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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

My hope is that they can help farmers diversify their production systems and sequester carbon," says Eric Smith, investment officer for the trust. "In According to Project Drawdown, agroforestry practices are some of the best natural methods to pull carbon out of the air. There is no clear definition. Media Source. Courtesy of.

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

Envirotec Magazine

A new atlas published on 26 May shows that 54 per cent of the world’s land surface consists of vast tracts of land covered by grass, shrubs or sparse, hardy vegetation that support millions of pastoralists, hunter gatherers, ranchers and large populations of wildlife – and store large amounts of carbon.

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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

Business Green

Inconsistencies in the definition of deforestation: The roadmap uses different meanings of eliminating deforestation throughout. The roadmap's definitions also bring up a geography question. Grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and other carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems are also being plowed up too.

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The scandal of calling plantations 'forest restoration' is putting climate targets at risk

Business Green

As trees grow they remove carbon from the atmosphere. Spurred by the necessities of drastically cutting emissions and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to meet climate targets, many countries, including Brazil, India and China, have committed large areas to forest restoration. above pre-industrial levels.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. . There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue," Waxman says.

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“A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance”: My annotated version of Larry Fink’s Bombshell CEO Letter

Andrew Winston

The way he’s framed the shifting definition of value creation, to include long-term thinking and pressing societal issues, has been important. For a quick take on his letter (which is definitely worth a thorough reading), I’ve annotated it with my thoughts below. ” It was powerful stuff.

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We want to deliver a green recovery in partnership with business and finance

Business Green

Building the first fully-deployed carbon capture storage cluster by the mid-2020s. Supporting energy intensive industries as they move to low-carbon techniques. Today, nearly half a million people across our country are employed in the low carbon economy and its supply chains. And many of them require private finance to deliver.