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…
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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.
The new International Panel on Climate Change report emphasizes how important it is to balance multiple public goods in global land use planning—food security, environmentally responsible renewable energy development to fight climate change, and conservation of large, intact landscapes for…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from food in the U.S., according to litigation filed today in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by Earthjustice on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense…
The recently released special report on land and climate change tells us that we can have a more hopeful future, because everyone, from governments and large food companies to ordinary people, has the power to make a difference in the…
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