Paris Agreement
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Will natural climate solutions count in new UN carbon credit scheme?
As global leaders gear up for this year’s UN climate conference (COP30), one provision of the Paris Agreement is drawing…
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New guide supports transparent land-use monitoring for climate action
The verdict is clear: to meet international climate change mitigation targets and ensure the continued functioning of Earth’s ecosystems, we…
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There’s a rainbow in the clouds of climate change – if we act now
Another year, another record. Recent news headlines seem to support the adage that records are made to be broken. Yet…
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To speed up climate action, get serious about transparency, say experts
As the international community races to limit global warming to 1.5°C, countries must get serious about monitoring and reporting accurately…
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Following the money: Global recovery rooted in forests, says U.N. report
A new study adds up the latest troubling statistics on forests, making a mathematical argument for their central role in…
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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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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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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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Pact prioritizes forests and biodiversity conservation in Papua New Guinea
Protecting the habitat of the largest butterfly in the world – the endangered Queen Alexandra’s birdwing – is a number…
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COP26 delegates should address gender gap in inequitable land policies, scientists say
Women’s access and ownership rights to land and trees are key to addressing global warming, biodiversity loss and the inequity…
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Spotlight on forests at COP26, a big step forward for climate talks
In the minds of many observers and environmentalists, the outcome of the upcoming U.N. COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is…
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Boost funding and strategically align incentives with climate goals to save forests
Forests are under massive threat worldwide, planet warming emissions are trending upward and, despite their essential role and potential, governments…
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Water-forest interactions complex but crucial in ecosystem service delivery
Planting trees among the maize and bean crops of her smallholder farm in Kenya has helped Margaret Muchanga to increase…
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Undisturbed forests could cease to exist in large tropical humid regions by 2050, study says
Satellite data show that undisturbed forests will completely disappear in large tropical humid regions by 2050 under current disturbance rates,…
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