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Largely Ignored, High Forest Cover and Low Deforestation Nations and Supporters Meet in Paramaribo

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Representatives from a small group of nations providing absolutely essential, increasingly scarce ecosystems services met in Paramaribo, Suriname Feb. 12-15. Swimming against the rising tide of tech-driven industrialization and globalization, deforestation, and a Sixth Great Extinction, the efforts of High Forest Cover and Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries go largely unacknowledged and little valued. Identifying and elaborating ways to increase international…

Nepal Seeks Climate Change Aid as Glaciers Retreat and Lakes Swell

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Hundreds of glacial lakes have appeared in Nepal as the climate has warmed and glaciers have retreated, posing deadly threats to people and infrastructure that Nepal has contributed very little to creating.

Myanmar Mangrove Restoration Project First to Receive Verified Carbon Standard Certification

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Six million mangrove seedlings had been planted with an 86 percent success rate as of the VCS report. Worldview International Foundation aims to restore 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of destroyed mangrove forest in Myanmar over the next 15 years.

The view from atop Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, the second only to San Diego as the greenest city in the United States

California Leads the Nation In Environmental Initiatives

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

California leads the nation and the world in its environmental initiates. A WalletHub study show 6 of the 10 greenest cities in the US are in California.

Path to New Climate Economy Leads to $26 Trillion in Economic Benefits

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The potential rewards of making the transition to sustainable, circular economies are greater than originally estimated – including $26 trillion worth of economic benefits globally out to 2030. We’re at a critical juncture regarding the forging a new, climate-conscious economy and avoiding the profound impacts of runaway global climate warming, however, according to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

World Bank Group Climate Finance Rises to Record High Levels

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The World Bank Group financed a record-high $20.5 billion in finance for country-level climate action in fiscal year 2018. All told, 32.1 percent of the global development bank group’s financing had what’s termed climate co-benefits. That exceeds a target of 28 percent by 2020.

Rotary Club Helps Fund Innovative Reforestation-Agricultural Development in Haiti

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Creating a tree nursery is the first phase of a program, and possibly a global grant, that will see local, smallholder farmers plant and care for trees in return for seed, tools and training.