Paying for forests has multiple benefits

...Centre point out in the journal Conservation Letters that land owned by rural communities is home to 60% of the country’s forests, including most of the...
Posted On 06 Aug 2017
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Sweden blazes trail to electric cars

...announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car”, said Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo’s chief executive. “People increasingly demand electrified cars.” Volvo...
Posted On 17 Jul 2017
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To avoid climate catastrophe, we’ll need to remove CO2 from the air. Here’s how.

...With mangroves sequestering roughly 1,400 metric tons (1,500 tons) per hectare (2. 5 acres); salt marshes, 900 metric tons (1,000 tons); and seagrass, 400 metric tons (400 tons), restoring lost...
Posted On 14 Aug 2017
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Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...stressed the symbolic importance of his country joining the alliance. Like many Pacific island nations, “we don’t use coal, we’ve never used coal, we don’t intend to use coal,” he...
Posted On 17 Nov 2017
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Urban forests add to cities’ health and wealth

...benefits,” Professor Endreny said. “They’re getting an immediate cleansing of the air that’s around them. “They’re getting that direct cooling...
Posted On 08 Jan 2018
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Cutting Food Waste by Half –Β A Food Loss and Waste Strategy for Canada

...engagement on behalf of the Council’s Food Working Group, led by Co-Chairs Bob Long, Councillor with the Township of Langley, B.C., and Lori Nikkel with Second Harvest, and close to...
Posted On 29 May 2018
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Forest carbon emissions are set to grow

...2°C above pre-industrial levels very difficult.” In 2015, in Paris, 195 nations vowed to contain global warming to a level “well below” 2°C by 2100. In fact, in the first...
Posted On 30 Jul 2018
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Catastrophic Devastation or Manageable Recovery

...Phil McCarten/L.A. Daily News) A Question of Leadership Planners and civic leaders in both cities demonstrated great leadership, foresight and courage, said Reis. “People do remember those city planners in...
Posted On 09 Aug 2018
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