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Heal our planet: Protecting nature for climate
"Heal our planet, protect our future”: six words driving a global movement to protect nature. Conservation International is meeting the moment in an ambitious new campaign.
May 1, 2025
2024 in review: Amid hottest year on record, nature takes center stage
As 2024 comes to a close, global temperatures are at an all-time high — topping the previous hottest-year on record: 2023. Yet amid this backdrop, research consistently shows nature is a powerful climate ally.
December 17, 2024
Upon reflection: Study gauges grasslands’ climate-fighting powers
In southern Africa, grasses can beat the heat better than trees, according to Conservation International research.
December 10, 2024
In climate fight, ‘nature vs tech’ a false debate
A recent study on climate solutions downplays nature’s potential, two Conservation International experts say.
December 2, 2024
Why is biodiversity important?
If someone asked you why biodiversity matters, would you know what to say? Conservation International is here to help.
October 15, 2024
In Ecuador, a ‘milestone’ effort to protect mangroves — and people
Once underappreciated, mangroves are having a moment. Now, a landmark $36.4 million project aims to give Ecuador’s degraded mangroves a new lease on life.
July 26, 2024
Heat waves put spotlight on overlooked climate ally
Brutal heat waves swept across the Southern Hemisphere earlier this year. Now it’s the Northern Hemisphere’s turn. Yet humanity continues to actively destroy one of its best allies against the heat: forests.
June 17, 2024
Study: How nature can fight climate change — and how it can’t
Not long ago, the idea that nature could be humanity's ally against climate change was not widely known. In recent years that idea has increasingly moved into the mainstream. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that recognition has led to some confusion.
January 23, 2024
In new TED talk, doctor prescribes conservation
While it may seem unusual for a medical doctor to work for a conservation nonprofit, it's centered on a powerful premise: that human health and the protection of nature are inextricably linked.
December 5, 2023
Experts see hope in gloomy climate report
Humanity is set to blow past 1.5°C of planetary warming by the early 2030s, according to a new report released today by the U.N. But the report also offers hope in the form of actions that could avert the worst impacts of climate change.
March 20, 2023
News spotlight: UN report concludes climate adaptation is ‘too little, too slow’
Climate risks are growing, but global efforts to adapt to them are not keeping pace. That’s the big-picture takeaway from a new United Nations report, which underscores the funding needed by developing nations to reduce their exposure to climate disasters.
November 7, 2022
IPCC report: Countries miss the mark on climate action, but nature could help get us back on track
A new UN report highlights a powerful and largely untapped solution to stem the climate crisis: nature.
April 4, 2022
Study: Nature has saved us from worst climate impacts — for now
A new study finds that without Earth’s complex web of terrestrial and marine ecosystems we would already be seeing far more severe climate impacts than we are now.
September 16, 2021
Study maps climate potential of letting forests be
Restoring tropical forest cover might offer an even bigger climate opportunity than previously thought, a new study finds.
September 23, 2020
Protect the economy by protecting nature, study urges
A new report revealed the benefits of protecting 30 percent of the world’s land and sea outweigh the costs by a ratio of 5 to 1.
July 9, 2020
What on Earth are ‘natural climate solutions’?
In this installment of "What on Earth?" we explore the importance of "natural climate solutions" — and why nature has a p.r. problem.
November 25, 2019
Climate Week: Money, nature and what really matters
The three themes that stood out over the course of Climate Week were protecting nature to protect the climate, finding funding for conservation and valuing nature beyond science and policies.
September 26, 2019
Climate Week: ‘We need to get it right, now’
Wednesday's Climate Week roundup: the role of government in the fight to stop climate change, the impact of non-governmental organizations and making change through nature-based solutions.
September 26, 2019
Climate Week: Economics, forests take center stage
Sunday’s Climate Week round-up: Experts discuss the economics of climate change, restoring forests are a cost-effective climate solution and nature is “more valuable alive than it is dead.”
September 23, 2019
‘Nature Now’: In new film, climate heavyweights make plea for the planet
A new film, featuring youth climate activist Greta Thunberg and writer George Monbiot, highlights nature's ability to help stop climate breakdown.
September 19, 2019
A new report depicts a failing planet. A new book has solutions
A UN report released today paints a sobering picture of the natural world — and the blame for the damage lies solely at humanity’s feet. Almost 1 million species face extinction; essential crops are under threat; our oceans are overfished.
May 6, 2019
Climate heavyweights: We need nature
We need nature to fight climate change, our climate expert argues.
April 5, 2019
To fight deforestation, one country changed the equation
In Ecuador, it pays to save the forest.
November 23, 2015