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Volume increased at least 6 percent in 2019, buoyed by corporate commitments.
by Steve Zwick
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Global greenhouse-gas emissions have plunged in the wake of COVID-19, but keeping them down requires longer-term strategies blending industrial reductions with solutions that save the world’s forests, farms and fields.
by Steve Zwick
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Nearly a quarter of all the greenhouse gases emitted by man come from the way we manage our forests, farms and fields.
by Steve Zwick
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And only 8 percent of global companies involved in the production of commodities associated with deforestation have publicly committed to ending it.
by Steve Zwick
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There's bipartisan agreement on the sad state of US infrastructure — an opportunity not just to build roads, but to create jobs and end climate change.
by Steve Zwick
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Deforestation is growing, and the fight against it is grabbing public attention. Here's the full story.
by Steve Zwick
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Few are paying attention to a thriving $25 billion economy that's already supporting more than 200,000 jobs outside of renewable energy. These 11 points clear up misconceptions and myths.
by Steve Zwick
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A rise in offsetting by the likes of Microsoft, Disney and Lyft are one sign of a rise in voluntary activity.
by Steve Zwick
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The hope is to spark private funding in an area traditionally limited to government investment.
by Steve Zwick
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The U. N. Sustainable Development Goals could be a game changer for forestry and agriculture, although challenges remain.
by Steve Zwick
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Corporate exposure to “forest risk commodities” like soy and timber could top $900 billion per year. Now, as institutional investors push companies in all sectors to come clean on their climate-change liabilities and exposure, their impacts on forests could become clearer as well.
by Steve Zwick
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Scores of companies have made hundreds of deforestation commitments, and almost 60 percent of those commitments have a deadline of 2020 or earlier.
by Steve Zwick
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We all want the SDGs become our reality. But for them to catch on, we will need buy-in across all sectors: private, public and non-governmental.
by Steve Zwick
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The Climate Knowledge Brokers organization of scientists and climate experts issue this manifesto.
by Steve Zwick
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Companies are promising an increasing amount of money to prevent deforestation, but how can we ensure those promises are met?
by Steve Zwick
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Milt didn't see the market as an all-knowing force that operates without governance, and he wasn't opposed to environmental legislation.
by Steve Zwick
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Private sector participation dipped in 2013, the recent State of Voluntary Carbon Markets report found.
by Steve Zwick
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Primatologist Biruté Galdikas thought all was lost when she learned that palm oil company PT Best was about to destroy Borneo's Seruyan Forest.
by Steve Zwick
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For those trying to save ecosystems, it would help to know how much they're really worth -- in terms of tangible commodities like timber and clean water -- to corporations and economies that depend on them. This month, groups conclude a five-year effort to value the ecosystems in Eastern Arc Mountain in Africa. Here's how they did it.
by Steve Zwick
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A new global climate-change regime is years away, but governments around the world are leveraging voluntary tools developed by the private sector to incubate climate-change solutions. A new Ecosystem Marketplace report takes stock of the leaders.
by Steve Zwick
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The third annual review from the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project finds that many more big companies are starting to measure and report their forest-related impacts and risks, but Big Oil as an industry falls far short of transparency.
by Steve Zwick
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Republicans and Democrats alike are failing to protect the environment because both see it as a chore -- something we "should" do. But cap and trade projects can achieve environmental and economic goals in lean, efficient and transparent ways, and isn't that what both parties claim to want?
by Steve Zwick
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The country's Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve was an early mover on carbon offsets, but lacked the certfication backing that would give it long-term credibility -- until now. Here's what Mexico's move could mean for smallholders around the world.
by Steve Zwick
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Deforestation and outdated farming methods combined generate more than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is why financing mechanisms aimed at tackling both are hot topics as UN Climate talks open this week. The REDD+ Partners spent Sunday working through a two-year work program they aim to finalize next week.
by Steve Zwick
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Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year.
by Steve Zwick