The UK's marshes, bogs and fens provided the bare necessities of daily life for many centuries.
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Done right, offsetting projects can benefit local people and make a measurable difference to carbon emissions.
Flooding isn't always destructive – it can be part of our toolkit for restoring ecosystems.
The age of a forest can influence how effectively it offsets our emissions.
The Canadian dialogue on agriculture’s role in climate change is murky. Its time to be more clear and vocal on where challenges and opportunities lie.
The lack of progress by governments in reducing global emissions means bold solutions across multiple fronts are now needed.
Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here's how to go about it the right way.
Much of the UK's farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
Restoring Britain's woodlands and peatlands isn't just a utopian dream.
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
At best, planting trees won't be enough on its own to slow climate change. At worst, it's a dangerous distraction.
'Natural climate solutions' are vital. But huge plantations of the same tree should not count.
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia
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Professor, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Teaching and Research in Environmental Biology, Edinburgh Napier University
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Reader in River Science, University of Salford
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Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford
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Professor of Environmental Geography and Reader in Tourism and Environmental Change, Sheffield Hallam University
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PhD Candidate, Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
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Professor in Practice, Lancaster University
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Climate Change, Forests and Livelihoods, University of Reading
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Professor of Biology, University of St Andrews
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Head of Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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United Nations University
