Deforestation
Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. Between 15 - 18 million hectares of forest, an area the size of Belgium are destroyed every year, on average 2,400 trees are cut down each minute.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations defines deforestation as the conversion of forest to other …
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Climate Action Tracker · 22 November 2024 English
This report evaluates the 2035 emissions reduction targets necessary for major emitters and COP Presidencies Troika countries to align with a 1.5°C warming limit. The analysis includes seven large emitters—China, …
it has made no explicit commitment to halt deforestation and lacks strong policy to drive emissions reductions … this data into gross emissions (largely from deforestation) and gross sink (largely from maintaining existing … So if Brazil e.g. is responsible for X% of deforestation emissions in Latin America in the historical … Brazil gets X% of future gross emissions from deforestation (which are rapidly declining). Similarly, if …
PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 21 November 2024 English
A displaced person in Chad shared: “These displacements are observed in the localities of the two provinces [Lac and Hadjer-Lamis] but more severely in the villages and islands of the …
countries, where displacement often results from deforestation and land degradation, as the loss of arable …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 French
Dans le cadre du traité sur les plastiques, les entreprises qui innovent dans le domaine de la réutilisation (notamment de la recharge) et de la réparation bénéficieront de la croissance …
peuvent engendrer demultiples dommages, la déforestation, l’utilisation accrue des produits agrochimiques … forêts tropicales humides, entraînant de la déforestation, de la pollution toxique et des pertes de biodiversité … de la pulpe de bois, ce qui entraîne de la déforestation, des dégâts sur la biodiversité sylvestre, l'augmentation …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 English
This would be important in order to complete the drafting and agreement on treaty text including all the core obligations needed to end plastic pollution across the life cycle of …
these plastics may causemultiple harms, from deforestation, increased use of agrochemicals, and food insecurity … within or near tropical rainforests, causing deforestation, toxic pollution and biodiversity loss, as well … production and extraction of wood pulp, generating deforestation, harm to forest biodiversity, increased susceptibility …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 19 November 2024 French
Des stratégies climatiques et de planification de la qualité de l’air intégrées Mettre à profit des mesures de planification et de mise en œuvre en faveur de la qualité de …
la politique climatique biodiversité (zéro déforestation d’ici 2030), le Pacte nationale, ce qui est … biodiversité : leur potentiel d’atténuation ; zéro déforestation d’ici 2030 ; Pacte mondial sur le méthane : … « Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, burden of disease » (La pollution …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 19 November 2024 French
renforcer l’établissement de rapports, le suivi et la surveillance des gaz à effet de serre (GES), des superpolluants et d’autres émissions de polluants atmosphériques pour orienter les futurs processus de …
tous les types de forêt, mettre un terme à la déforestation (...) RESSOURCES POUR DES INFORMATIONS COMPLÉMENTAIRES … tous les types de forêt, mettre un terme à la déforestation, restaurer les forêts dégradées et accroître … Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires …
WHO: World Health Organization · 18 November 2024 French
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potentiels des changements climatiques, tels que la déforestation et la disparation de l’habitat des animaux …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 15 November 2024 Spanish
Objetivos para el conjunto de la economía que incluyan el CO₂ y los contaminantes distintos del CO₂ en todos los sectores Incluya las emisiones de CO₂ y de contaminantes distintos …
“Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 15 November 2024 Spanish
Reforzar la presentación de informes, la supervisión y el seguimiento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI), de supercontaminantes y de otros contaminantes atmosféricos para respaldar la planificación …
“Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 14 November 2024 English
Shelton Nyakundi, an 18-year-old student at the Menengai boarding school in Nakuru, Kenya, believes one simple thing could make the difference between the academic success and failure of many pupils: …
taps solar energy to heat water and reduce deforestation Nyakundi says to save money, his school switches … taps solar energy to heat water and reduce deforestation African cities embrace walking and cycling as …
