Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 31, 2023
Rainforests are carbon sinks, absorbing 7.6 Rainforest nations need an estimated $100 billion to ensure the survival of their lands. billion metric tons of CO2 annually. The carbon markets will raise some of that money. But the trading system must be accredited.
Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The Brazilian court became the world’s first to give this status to the Paris Agreement, setting an important precedent for Brazil and the world.
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Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2022
The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
This is double the target that world leaders agreed to in 2015, when the Paris Agreement deal was struck and subsequently implemented. These would see the melting of the world’s ice sheets and the drying out of the Amazon rainforest – just to quote some examples.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.
Washington Nature
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Worldwide, nature’s power to breathe, filter and store carbon dioxide can provide more than 1/3 of emissions reductions needed to meet the Paris Agreement target, according to a pioneering study by The Nature Conservancy and partners. Trees are one of the natural solutions available. 1 Case, Michael J., Brittany G. Johnson, Kristina J.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 13, 2023
Suriname is 93% rainforest. According to their first Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement, the country emits 192 million tonnes of CO2 and absorbs 215 million. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. Another factor is low population density.
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