economic Association, vol. A Review of The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs ," Journal of Economic Literature , American Economic Association, vol. I can blog and offer "big thoughts".

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Jayati Ghosh – It’s not just analysis, it’s a call for action

Frontiers

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has authored and/or edited 20 books and more than 200 scholarly articles.

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Natalia Kucirkova and Loleta Fahad – We all must come together – without one part of the puzzle, there isn’t a full picture 

Frontiers

In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the management, development, and implementation of resources that facilitate the ongoing growth, advancement, and retention of professional staff at UCL. Loleta Fahad serves as the head of Career Development in Organizational Development at University College London (UCL), UK. how are things?’