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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

World leaders are missing the opportunity to achieve deep cuts in emissions by adopting circular economy strategies that reduce demand for resources, it warns, and it identifies a roadmap that it says could help them meet the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. By 2000 it was 54.9 But we can only do it by joining forces.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The word Anthropocene was coined by biologist Eugene Stormer and chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000 and has since gained popularity and acclaim. . The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, causing severe biodiversity loss and leading to changes in ecosystem services.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing. kg CO2e per day.

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30 of world’s largest cities have hit peak greenhouse gas emissions milestone, C40 analysis shows

AGreenLiving

As part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement , first enacted in 2016, countries across the globe — and their respective cities, some of which are members of the C40 — have agreed to decrease global warming by keeping the collective planet-wide temperature rise to no more than 1.5

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

On top of that, the land plays host to much of the planet's biodiversity, providing incalculable benefits to humanity and the global economy, starting with the pollination that underpins the global food system. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds

Grist

Since 2000, the world has lost about 10 percent of its tree cover , becoming a major driver of global heating. We must reduce deforestation to slow global warming,” said Yu Feng. When trees are cut down, they release the carbon they store into the atmosphere. Tropical forests are huge stores of carbon.

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Understanding Soil Carbon Science To Identify Strategies For Climate Mitigation And Adaptation

Energy Innovation

We laid out technical research and knowledge supporting soil-based initiatives for climate adaptation of agriculture, provision of clean water, protection of biodiversity, and the sustainability of agricultural communities. Drought severity is relative to non-drought years for the time period of the analysis (2000–2016).

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