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19/5/2013
When Californians passed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, we committed to one of the most forward-thinking pieces of climate legislation in the country, with comprehensive strategies to reduce
carbon emissions from nearly all sectors of ...
13/5/2013
THE idea to cultivate bamboo may sound strange and ridiculous in this country but the fact that deforestation is taking place at an alarming rate with unparalleled tree planting efforts; time has come for Tanzania to learn from other countries ...
10/5/2013
Brazil is at risk of scoring an economic own goal if it continues clearing Amazon forest for herding and soya production, according to a new study that has potential implications for global food security.
In recent decades, the ...
8/5/2013
The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. Chapters have opened up in more than 100 US cities and states as well as on more than 300 campuses, where students are holding ...
8/5/2013
The hula-hoop first caught on in the US state of California, as did crack cocaine. For better or worse, that's where trends originate before they sweep the nation and, often, the world. So it's apropos that California is closely engaging with the ...
27/4/2013
As the great research ship Chikyu left Shimizu in January to mine the explosive ice beneath the Philippine Sea, chances are good that not one of the scientists aboard realized they might be closing the door on Winston Churchill’s world. Their ...
25/4/2013
When the wildfire reached Jon Cummings’ backyard last summer, it had already traversed 50 miles of rugged terrain in Idaho’s Salmon-Challis National Forest. Thick smoke dimmed daylight and embers sailed on hot currents. While firefighters were ...
19/4/2013
Indonesian palm oil companies would support
land swaps as a means to reduce
carbon emissions from deforestation while simultaneously expanding production, representatives from the country's largest association of palm oil producers told ...
15/4/2013
Of all the uncertainties climate change presents, its impact on the production and distribution of food is one of the greatest. We are already feeling the effects: 2012 was a bad year for farmers, with droughts and erratic weather decimating ...
14/4/2013
A new study finds that it is possible to greatly slow the rate of sea level rise, which is one of the biggest threats global warming poses, by cutting so-called "short-lived climate pollutants,' which warm the climate on timescales of a few weeks ...
12/4/2013
Among the first sights to greet visitors to Denmark on the descent to Copenhagen's airport is a sweeping arc of wind turbines rising from the harbor. From the airport, passengers can board an automatic Metro line that hustles them to the city ...
12/4/2013
Negotiators, big NGOs, and companies In U.N. environmental summits are promoting the “Green Economy” as a win-win-win for people, the environment and business interests. Yet global South social movements denounce the Green Economy for serving the ...
7/4/2013
REDD intiatives have been decried as a form of neo-colonialism.
African participants at the World Social Forum in Tunisia have taken a historic decision to launch a No REDD in Africa Network and join the global movement against ...
7/4/2013
Developments in the United States may lead to the adoption of international forest
offsets being permitted in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). California’s newly launched
carbon market is considering allowing
offsets from REDD+ programs ...
5/4/2013
Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of
carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.
If you`re a
land manager trying to assess the potential of forests ...
1/4/2013
What we currently think of the Arctic -- a desolate white wasteland of snow and ice will soon turn to green, laden with trees and shrubs. The changing
land will also speed warming.
A recent study, published Sunday March 31 in the journal ...
1/4/2013
Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of
carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.
If you're a
land manager trying to assess the potential of forests ...
29/3/2013
Using the REDD+ mechanism to fight deforestation and climate change involves a complicated and lengthy process that crosses over several sectors. Because of its complex nature, Valentino Shal of the Mopan Maya Indigenous people says ...
22/3/2013
As the realities of global climate change become ever more alarming, advocates of technological approaches to "geoengineer" the planet's climate are gaining a following.
But the technologies that are promoted -- from spraying sulphate ...
20/3/2013
Even when she was a kid, Melissa Cervantes knew something was wrong with the air in Wilmington, a neighborhood next to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach where she has lived most of her life. The streets here are verdant with mango, guava ...
28/2/2013
Agriculture is responsible for around ten to twelve percent of all greenhouse gases attributable to human activities. This raises the question of how these emissions could be reduced. A recent study has investigated -- for the first time -- the ...
9/2/2013
Like in a desolate Edward Hopper
landscape, the orangutan was clinging to the one last tree that stood next to the river in Kutai National Park in eastern Kalimantan. The joy of seeing this magnificent primate was spoiled by his destroyed habitat ...
7/2/2013
Jimmy Strickland can tell you exactly how much money rising sea levels have cost his business. In 1989, he opened his accounting firm in a one-story brick building near Norfolk’s historic cobblestoned Hague district, which surrounds one of this ...
7/2/2013
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide
land rush and ushering in a new ...
27/1/2013
Carbon credits generated by forest conservation activities in tropical countries could play a role in California's cap-and-trade program, helping mitigate climate change and providing benefits to local communities, said a panel of experts on ...