British Reporter– Nature-based solutions (NbS) can contribute to the fight against climate change up to the end of our century, according to new Oxford research in the leading scientific journal Nature. The analysis suggests that, to limit global temperature rise, we must slash
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British Reporter– The 21st century has seen a surge in governments’ strategic protection of forests, for good reason. Forest protection enhances people’s lives while slowing climate change by enabling trees, soil and grasslands to perform their natural functions of removing carbon dioxide
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British Reporter — The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup announced that Coca-Cola will become a Global Implementation Partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river project. The unique partnership brings the international company and technological non-profit together behind a clear objective: to stem
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British Reporter — This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows how this can be successfully achieved, EBRD
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British Reporter — Scientists exploring the drivers of Antarctic climate change have discovered a new and more efficient pathway for the creation of natural aerosols and clouds which contribute significantly to temperature increases.
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British Reporter — Sea level rise from the melting of ice could be halved this century if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5°C. This is the finding of a new study, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
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British Reporter — New calculations show the rise due to warming would be 30% above forecasts, according to Harvard University. Global sea-level rise associated with the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been significantly underestimated in previous studies, meaning the
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British Reporter — The LEAF Coalition is a new public-private global initiative to raise at least $1 billion to protect the world’s tropical rainforests. Amazon is helping to drive a new global initiative of governments and leading companies that aims to mobilize at
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British Reporter — World Wildlife Fund (WWF) welcomes the groundbreaking $1 billion coalition that aims to raise global climate ambition and urgently halt deforestation announced today during the Leaders Summit on Climate by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom
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British Reporter — A group of international scientists, including UvA professor Judy Shamoun-Baranes, warns that changes to European meteorological data policies threaten biodiversity monitoring as they make vital data unavailable. In a letter published in Science on 16 April, they point out
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