Tierney Smith
Second generation of biofuels could give forests a break
Biofuels have been charged with devastating large tracts of forested land – but their successors could change that perception for good
Agricultural expansion: an “either or more” factor in deforestation
Growing global demand for beef and edible oils have bumped arable land under cultivation to a 532 million hectares in recent decades.
Opposition mounts over aviation’s inclusion in EU ETS
Director General of IATA and Saudi Arabian government have become the latest to speak out against the controversial scheme.
Sea levels likely to rise one metre by year 3000
New study finds current greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have triggered an irreversible warming causing melt from glaciers, ice caps, Greenland and Antarctic
Figueres: Efforts on climate change still fall short of 2°C target
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Challenges mount for REDD+ as scheme prepares for implementation
How has REDD+, the UN’s project aimed at rewarding communities for protecting their forests and enhancing their carbon stock, developed since its inception in 2007?
Video: Saving the Congo Basin’s precious forests
Could a green belt around the village of Lukolela in the DRC help the local community adapt to climate change, while also bringing carbon reduction benefits?
Supermarkets in the sky – forests of the world in pictures
Rural communities depend on forests for food, medicine, water and a place to live. This photo gallery illustrates the variety of services rainforests in the Amazon and Congo provide
Australia joins Climate and Clean Air Coalition
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Five facts you may have forgotten about forests
Did you know that over a quarter of modern medicines come from tropical forest plants?
The role of forests in combating climate change
What are the main benefits of forests and how can they help deal with climate change?
Activists get vocal over Obama and Romney ‘climate silence’
New climatesilence website aims to track statements made by both US Presidential Candidates, ahead of the elections on 6 November.
Adaptation focus: Making the business case for living roofs
Caroline Nobel and Katy Obregon from the Urban Wild Project tell RTCC how they aim to get 30 businesses in South London to install green roofs.
Youth Profile #13: Giving youth a platform at the European Parliament
Jessica Douthwaite, Education Officer at Make the Link Climate exChange talks about the group’s latest project aimed at giving young people a chance to get involved in the decision making process in the EU.
Climate-carbon crisis could kill 100 million people by 2030
Five million people die every year as a result of the carbon economy and the impacts of climate change, according to the latest edition of DARA’s Climate Vulnerability Monitor.
In tweets: New York’s Climate Week opens for business
New York Climate Week kicked off today, with speakers calling for a Clean Energy Revolution led by the USA. RTCC brings you a round-up of the proceedings via Twitter.
Cook Islands’ fisheries at risk from ocean acidification
Study finds island and coastal communities dependant on fish could be hit hardest by a combination of climate change and ocean acidification
Is the Arctic’s loss Antarctica’s gain?
While Arctic sea ice cover plummeted this summer, many suggest this was balanced by gains in ice cover at the Antarctic. So who’s right?
Climate Live: BASIC members meet in Brazil to thrash out COP18 position
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East Timor could become home to Kiribati’s climate refugees
President Tong of Kiribati says the government are in negotiations with other countries in the event of a sea level rise