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High-moisture fruit crops like bananas may become a firefighter’s strongest ally in places with a Mediterranean climate. New research shows that buffers of high-moisture crops in wildland-urban interfaces significantly slows the advance of wildfires.

This is just another tool in the arsenal of Cancel Culture. What we are facing is a raft of programs that are attacking our proven successful system of private property, free markets, and personal life choices. It must all be “transitioned” into social justice — the doublespeak of sustainable/social

Europe's mature forests are declining, hurting overall forest health. But new laws, including the EU Forest Monitoring Framework, could help correct course.

Carbon dioxide removal technologies have an important role to play — alongside deep emissions reductions — as countries aim to reach net zero and meet their climate commitments. But these technologies and approaches are new and not well understood. Determining how they can and should be used will be an ongoing task.

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Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement on climate change calls for “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” However, eight years since its adoption, there's still confusion over Article 2.1(c)'s scope and how it should be implemented.

Tens of thousands of people are heading to Dubai in early December for COP28, the annual international climate summit convened by the United Nations.

Tens of thousands of people are heading to Dubai in early December for COP28, the annual international climate summit convened by the United Nations.

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Global pulp prices have fallen steadily since late 2022, when they reached record highs. The most significant decline has been for hardwood pulp, traded at a substantial discount to softwood pulp. Global pulp inventories were down during the summer, and there were signs that the market tightened, and pulp producers were starting to see opportunities to move prices upward in the fourth quarter of 2023 following almost 12 months of declining pulp prices.