Expert BlogChina, InternationalJake Schmidt, Alvin Lin
On the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Osaka at the end of June, China and France issued a statement with UN Secretary-General Guterres committing to strengthen their climate targets, or national determined contributions (NDCs), under the Paris Agreement next…
We need climate action now. We needed it years ago. The Climate Stewardship Act will give farmers the much-needed resources needed to help us in that fight, and it is not a moment too soon.
Expert BlogInternational, United States, New York, New York City, CaliforniaSujatha Bergen
A new report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today is the third in six months from the world’s leading experts to show that rising to the challenge of the climate crisis will require not only…
The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) is planning to launch a proceeding to explore whether the state should play a larger role in ensuring “resource adequacy,” which simply means having enough electricity to meet overall customer demand at any…
A Special Report on Lands and Climate Change released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores both the fierce urgency to take action and the opportunities ahead when it comes to land-use decisions.
California’s agricultural communities are continuing to sound the alarm for the health of their children, as a promised statewide ban on chlorpyrifos—a pesticide that harms children’s brains—has yet to go into effect.
The world must take immediate action to transform the way we use our land—forestry, agriculture, industrial and urban development—in order to avoid a climate catastrophe.
The UN has issued a new report on the puzzle we must work out to combat climate change, secure food supplies, and avoid the extinction of more than a million species.
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate change and land use sounds the alarm about the risks of turning large swaths of land around the world to grow crops for various forms of so-called…
Expert BlogInternational, CanadaAnthony Swift, Jennifer Skene
The IPCC Special Report on Lands and Climate highlights the central role global intact forests must place in preventing catastrophic climate change and highlights the need to transform how we use our forests. As a starting place, we must stop…
Expert BlogInternationalJoAnne Berkenkamp, Elizabeth Balkan
The IPCC lands report makes clear that the food system is a significant driver of climate change, but that it can also be a vital part of the solution.