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CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL

Natural climate solutions

“Natural Climate Solutions” (NCS) help nature do what it’s been doing for millions of years: sequester and store carbon. New research shows that these solutions could deliver 37% of the emissions reductions needed to limit global warming to 2°C.

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CLIMATE CHANGE CONTAMINATION

Grasslands more reliable Carbon sink than trees

Forests have long served as a critical carbon sink, consuming about a quarter of the carbon dioxide pollution produced by humans worldwide. But decades of fire suppression, warming temperatures and drought have increased wildfire risks — turning California’s forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources.

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CONTAMINACION DESARROLLO ENERGIA

Los bancos apoyan a las empresas emisoras de CO2

Así lo señala un informe divulgado hoy por BankTrack, una red internacional de ONG que hace un seguimiento de la actividad del sector financiero, en un acto paralelo a la XVII Conferencia de la ONU sobre Cambio Climático (COP17) de Durban (Sudáfrica). El documento, titulado “Financiando el cambio climático”, examina la cartera de negocios de 93 […]