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Recovering forests regain a quarter of carbon lost from deforestation

Envirotec Magazine

Tropical forests are vital ecosystems in the fight against climate change. Yet vast areas of forest are still degraded or lost through deforestation and environmental changes, despite many countries pledging forest restoration. The findings demonstrate the important carbon value of conserving recovering forests.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill

DeSmogBlog

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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Not me guv, or why Climate Change is always someone’s fault

Terra Infirma

Not UK emissions or UK use of fossil fuels! No one wants to confirm it’s Africa, Asia & South America that’s the real problem! If we all shift away from consuming fossil fuels, then BP’s profits goes down the toilet and they go bust.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. Deadly heat can hit basically anywhere, catching people off-guard.

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Mining Giants Embrace Renewables, But Decarbonization Remains a Steep Climb

GreenTechMedia

Escondida is the world’s largest copper mine, and converting it to renewables would require the equivalent of 2 gigawatts of solar energy, according to Verónica Martinez, climate change lead at the International Council on Mining and Metals, the mining sector’s main industry body.

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

These fish would otherwise be feeding communities — already hard hit by climate change — who have no other way to replace this lost superfood, which contains the nutrients most needed by children in their first 1,000 days of life. This has the potential to cut off one area of growth for the fossil fuel industry.