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For the first time ever at a climate summit, the final text of this month’s COP27 included a “forests” section and a reference to “nature-based solutions.” But its premature to declare a victory for forests.

When it comes to preventing climate change, our strongest ally is nature itself, but unleashing its full potential to absorb carbon, prevent floods and heal from years of abuse is a struggle. The biggest barrier to creating a sustainable future is not climate scepticism, or the scale of the problem or even cost. It's an accounting anomaly.

Wildfires pose serious risks to human health through transboundary air pollution, new data suggests.

With low commodity prices, growing environmental concerns, and difficulties with market access and supply chains, the pressure is now on oil and gas companies to innovate. For the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), which has a mandate to accelerate AI adoption in industries such as oil and gas, the key is not to do the

/PRNewswire/ -- As world leaders gather at COP27 to discuss how to make good on their commitments to end deforestation, the Royal Government of Cambodias...

World is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030

Ghana Receives Climate Change Grant

Ghana Receives Climate Change Grant

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 Paris Agreement goal, according to a new report by the UN-REDD Programme, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Green Gigaton Challenge (GGC). It finds that for the 2030 goals to remain within reach, a one gigaton milestone of emissions reductions from forests must be achieved not later than 2025, and yearly af...

The United States and Norway have launched a new global challenge to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector. The “Green Shipping Challenge” was launched Monday...