Emission Reduction News

The US state of California, which represents the fifth largest economy in the world, has adopted an ambitious new climate target. On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law…

A searchable database of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is now available through the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Launched in 2015…

JAKARTA —Demand for energy in China and Indonesia continues to drive the resurgence of the latter’s coal industry, setting back efforts in both countries to shift to a greater share…

Scientists say burning woody biomass is not carbon neutral, yet the United Nations IPCC appears to be ignoring its own guidelines, so substantial emissions aren’t getting counted. But nature knows.

Today’s episode features best-selling author and environmental activist Margaret Atwood as well as the founder of a beverage company rooted in the Amazon whose new book details the lessons he’s…

JAKARTA — Indonesia is taking a page out of Brazil’s playbook as it seeks to catch up on its carbon reduction commitments and net a financial windfall. Indonesia, a major…

Indonesia, a top carbon polluter, has a plan to cut its emissions. But unless it takes more drastic measures, it will miss the target it has set for itself, according…

As nations attempt to hedge against the worst effects of global warming by scaling back their carbon emissions, a new study is questioning the accuracy of a pivotal "pre-industrial" measurement…

Air pollution from coal-fired power plants is already a major killer in Southeast Asia and that death toll could more than triple in the next 15 years, according to a…

MARRAKESH, Morocco – Forest preservation advocates, for decades the overlooked stepchildren in United Nations climate negotiations, find themselves at the center of a raging debate in the 22nd UN summit…

Last week, Indonesia joined 81 other nations by signing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Paris Agreement, which replaces the Kyoto Protocol as the country’s commitment to reducing its…

In December 2015, China announced a three-year ban on new coal mine approvals, starting 2016. China -- the world’s biggest coal producer and consumer -- is also planning on a number…

In October, Uganda committed to reduce carbon emissions 22 percent by 2030 by significantly increasing its forest cover. But a booming local charcoal trade and allegedly underfunded forestry departments may make this a challenging goal.

A drainage canal extends into a peatland forest in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. Photo: Rhett A. Butler The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is drastically undercounting emissions from…

Alto Maues designated a federal reserve to curb carbon emissions Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced the declaration of a new federal reserve deep in the Amazon rainforest. The…

Scientists will call for a major push this week to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through the use of a modified tropical grass. Brachiaria grasses have…

When historians look back at the fight to combat climate change—not to mention the struggle to overcome our global addiction to fossil fuels—will 2011 be considered a watershed moment? Maybe.…

In a bizarre announcement that threatens to further weaken the international community’s ability to come together on climate change, Russia has said it will reduce its emissions 10-15 percent from…