Casebook on REDD On-the-Ground Impacts

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International and WWF have recently released Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD):  A Casebook of On-the-Ground Experience, which offers analysis of key REDD issues through investigation of specific cases.  The report endorses REDD, frequently using the cases to [...]

New National Academy of Sciences Study on Temperature Increases/Impacts

Below is the Executive Summary of an important new study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, entitled Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. The study assesses the link between specific increases in temperature and environmental impacts EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new [...]