Steve Zwick
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Think COVID-19 Will Boost Climate Awareness? Maybe Not
Global greenhouse-gas emissions have plunged in the wake of COVID-19, but keeping them down requires longer-term strategies. → Read More
Forests, Farms, and the Global Carbon Sink: How Developing Countries Put Forests on the Climate Agenda
Nearly a quarter of all the greenhouse gases emitted by man come from the way we manage our forests, farms, and fields, yet the Kyoto Protocol offered little in the way of tools for financing forest conservation. That began to change when developing countries introduced the concept of REDD+ in 2005, at year-end climate talks in Montreal. Here's our latest installment in the intermittent series,… → Read More
Understanding the IPCC's New Compendium of Climate and Land Use
The IPCC's just summarized everything we know about climate and land use in one 500-page report. We summarize it in 12 short paragraphs. → Read More
Can Natural Climate Solutions Defuse the Arctic Methane Bomb?
Melting Arctic ice is releasing massive amounts of methane, which traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide does. Can natural climate solutions help? → Read More
44% of Companies With Deforestation Risk Aren't Addressing It
Agriculture is a leading driver of deforestation, which is a leading driver of climate change, but most exposed companies aren't addressing the issue. → Read More
ProPublica's Inexcusable REDD+ Belly Flop
Mainstream media have been congratulating themselves of late for becoming just 20 years too late on climate change. Now they're failing to cover solutions. → Read More
What Color is Trump's Infrastructure? Pelosi's? How About Green?
US President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seem to agree on the need for infrastructure. Here's how to make it green. → Read More
The Story of the Surui Forest Carbon Project
In 2009, the Paiter-Surui of the Brazilian Amazon became the first indigenous people to save their forest through the use of carbon finance. The project slashed deforestation and jump-started sustainable agriculture projects across the territory, but faced opposition from religious extremists, illegal loggers, and diamond miners. → Read More
Forests, farms and the global carbon sink: the genesis
Deforestation is growing, and the fight against it is grabbing public attention. Here's the full story. → Read More
The Green New Deal would boost the restoration economy. What does that mean?
Few are paying attention to a thriving $25 billion economy that's already supporting more than 200,000 jobs outside of renewable energy. These 11 points clear up misconceptions and myths. → Read More
How Davos Meeting Can Help End Deforestation (and Climate Change)
Leading consumer-facing companies have purged deforestation from their supply chains, but global coordination is needed to end it completely. Here's how. → Read More
Katowice Climate Deal Leaves Carbon Markets Intact But Incomplete
Climate negotiators have signed off on an incomplete rulebook for implementing the Paris Climate Agreement, with guidance for Article 6 pushed off until next year in Chile. That won't prevent states from developing markets among themselves, but does leave a proposed centralized market operating under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in limbo. → Read More
Will Double-Counting Dust-Up Doom Katowice Climate Talks?
A three-year-old dispute over how to account for emission reductions continues to hold up year-end climate talks (COP24). Is a compromise in the offing? → Read More
Tropical Forest Countries Far From Meeting Forest Targets
An analysis of climate action plans from six key tropical countries finds them far away from meeting the international goal of zero deforestation by 2030 → Read More
Voluntary carbon gets lift from Paris, planes and propriety
A rise in offsetting by the likes of Microsoft, Disney and Lyft are one sign of a rise in voluntary activity. → Read More
Former Climate Boss Yvo de Boer: Still Working the Climate Puzzle
As head of the UNFCCC from 2006-2010, Yvo de Boer raised the profile of global climate talks. Since then, he's been working the challenge more quietly. → Read More
How Ethiopia Is Slowing Climate Change By Reviving Its Forests – And Its Economy
Ethiopia plans to be climate-neutral by the year 2025, and it aims to generate jobs in the process. How? By overhauling its rural economy to support more sustainable agriculture and regenerate millions of hectares of degraded forest. → Read More
As REDD Talks Progress In Bonn, Question Arises: Who Can Use The Term “REDD+”?
Climate negotiators are meeting in Bonn this week to refine rules for tracking progress under the Paris Climate Agreement, but one organization got things off to a rocky start by trying to trademark the term “REDD+”. The application was denied, but the attempt highlights public confusion over terms. → Read More
Analysis: The High Cost Of Trump’s “Money Saving” Clean Power Plan Repeal
Donald Trump says he’s saving jobs and money canceling Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, but Trump’s actions will stifle a vibrant, clean energy sector to win points from a dirty and dying sliver of the economy. → Read More
10 things you need to know about the restoration economy
Preparing for climate change means building up the systems that protect our coasts and water. Some of those will be made of steel; others will be made of trees and sand. → Read More