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Large branches fall from the western Amazon rainforest canopy at a surprising rate

Sarah McQuate 18 Nov 2016

Morocco plants millions of trees along roads to fight climate change

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2016

Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2016

Forest advocates say zero-carbon goals too reliant on unrealistic tech

Justin Catanoso 15 Nov 2016

Trump election leaves COP22 climate delegates aghast, shaken but firm

Justin Catanoso 11 Nov 2016

Climate change is impacting all aspects of life on Earth: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Nov 2016

Restoring degraded land could mean big financial gains for Latin America

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Nov 2016

Beyond Paris: COP22, a critical nuts-and-bolts carbon-cutting summit

Justin Catanoso 3 Nov 2016

Nearly $1 billion in forest carbon finance committed in 2015

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2016

Pledging to reduce emissions while expanding its power grid, Indonesia walks a fine line

Melati Kaye 28 Oct 2016

Efforts to stop deforestation in DRC may be misplaced, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Oct 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 11 Oct 2016

Is REDD+ finance really put to work in the right places?

Andreas Scheba / Jens Friis Lund / Mathew Bukhi / Eliezeri Sungusia 5 Oct 2016

139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports from Malaysia peat congress

Loren Bell 4 Oct 2016

Going green with the aviation industry (commentary)

Devan Wardwell, Jeffrey Chatellier 29 Sep 2016
Bags of Peruvian coffee beans. Photo by Terra Nera via Wikimedia Commons

Innovative tax credit takes aim at deforestation in Peru

Joseph Charpentier 28 Sep 2016
Flowers in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Ecuador begins pumping oil from famed ITT-block in Yasuní

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2016

California governor signs landmark climate and clean energy bills into law

Mike Gaworecki 12 Sep 2016

Researchers say addressing the second D in REDD can benefit the climate while ensuring timber harvests

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2016

REDD+ funds are being put to work in the right places: report

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2016
Kelp and sardines in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in California. Photo courtesy of NOAA's National Ocean Service

Could kelp forests keep ocean acidification at bay?

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2016

Deforestation: a lingering legacy

John Cannon 10 Aug 2016

Trees share carbon: new discovery may be key to saving trees in a warming world

Christina Selby 10 Aug 2016

China’s coal use has peaked ‘sooner than expected’

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jul 2016

Forest conservation can offset emissions from palm oil expansion in Africa: Study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2016

“Less meat, less heat:” Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron call for less meat consumption to combat climate change

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jun 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016

SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2

Loren Bell 31 May 2016

Dams flood 36,000 hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 May 2016

Climate negotiators focus on carbon credits, underplay human rights

Justin Catanoso 23 May 2016

Recent plantation expansions on peatlands came with huge carbon costs

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Apr 2016

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