UN biodiversity summit speaker:Â Renewables ‘offer an opportunity for a more peaceful energy system’Â
Alex Rafalowicz of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative is speaking at the UN biodiversity summit known as COP16.
Tag: Amazon
Scientists call for conservation of Amazon’s unseen water cycle
The AAA pathway is a giant, multi-directional water cycle that connects the Andes, Amazon and Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical forest loss puts target of zero deforestation by 2030 further out of reach
Forest loss, particularly in the tropics, releases huge volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Climate change and conflict exacerbate global food crisis
The United Nations' World Food Program calls it 'a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions.'
How a group in Ecuador safeguards 10% of the world’s bird species
The Jocotoco Foundation, an Ecuadorian nonprofit organization, now has 15 reserves across Ecuador.
Areas of Brazilian Amazon neglected in research face high risk from climate change
An estimated 23.5% of the Brazilian Amazon is already deforested, while 27.3% is projected to be deforested by 2050.
Protecting Amazon forests protects Florida from climate change
The massive Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is the most important carbon dioxide vacuum cleaner we’ve got on land.
If we want to fully protect the Amazon, we must phase out fossil fuels
Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, writes that the U.S. has the potential to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
It’s near certain that the next 5 years will be the hottest yet
El Niño may push global temperatures past 1.5 C, the World Meteorological Organization warned.
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is carrying a massive bloom of brown seaweed toward Florida and the Caribbean
Until large-scale nutrient pollution is reduced, sargassum blooms will be a recurring presence in Florida and the Caribbean.
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