Beyond carbon storage: the Congo Basin forest as rainmaker
By Denis J. Sonwa Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research Responses to climate change are grouped into two main categories: mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change) and adaptation (adjusting livelihoods and life styles due to the i nfluences of climate change). Amongst adaptation strategies, ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) is an approach that promotes...
Ministers from 25 Nations Commit to Scaling Up Voluntary Action to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Rapid Growth of Country Members-from 6 to 25 in Less Than 12 Months – Underlines World-Wide Interest in Voluntary Initiative Doha (Qatar), 6 December 2012 – Six new countries today joined an international effort aimed at fast action on reducing black carbon, methane, some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and other short-lived climate pollutants (SCLPs). The announcement by Chile,...
Latin Americans team up on an unprecedented effort to improve the climate and air quality with the creation of the Latin American Network for the Reduction of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (RACC)
August 22, 2012 – Non-governmental organizations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexicoand Paraguayhave partnered with renowned scientists to create the Latin American Network for the Reduction of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. The network will coordinate local and regional actions and strategies for reducing these climactic precursors with the goal of mitigating climate change and improving air quality. The...
