Bernice Maxton-Lee’s excellent book, “Forest Conservation and Sustainability in Indonesia”, is a must read for anyone who cares about forest conservation and climate change – in Indonesia and globally.
Tag: Climate Change
“Time to acknowledge our collective failure to respond to climate change”
By Chris Lang The Paris Agreement aims for a target of “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.” It’s time to…
The IPCC’s climate change report: “Negative emissions” and business as usual
The IPCC’s climate change report on the impacts of 1.5°C global warming tells us we have to reduce emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and 100% by 2050.
ExxonMobil strikes US$200 billion offshore oil reserves in Guyana. Gives US$10 million to Conservation International
Conservation International and the University of Guyana recently accepted US$10 million from ExxonMobil Foundation. This grant (or “investment”, as ExxonMobil likes to call it) reveals a lot about Conservation International and its support for the REDD carbon trading scheme.
REDD myth no. 3: To address climate change we have to reduce emissions from deforestation
“We have to reduce emissions from deforestation if we’re to prevent catastrophic climate change,” WWF argues on its website. At a first glance, it seems like a no-brainer. Forests store an awful lot of carbon. When forests are cleared for cattle ranching, or to make way for oil palm plantations, the carbon dioxide goes back…