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Nineteen documents in the library in the category Forests
Forests: Importance as relating to climate. CO2 sink. Health of forests and damage derived from climate related issues. Need to preserve and expand forests.
https://thinkprogress.org/planting-trees-climate-change-solution-3e5b6979561f/
Potential pitfalls of reforestation for climate mitigation that must be taken into consideration.
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https://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2015/12/14/are-forest-climate-mitigation-strategies-one-size-fits-all/
Explains the alternative reforestation options in different environments.
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12209/pdf
Tropical reforestation (TR) has been highlighted as an important intervention for climate change mitigation because of its carbon storage potential. TR can also play other frequently overlooked, but significant, roles in helping society and ecosystems adapt to climate variability and change. For example, reforestation can ameliorate climate-associated impacts of altered hydrological cycles in watersheds, protect coastal areas from increased storms, and provide habitat to reduce the probability of species’ extinctions under a changing climate.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081648
James Hansen, et.al. Assessment of impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate data. We use Earth’s measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon cycle and temperature to define emission reductions needed to stabilise climate and avoid potentially disastrous impacts.
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https://www4.unfccc.int/ndcregistry/Pages/Home.aspx
A public database of submitted INDCs. This data can be used to calculate a worldwide mitigation response. These commitments are expected to improve over time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs
A forest is much more than what is seen, says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an understanding of how trees interrelate, often over vast distances. Understand the delicate balance of the forest and the concept of tipping points in forest health.
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https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/2015-state-climate-highlights
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technology morelessThe State of the Climate report series is an authoritative annual summary of the global climate. Published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, the report is edited by scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The 2015 report is based on contributions from more than 450 scientists from 62 countries, drawing on tens of thousands of measurements of Earth's climate.
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https://unfccc.int/files/focus/long-term_strategies/application/pdf/mid_century_strategy_report-final_red.pdf
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wind morelessUS commitment to COP22. This document lays out a strategy to deeply decarbonize the U.S. economy by 2050. This document has been presented immediately after the US 2016 election results. At this point in time, little is known about the future of these very worthwhile commitments.
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https://www.data.gov/climate/
Data resources related to climate change that can help prepare America’s communities, businesses, and citizens. There is data and resources related to coastal flooding, food resilience, water, ecosystem vulnerability, human health, energy infrastructure, transportation and the Arctic region. Over time, additional data and tools relevant to other climate-related impacts will be added.
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https://toolkit.climate.gov/
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videos morelessFrameworks and tools to understand and address climate issues that impact people and their communities. Build resilience to climate impacts, see what others are doing, explore local situations.
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https://unfccc.int/files/mfc2013/application/pdf/fr_strategy_resume2.pdf
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wind morelessExplains how France intends to reduce GHG to 140 Mt (divide by factor 4, 1990 — 2050) in two generations.
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5515d9f9e4b04d5c3198b7bb/t/552d37bbe4b07a7dd69fcdbb/1429026747046/An Ecomodernist Manifesto.pdf
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technology morelessA revolutionary reevaluation of environmentalism, with a high reliance on technology to provide human needs while providing environmental space for wilderness and wild things.
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https://decarbonizeurope.org/en/
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transportation morelessNine propositions to take Europe to a post-carbon era before 2050.
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https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/newsletters/files/2016-JP-Outlook.pdf
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wind morelessMIT RESEARCH MISSION Our integrated team of natural and social scientists studies the interactions among human and Earth systems to provide a sound foundation of scientific knowledge to aid decision makers in confronting future food, energy, water, climate, air pollution and other interwoven challenges. Much details on energy alternatives, including costs, safety, and timeliness of availability.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX1r8OAmz9I
Wakeup call for climate realism.
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https://science2017.globalchange.gov/
This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.
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https://klimalog.die-gdi.de/ndc/#NDCExplorer/worldMap?INDC??income???catIncome
An interactive graphic showing the world’s NDCs, sorted by income and many other categories.
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https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/global
List of all countries’ forest coverage, including increase and decreases.
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https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) studies the integrated picture of the carbon cycle and other interacting bio-geochemical cycles, including biophysical and human dimensions and their interactions and feedbacks. Covers three themes: Diagnostics, Vulnerability and Carbon Management and policy. Much useful data.
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