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What buyers need to know now about new changes in the carbon market for critical forest protections
November 21, 2024A new consensus on forests from the world’s leading carbon market governing body marks a significant turning point for voluntary carbon market buyers.More on:
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Press release
EDF Commends Integrity Council’s Approval of REDD+ Methodologies as a Step Forward for High-Integrity Forest Climate Action
November 15, 2024 | Mark Moroge, Vice President, Natural Climate SolutionsICVCM decision represents a significant milestone for high-integrity, jurisdictional-scale (state or national level) REDD+ crediting approaches.More on:
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At COP29, Article 6 must deliver on urgent finance for forests and Indigenous communities
November 13, 2024 | Pedro Martins Barata, Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector DecarbonizationNew standards must include nature-based solutions – and the communities that protect these resources The post At COP29, Article 6 must deliver on urgent finance for forests and Indigenous communities appeared first on Climate 411.More on:
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Expert Voices
Nature is our best defense against climate change
October 14, 2024 | Amanda Leland, Executive DirectorAs the United Nations biodiversity summit, COP16, approaches, Environmental Defense Fund's Amanda Leland explains three vital steps to protecting nature while also helping the world tackle climate change.More on:
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Why EDF is exploring marine carbon dioxide removal
September 25, 2024 | Kristin Kleisner, Associate Vice President, Oceans ScienceThe oceans are a massive carbon sink. Researchers, companies and governments are exploring whether we can engineer coastal and ocean systems to store even more carbon. But while the ocean presents us with great possibilities, it’s also a complex system where human interventions can impact everything from the ecological (species’ interactions or the habitats they …More on:
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Analysis
We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States
June 10, 2024Ambitious nature-based climate solutions programs could deliver benefits for biodiversity, communities, and the climate. Unfortunately, a lack of evidence about specific benefits from specific strategies prevents researchers and policymakers from confidently prescribing when and where they should be used.More on:
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Article
Farmers and scientists dig into the climate power of soil
May 30, 2024 | Emily Oldfield, Agricultural Soil Carbon ScientistThe ground beneath our feet holds more carbon than the Earth's atmosphere and all its plants combined. Scientists are investigating how to keep it there.More on:
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Report
Modeling soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions
May 2, 2024 | Jocelyn Lavallee, Agricultural Soil Carbon ScientistThis report from EDF helps guide through challenges involved in application of process-based models to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV) schemes in large-scale contexts. It provides important context and recommendations for process-based model implementation in agricultural soil GHG and SOC projects to increase consistency, transparency, and confidence in this integral portion of the MMRV process.More on:
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How to improve soil modeling to maximize climate and farm benefits
May 2, 2024 | Jocelyn Lavallee, Agricultural Soil Carbon ScientistEfforts to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil carbon storage are picking up steam to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. To have maximum impact, we need ways to reliably quantify their outcomes. Direct measurement of the impacts of climate smart agricultural practices are imperative to instill confidence, but they aren’t forward-looking …More on:
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Op-ed
Scientific American op-ed: How temperate forests could help limit climate change
April 26, 2024 | Steven Hamburg, Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist"Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests. Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas — those found in large parts of North America, Europe and higher latitudes in Asia and Australia — also have the power to help limit climate change," EDF experts Amanda Leland and Steven Hamburg write in Scientific American.More on:
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Two ways to improve soil carbon measurement
April 25, 2024Carbon markets and carbon monitoring programs track changes in cropland soil carbon stock over time to determine how agricultural management practices impact carbon storage in soil. Soil carbon stock is typically measured by taking soil samples prior to the adoption of a new farming practice, followed by additional sampling after the practice has been in …More on:
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Our Oceans Conference Reminds Us of the Ocean’s Incredible Value
April 18, 2024 | Kate Bonzon, Vice President, Climate Resilient Fisheries“An Ocean of Potential” was the tagline at this year’s Our Ocean conference in Greece on April 15-17. The phrase encompasses the breadth of possibilities that the ocean holds for us. It also encapsulates EDF’s approach to supporting climate-resilient fisheries and oceans. What do we mean when we say that there is “an ocean of …More on:
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Strong scientific foundations, as well as strong science-based markets, make successful nature-based climate solutions possible
