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In Glasgow, Financiers Vow to Shift Investments from Fossil Fuels to Renewables

Yale E360

Does it finance coal or wind power, deforestation or ecological recovery? Whatever politicians promise, what matters is where investment goes.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

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But it also indicates that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability. “I And it shows that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution were halted immediately.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro. Expectations so far are optimistic.

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Greenhouse gas emission impact from peatland fires underestimated by 200%-300%, shows new study

Frontiers

Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. In 2019, Indonesia lost 31,000 km 2 of forest to deforestation fires. Deforestation fires emissions. Read original article ?

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How to Make Trees Worth More Standing Than Cut Down

Legal Planet

If trading mechanisms allow carbon emissions from one area to be offset by afforestation or reduced rates of deforestation, the climate is better off. Meanwhile, deforestation continues apace and greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise toward irreversible tipping points. Easy to say. Not so easy to do.

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The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment reports synthesis

Real Climate

Nevertheless, the summary for policymakers states the need for “rapid and deep and, in most cases, immediate greenhouse gas emissions reductions in all sectors this decade” if we want global warming to keep below 1.5°C Humans work hard to add greenhouse gases such as CO 2 into the atmosphere. C or 2°C since preindustrial times (p.

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What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021

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The report stated unequivocally, for the first time, that climate change is occurring due to “human influence,” namely the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. By quickly cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching carbon neutrality by around 2050, it is possible to limit atmospheric warming to 2 degrees Celsius or even 1.5

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