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IPCC Assessment in depth, Part 12: What are the risks of ‘maladaptation’ and the unintended consequences of tackling climate change?

The threat that climate change poses to human well-being and the health of the planet is “unequivocal”, says the latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In this in-depth Q&A series, Carbon Brief unpacks the key findings of the report and the developments since the IPCC’s last assessment. (Read previous section here) By […]

March 15th

Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them

For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor Day on the last Friday in April by planting trees. Now business leaders, politicians, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or even trillions of trees to slow climate change. By Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo The Conversation As ecologists who study forest restoration, […]

April 30th

Reforestation: Pakistan plants a BILLION trees

The Billion Tree Tsunami project in Pakistan has been a success. About 730 million trees were regrown using various forestry measures for regeneration, and three hundred million seedlings were planted using about 40 different species in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. By Jake Richardson Cleantechnica Also, nine million eucalyptus trees were planted in Heroshah in […]

July 22nd