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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. If the forest was unlikely to be cut down, this is a waste of money and bogus credits. Only the Congo, however, is still a net carbon sink. Easy to say. Not so easy to do.

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What can we learn from EU’s battery regulation?

Legal Planet

Mining critical minerals can lead to human rights violations, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and soil degradation. Refining processes , particularly in countries with lax environmental regulations, emit greenhouse gases and toxic waste. The current battery supply chain faces several pressing challenges.

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Emergency? Part 4

Legal Planet

At CLEE, we are doing quite a bit of work to promote reduction of methane emissions from all sectors (agriculture (livestock and rice), energy (oil & gas and coal), waste (landfills and sewage)). animal stomachs, shale gas formations, piles of food waste). Next time: ending deforestation. C of warming by 2050.

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What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021

Circle of Blue

The twin goals are are to improve the flow of information and reduce the wasting of water. 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. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. The report, while grim, does offer hope.

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Opinion: Food systems transformation critical to reducing emissions

A Greener Life

Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 Food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste account for nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions. While France was the only one whose NDC included comprehensive measures to reduce food loss and waste.

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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Union of Concerned Scientists

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is wasteful by design. The study documents how waste from the small mines and industrial cobalt mines can degrade the local environment and impact food security.

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Eat for the Planet!

Academy of Natural Sciences

Land use, water use and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming all affect the environment. The report, issued in conjunction with EAT Forum, also called for curbing food waste, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and improving agriculture so it lessens deforestation and reduces water use.