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Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tons of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, according to new research. More than half of people globally currently live in cities&#x20...

According to new research from Germanys Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), living in timber cities could reduce emissions.

More than half of people globally currently live in cities and this proportion is set to rise markedly by 2050. 

Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions while preserving enough

Want to save carbon and land? Study suggests wooden cities

Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, research suggested Tuesday.

Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, research…

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Gradually replacing 20 percent of global beef and lamb consumption with meat-textured proteins grown in stainless steel vats could cut agriculture-related CO2 emissions and deforestation in half by 2050, researchers say. Compared to a current-trends projection for population growth and food dem...

Researchers reported on Wednesday that swapping half of red meat consumption for microbe based beef, would reduce tree loss and CO2 pollution.