The IPCC report on desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems has some very key conclusions, including emphasizing the need for conservation of high-carbon ecosystems (such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, mangroves and forests), the considerable risks associated with biofuels and the need for changes in consumption patterns, including the need to eat less meat. The report notes that it is not too late to stay below 1.5C of warming, but that we need urgent action! See the report here: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/.
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- 12 Dec 2019
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- 27 Sep 2019
FORESTS STORE MORE CARBON THAN IS CURRENTLY IN the atmosphere (and more than known oil and coal reserves combined). Forests are therefore a critical component of climate solutions because there is enough carbon in forests that if burned or otherwise released into the atmosphere, it would trigger dangerous warming, even if we eliminate fossil fuel […]
- 27 Sep 2019
- 27 Sep 2019
Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle the climate crisis. Living ecosystems like forests, mangroves, swamps and seabeds can pull enormous quantities of carbon from the air and store them safely, but natural climate solutions currently receive only […]
- 15 Aug 2019
A new report https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/below-the-canopy by WWF and ZSL finds that on average the world’s forests have lost over half of their vertebrates in less than fifty years – a catastrophic decline that threatens numerous species and also the vital ecosystem services forests provide and that we all depend on. Exceptionally bad news for wildlife and […]
- 9 Aug 2019
The IPCC report on desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems has some very key conclusions, including emphasizing the need for conservation of high-carbon ecosystems (such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, mangroves and forests), the considerable risks associated with biofuels and the need for changes in consumption patterns, […]