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Boosting Indonesia’s International Image Through Environmental Commitments
Tropical forests teeming with life, coral reefs glistening with a thousand hues, and a tapestry of species unlike any other on earth have become...
Amazon deforestation declines, but more still needs to be done, particularly as effects of climate change become increasingly visible
Recent data indicating a significant reduction in deforestation rates in the Amazon has been met with cautious optimism by environmentalists and policymakers. According to...
Safeguarding India’s Forest Frontline: A Key Priority for the Government
Protecting India's forest frontline is the major concern of the government as well as environmentalists while considering the humanitarian aspects of the guards and...
Ghana Begins Receiving Payments for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Forest Landscapes
Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation...
Successful Pilot Shows How Artificial Intelligence Can Fight Wildfires
A dramatic rise in the frequency and severity of wildfires is undermining efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in combating climate change. According...
Forests and Renewable Energy: Towards a Cleaner Planet
Population growth and energy demand will continue to rise year after year, necessitating more land and energy resources. Despite the fact that COVID-19 has...
Commitments for forests are nowhere near what is needed to reach Paris Agreement ambition
The world is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030, critical for a credible pathway to the 1.5°C...
Protecting forests on the front line of the climate-change battle
By  SANDRINE CEURSTEMONT
Forests help counter global warming, but they are also threatened by it. Many tree species struggled this past summer as much of Europe...
Forests for Climate: Scaling up Forest Conservation to Reach Net Zero
The role of forests in the global carbon cycle is fundamental. Unless tropical deforestation is halted, there can be no solution to the climate...
China will aim to plant and conserve 70 billion trees by 2030
Xie Zhenhua, China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change announced the country’s active response to the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org initiative, the platform supporting the...