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First global atlas of rangelands launches, and reveals vulnerable state of a neglected ecosystem

Envirotec Magazine

Their goal is to make rangelands a prominent part of policy discussions around everything from confronting climate change to reducing poverty, managing threats to biodiversity and freshwater, and developing sustainable food systems. Much of the rest is threatened from escalating conversion, particularly for croplands.

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Amazon increases global renewables portfolio holdings, expands into Brazil, India, and Poland

Business Green

The company announced its latest green investments at New York Climate Week, confirming plans for its first project in South America in the form of a solar farm in Brazil, as well as its first solar farms in India and Poland. "We The company now has a total of 202 projects across North America.

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Nonprofit plants 80,000 trees in Kenya and Rwanda

AGreenLiving

The name of global environmental charity One Tree Planted seems excessively modest now, as they’ve just finished planting 80,000 trees in Africa. This program fits in with a country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030. Rwanda got 60,000 new trees, and Kenya got 20,000. In 2018, the nonprofit planted 1.3

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The daily life of a tree farmer with One Tree Planted

AGreenLiving

Founded in 2014, One Tree Planted works on reforestation projects in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Some of its goals are to restore forests after natural disasters, create jobs and enhance biodiversity.

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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

The City Fix

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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Trees face extinction, too. What can we do about it?

AGreenLiving

What provides habitat for half the world’s known plants and animals, is a vital component of biodiversity and an important economic crop? Central and South America lead in number of tree species, followed by tropical parts of Southeast Asia and Africa.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Senior Scientist, Curative San Dimas, CA, USA Legrand (North America) (‘14). Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Prithivi Chellamuthu. (He/Him/His) Katie Walsh.