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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Climate Bill Impact On U.S. Farms Bearable: Lawmaker
The impact on U.S. farms and ranches from climate-change legislation will be bearable, partly because of the chance to earn money for controlling greenhouse gases, said the House Agriculture Committee chairman on Tuesday.
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Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year.
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Permafrost Melting a Growing Climate Threat
The amount of carbon locked away in frozen soils in the far Northern Hemisphere is double previous estimates and rapid melting could accelerate global warming, a study released on Wednesday says. Large areas of northern Russia, Canada, Nordic countries and the U.S. state of Alaska have deep layers of frozen soil near the surface called permafrost.
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Assessment of existing global financial initiatives and monitoring aspects of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems
The objective of this report is to explore the topic of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems, focusing on the issue of REDD.
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Govt plans Dera Mandi carbon sink
Dera Mandi forest is all set to earn carbon credits for Delhi Government which plans to develop 727 hectares into a zone that will help mitigate the growth in concentration of greenhouse gases.
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Carbon offsets, reversal risk and US climate policy
One controversial issue in the larger cap-and-trade debate is the proper use and certification of carbon offsets related to changes in land management.
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Forest-CO2 Scheme Will Draw Organised Crime: Interpol
Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry as a potentially lucrative new opportunity for fraud, an Interpol environmental crime official said on Friday. Peter Younger, an environmental crimes specialist at the world's largest international police agency, was referring to a UN-backed scheme called reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation.
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Palm Oil Could Scuttle Forest Carbon Plan: Experts
Carbon credits derived from a fledgling forest conservation scheme for developing nations will struggle to compete with palm oil as an investment, industry advisers and conservationists said on Friday.
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Forest Carbon Offers Cheaper Way To Curb Warming
Counting the climate-warming carbon dioxide locked up in forests could offer a cheaper way to curb the greenhouse gas than by considering only emissions from industry and fossil fuels, according to a new study.
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Carbon Plan Promises Bonanza For Australia Forestry
Australia's forestry firms are poised for major growth from emissions trading plans that could give the sector a multi-million dollar boost when it becomes the first to kick off a nationwide scheme to cut carbon pollution.