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How the Economy Can Protect the Brazilian Amazon
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If emissions and deforestation trends continue business as usual, the Brazilian Amazon stands to lose an area larger than France by 2050. This week, Brazil is hosting a two-day Amazon Summit
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, where policymakers and the like will convene to discuss protections for the world’s largest rainforest. Historically, Brazil’s economy has relied heavily upon extracting from the Amazon Rainforest, from farming to mining and other resource-intensive industries. While many believe Brazil’s economy is synonymous with Amazonian extraction, new research from WRI Brasil finds just the opposite: Brazil can grow its economy by at least $8.2 billion a year by 2050 while ending deforestation. Read more
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A large area of the Amazon forest cleared for commercial use. Extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has pushed the forest near the brink of ecological collapse. Photo by Paralaxis/iStock
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The Health of Our Ocean is Critical to Fighting Climate Change
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At the end of July, the world’s ocean temperatures reached unprecedented levels
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, setting a new global record, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. These temperatures serve as a critical marker for the health of the world’s ocean, and it’s not looking good. The ocean is one of our greatest allies in fighting climate change, in many ways. For one, it houses “blue carbon ecosystems” — like mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes — which store 5 times more carbon per area than tropical forests while also absorbing it from the atmosphere 3 times faster. Read more
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How Can Industry Go Net-Zero?
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The industry sector encompasses the array of processes used to extract and refine raw materials, to turn them into functional products like roads, buildings, appliances and more. Mining, manufacturing and waste processing are all examples of industrial activities, which in 2019, accounted for one-fifth of global emissions. Decarbonizing industry is tricky — while it heavily relies on fossil fuels, some of its processes generate emissions that are not related to fossil fuels, meaning industry needs to go beyond shifting to clean energy. Systems Change Lab
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explains five shifts across the industry sector to achieve net-zero. Read more
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VITAL VISUALIZATIONS
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Since 2000, emissions from industry have risen faster than any of the six other emitting systems tracked by the Systems Change Lab, and demand for industrial materials is only projected to increase.
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