April 16, 2024 | Brian Buma, Senior Climate ScientistWe need nature-based climate solutons to work. Yet as a recent study shows, questions remain on how we can achieve the best ground-level outcomes and maximize the enormous potential of these solutions to lower greenhouse gas concentrations.More on:
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Article
Seaweed and mussels team up to transform a Philippine community
April 15, 2024A community in the Philippines is exploring the major benefits of seaweed farming.More on:
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Video
Fishing communities, scientists work together to restore mangroves
April 10, 2024Mangrove trees are an essential part of many communities, and their climate impact extends far beyond the waters of Ecuador.More on:
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It’s Time to Uncover the Mysteries of Blue Carbon
April 2, 2024 | Rod Fujita, Associate Vice President, Research & Development, Lead Senior Scientist IIBy Rod Fujita and Kristin Kleisner To mitigate climate change, sea level rise, and other environmental problems, some experts are looking to nature-based solutions. But which solutions are the most impactful when it comes to sequestering carbon? And what do we still need to learn to improve our scientific understanding of nature-based solutions? We co-authored …More on:
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Analysis
Expert review of the science underlying nature-based climate solutions
March 21, 2024 | Brian Buma, Senior Climate ScientistStudy based on research conducted at institutions including Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Columbia University, assessed whether 43 nature-based climate-solutions (NbCS) are based on sufficiently strong scientific evidence to support solutions like high-quality carbon crediting.More on:
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2 key lessons for advancing nature-based climate solutions
March 21, 2024 | Mark Moroge, Vice President, Natural Climate SolutionsThis post is authored by Mark Moroge, Vice President of Natural Climate Solutions at Environmental Defense Fund. We know that nature-based climate solutions are among our greatest assets when it comes to tackling climate change. Conserving, restoring and improving the management of nature – alongside reductions in new fossil fuel use – can provide at …More on:
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Resolving scientific uncertainties in nature-based climate solutions: Location, location, location
March 21, 2024 | Doria Gordon, Senior Director, Lead Senior ScientistThe world needs nature-based climate solutions (NbCS). These approaches use conservation, restoration, and management of natural and agricultural systems to retain existing, and sequester additional, carbon while reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. NbCS have been suggested to meet 20-30% of the world’s climate goals. Correspondingly, nature-based actions are included in the national …More on:
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Time to double down on high-confidence nature investments for climate and resilience
March 21, 2024 | Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing DirectorResearch finds that tropical and temperate forest conservation and reforestation ‘lead the pack’ in certainty of climate benefitsMore on:
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Press release
Study Finds 4 Nature-Based Climate Solutions Have Robust Scientific Foundations. Others Need More Research Before Their Role as a Climate Solution Is Understood
March 21, 2024 | Steven Hamburg, Senior Vice President, Chief ScientistA new peer-reviewed study finds that four nature-based climate solutions have robust scientific foundations, while others need urgent additional research before their role as a climate solution is understood.More on:
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Blending science and community to support mangrove restoration in Ecuador
March 5, 2024 | Monica Moritsch, Blue Carbon ScientistThis past August, in southern Ecuador amidst dense mangrove forests, scientists were at work. As I followed in her footsteps, Julie Shahan, a Stanford University Ph.D. student, navigated the challenging terrain, burdened by the large 25-pound piece of equipment on her back. This equipment, a gas analyzer, collects measurements to unlock the secrets of soil …More on:
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Report
Advancing effective and equitable crediting: Natural climate solutions crediting handbook
February 6, 2024This Handbook from EDF guides readers through key decisions and complex issues involved in creating effective crediting systems for natural climate solutions (NCS).More on:
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Want to understand Natural Climate Solutions Crediting? We have a handbook for that.
February 1, 2024 | Britta Dosch Johnston, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural Climate SolutionsStakeholders across the climate space need urgent help to cut through the noise on natural climate solutions crediting. The NCS Crediting Handbook aims to meet this need by clearly laying out how high-quality NCS crediting can work—for credit sellers, for credit buyers, and as part of an effective and ethical global climate response.More on:
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Press release
EDF Releases the Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Crediting Handbook
February 1, 2024 | Suzi Kerr, Senior Vice President, Chief EconomistNew introductory reference book provides clear and impartial guidance on creating carbon credits for natural climate solutionsMore on: