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Welcome to the Pyrocene

Grist

Siberian fires moved north of their home territory and flared beyond the Arctic Circle. Where fires were not visible, the lights of cities and of gas flares were: combustion via the transubstantiation of coal and gas into electricity. It generates raw power. The Pantanal wetlands in central South America burned.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. The forest is our home; when we leave the forest or if the forest dies, we shall die. Old men sit in the shade because they planted a tree many years before." - Ugandan proverb.