The European Union recently passed the Deforestation Regulation, a groundbreaking law that requires companies to prove their products are not linked to deforestation in order to import them into the EU. What products are covered? And can the regulations help you choose products that don’t harm forests too, even if you live outside of Europe? Deforestation is a major environmental […]
Staying within the Paris Climate Accord’s 1.5 degrees Celsius limit, at which potentially devastating climate changes will occur, requires ending deforestation before 2030. But as of 2020, the world was still losing about 38,600 square miles of forest annually. Meet Allan Traicoff, chief commercial officer at Emergent, a nonprofit that creates incentives for and connects businesses to natural climate solutions […]
Staying within the Paris Climate Accord’s 1.5 degrees Celsius limit, at which potentially devastating climate changes will occur, requires ending deforestation before 2030. But as of 2020, the world was still losing about 38,600 square miles of forest annually. Meet Allan Traicoff, chief commercial officer at Emergent, a nonprofit that creates incentives for and connects businesses to natural climate solutions […]
Existing rainforests are our most effective natural method to prevent climate change. They process between 1.2 billion and 1.8 billion tons of carbon annually, flushing excess CO2 from the environment. Deforestation destroys the planet’s lungs. Let’s save the rainforests, our planet, and ourselves. Share We Earthling posters to inspire others with your stories. This poster was originally published on November […]