Updated CA Budget more than doubles climate mitigation funding for forests and other biocarbon
Update CA budget more than doubles climate mitigation funding for forests and other biocarbon
Governor Brown’s GHG Reductions Plan Emphasizes The Importance Of Investing In Natural Infrastructure Solutions
Governor Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order today that solidifies California’s commitment to fighting global warming.
Protecting California’s natural lands is key to combating climate change
Today, we face climate change as our biggest environmental challenge, and forest conservation is important than ever. Drought and extreme weather already impact California’s communities and economy; rising sea levels already erode our coastline.
Our take: President Obama releases Priority Agenda for Enhancing Climate Resilience.
We commend the Obama administration for recognizing the positive role that forests and other lands play in addressing climate change, and we commend the report as a significant compendium of current climate-related federal programs that affect natural resources, if not yet a true way forward to harness these resources to mitigate climate change.
Forests are key to climate: Response to “To Save the, Planet, don’t Plant Trees, NYT Sep. 19, 2014
Forest loss and degradation is the second largest source of CO2 emissions, and the source of 30+% of net “excess”, human-emitted CO2 in the atmosphere today. However, N. Unger suggests that forests were not essential in creating a safe atmosphere for human evolution (which, of course, they were).
