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Pakistan explores debt-for-nature scheme to accelerate its 10 billion tree tsunami

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, land, nature, pakistanBy CCR@IIXXI8 April 16, 2021

Creditors could grant Pakistan debt relief in exchange for meeting nature restoration targets, under a proposed first-of-its-kind bond The post Pakistan explores debt-for-nature scheme to...

Descendants of former slaves in the Brazilian Amazon are still waiting for their land rights

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 March 5, 2021

The process of providing land deeds to communities founded by former slaves was slow before Jair Bolsonaro, but the president’s budget cuts have completely stalled...

Mississippi biomass facility fined for emitting three times more air pollution than permitted

energy, justice, land, NEWS_ARCHIVE, public health, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 February 26, 2021

Wood pellet manufacturing plants have underreported emissions at plants throughout the South, which are most often in Black and low-income communities.

It’s time to end subsidies for burning wood from forests

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, energy, forests, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 February 10, 2021

Trees are worth much more to humanity alive than dead, say 500 scientists in an open letter to leaders in the EU, US and East...

Indian farmers head for showdown with government over agricultural reform

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, energy, farming, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 February 4, 2021

Already bearing heavy costs from climate change, Indian farmers fear the government’s market reforms will drive them deeper into debt The post Indian farmers head...

Cop26 dream team: The people setting the climate agenda on seven key issues

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, fossil fuels, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 February 4, 2021

From Denmark’s Dan Jørgensen to Malawi’s Nancy Tembo, here are the leaders to watch ahead of UN climate talks in Glasgow, UK The post Cop26...

Colombia banks on forest economy to deliver climate ambition leap

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, fossil fuels, land, Net zeroBy CCR@IIXXI8 January 14, 2021

Since the end of a 50-year civil war, Colombia has seen a spike in forest clearance, that the government now hopes to reverse with agroforestry...

The net tightens around illegal logging operations in Pará, Bolsonaro’s stronghold

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 December 21, 2020

Uruará voted for Brazil’s rightwing president hoping for a more relaxed approach to illegal logging, but enforcement agencies are cracking down The post The net...

In Kenya’s changing climate, women are claiming land rights to feed their families

adaptation, CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, kenya, landBy CCR@IIXXI8 December 18, 2020

Owning their own land allows Kenyan women to build resilience to drought and flooding, but many are unaware of laws intended to empower them The...

Brazil sets ‘indicative’ goal of carbon neutrality by 2060

CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, forests, land, Net zeroBy CCR@IIXXI8 December 9, 2020

Brazil is seeking to join the net zero club, but campaigners denounced its pledge as meaningless while deforestation rises under President Bolsonaro The post Brazil...