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collaboration. Net-zero. Those two words have become the near-universal language for policymakers intent on sealing a deal at the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland in November. But are they the key to fulfilling the promises to hold warming to 1.5 C made at a similar climate summit in Paris six years ago, or, as some scientists and activists are now saying, are they a dangerous delusion to which climate scientists have become complicit? Achieving “net-zero” requires that any carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by absorbing an equivalent amount of CO2 fr...

Net-Zero Emissions: Winning Strategy or Destined for Failure? Net-zero emissions — balancing emissions by absorbing equivalent amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere — is the defining approach of international climate efforts. But some scientists are arguing that this strategy simply allows the perpetuation of the status quo and is certain to fail. Net zero. Those two words have become the near-universal language for policymakers intent on sealing a deal at the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland in November. But are they the key to fulfilling the promises to hold warming to 1.5 degree...

April 22, 2021 You are here: Home / Business / Why we can’t afford to dismiss carbon offsetting in a climate crisis Why we can’t afford to dismiss carbon offsetting in a climate crisis (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bronson Griscom, Senior Director, Natural Climate Solutions at Conservation International We have 10 years to prevent irreversible damage to the planet due to climate change. Despite this urgency, critical tools such as carbon offsetting, have been tarnished by claim...

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Eleonora Albasi on Unsplash. This story originally appeared in Inside Climate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This report also was made possible in part by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  As a kid, Lauren Lydick would pack up a towel, a "Harry Potter" book, and head out alone into the bamboo groves. As a teenager, she took a blanket, "War and Peace" and weed. Sometimes reading, some...

The Radical Case for Growing Huge Swaths of Bamboo in North America The grass has a bad rap in the U.S. as an invasive nuisance, but the plant can quickly sequester at least double—and maybe even six times—the amount of carbon as a similar stand of trees. By Audrey Gray Related Share this article This report was made possible in part by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  As a kid, Lauren Lydick would pack up a towel, a Harry Potter book, and head out alone into the bamboo groves. As a teenager, she took a blanket,