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Report: Companies that buy carbon credits lead on climate action

By Bruno Vander Velde

October 10, 2023
Companies that buy carbon credits are doing more to tackle their climate footprints than companies that don’t, a new report finds.
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What drives deforestation — and how can we stop it?

By Mary Kate McCoy

August 16, 2023
As dangerous heatwaves shatter records around the world, a new study provides the most comprehensive review yet of how to stop deforestation — a major cause of climate-warming greenhouse gases, second only to fossil fuel emissions.
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What on Earth is ‘HFLD’? (Hint: It’s about forests)

By Bruno Vander Velde

March 8, 2023
From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series. In this installment, we explore the role “HFLDs,” play in storing climate-warming carbon.
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© Joshua Bousel/Flickr Creative Commons. Yasuní National Park in Ecuador

On carbon offsets, Wirecutter story doesn’t cut it

By Bruno Vander Velde

March 1, 2023
A recent article claims that buying carbon offsets for your flight doesn't help the climate crisis. This conclusion is bafflingly wrong: Paying to protect an area of forest to offset the climate footprint of your flight does in fact — demonstrably and verifiably — help.
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In race to reach net zero, businesses look to carbon credits, survey finds

By Mary Kate McCoy

January 12, 2023
Business leaders recognize the urgency of the climate crisis — and are taking action, according to a new report.
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