DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

These family-owned and often impoverished producers each manage only a few hectares of land, but they provide a third of the world’s food and up to 80 percent of food in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Put simply, they are the bulwark against global hunger, yet they have received just 0.3 percent of climate finance.

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Greenability Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Planting garlic ( Allium sativum ), a crop native to Central Asia and grown for more than 5,000 years, is a quintessential fall garden activity. Plant cloves two to three inches deep into loose soil with the pointed end covered but going up. When you apply the mulch, sprinkle a little loose soil over the mulch and wet it down.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Your gift will produce oxygen, improve air quality, sequester CO2, help reduce urban heat gain, prevent soil erosion, provide windbreaks, feed people, support wildlife, reduce violence and bring people together, according to Tree People, a non-profit organization that supports trees. So, this year, consider giving a tree. Help plant a forest.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 30, 2022

Recently, ASEAN has strengthened its commitment to increasing energy security and resilience, as well as creating a low emissions electricity sector through the adoption of renewable energy. This ensured fewer soiling losses and provided a better albedo effect. Sepang’s digital prowess.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Serving as a United States Marine in the Asia Pacific region, Briana Buckles often witnessed extreme poverty. His interest in environmental resilience was born in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, after accompanying his father to the region to help with reconstruction. . Elsa Wenzel. Briana Buckles, 29. LinkedIn . Heather Clancy.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

With a national average of 232 people/km2, Vietnam has the highest population density in Southeast Asia after Singapore. Chances of flooding could rise as there will be more incidence of extreme rainfall and soil fertility also decreases. Inter- and intra-seasonal rainfall, drought, and dry season will be seen more significantly.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Attention on the world's food system is reaching boiling point, with the Food Summit set to focus upon five key action areas: hunger, consumption, nature positive solutions, livelihoods and resilience. Build food systems for resilience. The future of food is regenerative.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And even a light rain can wash away the soil from mountain slopes where the coffee plants grow. Pointing to the reddish river water mixed with mud, Xing said: “The mountain can’t hold soil anymore. Soil should be healthy, waterways protected and the health and wellbeing of workers guaranteed. The fertilizers are all wasted.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2020, we’re looking for companies whose innovations help us accelerate the transition to a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable energy sector. ” — Nneka Uzoh, Director of Energy Innovation. Enhanced roadway infrastructure safety, resiliency and disaster planning. FOOD & AGRICULTURE. Food safety and traceability.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Enterprises interested in deploying projects in Hawaii, California’s low- to moderate-income communities, and Asia Pacific. In the agriculture sector, we want to improve food supply resiliency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production, distribution, and disposal. Soil management technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon. It’s a term favoured by many food companies, despite the fact that scientists have said that soils are not a reliable way to store carbon in the long term, and that removals can be easily undone.

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Grist

OCTOBER 20, 2019

We need to protect and improve the carbon sequestration by agricultural soils and grazing lands. Even what we think of as mature forests are still accumulating carbon because carbon makes up about roughly half of the dry weight of wood, but it is also in the soils. Even older forests continue to accumulate carbon in the soils.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 20, 2019

How they grow coffee will have its own part to play, with intensive farming potentially leading to soil depletion and deforestation. The plant has evolved to grow underneath forest canopy, where the quality of the soil provides it with good nourishment. As the world warms, farmers will experience events like this more often.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

While the UK government claims that the country's emissions have fallen by 41 per cent since 1990, this figure is based on calculations that include only emissions produced on British soil.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Such projects also support ecosystem services, biodiversity, access to freshwater, climate resilience, improved livelihoods, healthy diets, and food security. Similarly, forest protection can deliver significant flood resilience, soil quality, and water security benefits, above and beyond the obvious carbon savings.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

There had also been speculation that candidates from Asia or Africa were likely to be preferred given the past four holders of the post have been from Latin America and Europe. The new fund aims to help boost soil health and farm resilience as Canadian potato farmers face the escalating impacts of climate change on yield and crop quality.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Asia dominates the market with 97.4 The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center estimates that governments spent about $120m in 2019 trying to clean Caribbean beaches, with limited success. Between 1969 and 2019, global seaweed production increased to 35.8 million metric tons from 2.2 Then there's the issue of money.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. It is the first book in a series on Climate Risk Management, Policy and Governance.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

” —Elsa Wenzel Briana Buckles, 29 Sustainability Manager, East West Tea Company; Eugene, Oregon LinkedIn Serving as a United States Marine in the Asia Pacific region, Briana Buckles often witnessed extreme poverty. Our consumers are not only asking for it, but expecting it.” That voice is powerful.”

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