Climate impacts in northern forests
Northern forests hold around 54% of the world’s total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink. This report reviews the impact of human induced
Carbon Sinks
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Earth matters - Tackling the climate crisis from the ground up
The way that industrial agriculture has treated soils has been a key factor in provoking the current climate crisis. But soils can also be a part of the solution, to a much greater extent than is commonly acknowledged.
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REDD-plus: will the broad bridge hold up under the strain?
In 2007, when the Bali Action Plan introduced REDD as a possible method of mitigating climate change, it thereby expanded the potential role of forests in the post-2012 climate change regime.
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Hu announces steps to combat climate change
UNITED NATIONS: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday announced four measures that China would adopt to further integrate action on climate change into its economic and social development plan.
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Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica
Feedbacks on climate change so far identified are predominantly positive, enhancing the rate of change. Loss of sea-ice, increase in desert areas, water vapour increase, loss of tropical rain forest and the restriction of significant areas of marine productivity to higher latitude (thus smaller geographical zones) all lead to an enhancement of the rate of change.
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States to get 'green' bonus for forest cover
Shishir Prashant / Dehra Dun September 07, 2009, 0:29 IST The Centre today announced
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Dryland opportunities: a new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development
This latest IUCN paper presents a vision for drylands that makes their sustainable development a global responsibility. Focuses on maximizing the opportunities that exist for sustainable dryland development and empowerment of local people at national and international levels.
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India: taking on climate change - twenty recent initiatives related to climate change
This document details the recent initiatives being undertaken by the Ministry of environment and Forests to address the issue of climate change. These are in the field of forestry, energy efficiency, research agenda and CDM capacities.
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An assessment of monitoring requirements and costs of 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation'
Negotiations on a future climate policy framework addressing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) are ongoing. Regardless of how such a framework will be designed, many technical solutions of estimating forest cover and forest carbon stock change exist to support policy in monitoring and accounting.
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Harmonizing soil organic carbon estimates in historical and current data
Estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC) is indispensable
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Carbon traders bet on California redwoods
A stand of young redwoods, survivors in what was once a magnificent forest of towering giants, could play a small part of the battle to slow global warming -- and forms part of an emerging market.