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Tag: greenhouse gases

"Offsetting" is when an individual or organization compensates for their greenhouse gas emissions by supporting certified projects that reduce global carbon dioxide levels. Imso Gabriel, Unsplash

So you want to offset your emissions? Read this first

A quick guide to how to offset emissions best, from understanding key terminology to finding the right projects to support.

 
Major global greenhouse gas emitters are not increasing their reduction targets enough to prevent global warming, finds new report. Martin Sepion, Unsplash.

From NDCs to finance, major emitters lack ambition in tackling climate crisis, says report

From NDCs to finance, countries have a long way to to prevent runaway climate change, says Climate Action Tracker report ahead of COP 26.

 
Mangrove conservationist Camille Rivera joins the Global Landscapes Forum Digital Conference from a remote hilltop in the Philippines, near where she conducts her work. Photo: Aoibheann Gillespie-Mules

Digital conferencing: our best new tool for addressing global crises?

The Global Landscapes Forum proves digital conferencing holds massive advantages for climate, social and knowledge-sharing goals.

 
The 25th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 25) is held 2–13 December 2019 in Madrid under the Presidency of the Government of Chile. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

Participants of COP 25 on what they expect from the year’s pinnacle climate event

As COP 25 kicks off in Madrid, Landscape News talked youth, Indigenous women and scientists about their hopes and concerns for the U.N. climate conference.

 
In 2018, more than USD 44 billion was raised from carbon pricing, including carbon taxes, according to the World Bank. Trending Topics 2019, Flickr

A brief explainer on carbon markets

What are carbon markets, and how do they work? This short article explains carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, voluntary markets and more.

 
Nutrition survey, DR Congo

Growing a green, healthy rice bowl

New methods of growing rice can increase yields by up to 200 percent, while reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Forests rise as climate solutions in Asia and the Pacific

Countries leverage a decade of REDD+ to advance the Paris Agreement

 

Test your restoration knowledge

See how much you know about ongoing initiatives to re-green the planet

 

Fateful effects of climate change could come sooner than expected, says IPCC

New report explains a 1.5-degree-warmer world

 

Indigenous innovation could save a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases

Of the 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year, about 2 billion tonnes (4%) come from wildfires. Warmer temperatures, driven by El Niño, can drive emissions even higher. Emissions from last year’s Indonesian fires alone were estimated to be 1.78 billion tonnes and, in 1997, 4.2 billion tonnes. Getting wildfire […]

 

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