Climate change & energy
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Blockchain platform offers reforestation efforts access to carbon finance
In the latest assessment by the U.N. climate science panel, experts emphasized the potential benefits of natural solutions to combat…
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Can adaptive and reflexive learning support more resilient multi-stakeholder forums?
Following wider interest in the land use, land-use change and forestry sector worldwide, Kenya has seen a rise in multi-stakeholder…
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Recognize full value of forests and land use in fight for climate
Without urgent action to curb global warming, limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be impossible,…
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Researchers fill gaps in knowledge about growing biomass for energy
In anticipation of a projected scarcity of energy owing to reduction of sources of fossil-based energy, the government of Indonesia…
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New SAGU project prioritizes conservation of lowland and upland peat areas
Unless we can empower people and give them income-earning opportunities, they will degrade the environment, said Governor Allan Bird at…
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IPCC report details catastrophe for planet as threats from climate change mount
Many natural landscapes are at the point of no return, and without action on climate change the planet will become…
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New technologies pave way for land restoration efforts
Research shows that healthy forests and landscapes are not only essential for the long-term welfare of the planet, but for…
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REDD+ in DRC: Platform explores next steps for forest carbon, restoration and rights
At COP26 climate change negotiations in Glasgow last year, the role of forests in capturing and storing carbon was high…
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Ensuring REDD+ finance delivers fair finance and benefits to meet climate goals
Establishing standards for measuring, monitoring and assigning financial value to forest-related greenhouse gas emissions is a challenging process due to…
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Deforestation pledge redux: Reflections on “forest loss” as dust settles on Glasgow summit
The Glasgow leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use made at the COP26 summit on climate change and endorsed by…
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Sustainable trade and peatland management for emissions reduction and community livelihoods
Growing and trading commodities while protecting and sustainably managing forests and other natural ecosystems from agricultural encroachment is crucial for…
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Peru’s smallholder farmers need state recognition for timber production, study says
Smallholders who produce fallow timber on their farms in the Peruvian Amazon would benefit from a regulatory mechanism to help…
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These ecosystems could determine our climate future: study
This article originally appeared in Conservation News. Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon are packed into a small percentage of Earth’s…
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Finding the sweet spot: How to scale up and finance ecosystem-based adaptation
Protecting and restoring landscapes and building sustainable agroforestry systems is a powerful way to boost resilience to climate change and…
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Study on emissions breaks new ground in Peru’s palm-swamp peatlands
A new study marked a series of “firsts” for understanding greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and land degradation in the palm-swamp…
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