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Offsetting carbon emissions sounds great. In practice, it’s often used to maintain the high-emissions status quo.
New research finds nature restoration only marginally lowers global warming. This pours cold water on the idea of using carbon offsets to solve the climate crisis.
Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.
Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.
These countries’ forestry sectors have traditionally focused on developing seed systems for few commercially viable and often exotic species like Acacia or Eucalyptus.
The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
The world is a much better place for the extra carbon being absorbed by forests, but it can never entirely offset emissions.
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
Mass tree planting could affect precipitation patterns.
Solve the climate and extinction crises together, or solve neither.
Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.
Planting trees is a popular way to do something for nature, but putting seedlings in the ground is just the first step. And without long-term care, those sprouts may not last.
No-one says reducing emissions from the agriculture sector will be easy. But it must be done, or farmers will suffer the most.
Zero emission? Carbon neutral? Carbon negative? What does it mean to achieve ‘net-zero’ emissions?
Energy Minister Angus Taylor is this week expected to release the government’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement. It’s likely to include ways to remove CO₂ from the air – but do they work?
New research finds forest regeneration on sheep pasture is an economically viable way to fight climate change.
The age of a forest can influence how effectively it offsets our emissions.
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability, Concordia University
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Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Climate Change Impacts, CNRS, University of Texas, University of Plymouth
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Associate Fellow, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Soils and Global Change, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Associate in Tropical Forest Ecology, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Biogeography, The University of Edinburgh
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Researcher in Ecology, Federal University of Pará
