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The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy Supports Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests' Latest Report
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Bipartisan Report Claims Solving the Climate Crisis “Depends on Tropical Forests”
Switchboard, from NRDC: Look Under the Hood of the Climate Negotiations (Getting the Copenhagen Agreement Running)
The Nature Conservancy Supports Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests' Latest Report
The Nature Conservancy —
The Nature Conservancy Supports Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests Latest Report ARLINGTON, VA October 7, 2009 With momentum building in the United States for cost-effective action on climate change, the bipartisan, multi-sector Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests released its report today calling on the United States to lead a global effort to halve emissions from tropical forest destruction within a decade. Protecting the Climate Forests: Why Reducing Tropical Deforestation is in America's Vital National Interest identifies tropical deforestation as a ...
Bipartisan Report Claims Solving the Climate Crisis “Depends on Tropical Forests”
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science —
... The bipartisan Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests released an extensive report today calling on the Senate to consider tropical forest preservation as a central necessity in the climate bill in front of Congress. The group suggests that solving the climate crisis will be “nearly impossible without urgent efforts to stem tropical deforestation.” ...
Look Under the Hood of the Climate Negotiations (Getting the Copenhagen Agreement Running)
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... And just the other day there was another high-powered group calling for the US to support efforts for developing countries to cut there global warming pollution from deforestation (as you can see here). So there is some very positive momentum behind our efforts to address deforestation and to provide the necessary investment. ...
United States Under Pressure to Protect Tropical Forests
Worldwatch Institute —
... The most diverse group of leaders yet
to express support for reducing international deforestation levels
urged U.S. leaders earlier this month to adopt an effective policy.
The respected group of retired U.S. senators, administration
officials, and military personnel, known as the Commission
on Climate and Tropical Forests, set a target of a
50-percent reduction by 2030 and zero net forestry emissions by
mid-century. ...
United States Under Pressure to Protect Tropical Forests
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... of politicians, businesses, environmentalists, and scientists is uniting to request that U.S. climate policy help tropical nations in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia protect their forests. The most diverse group of leaders yet to express support for reducing international deforestation levels urged U.S. leaders earlier this month to adopt an effective policy. The respected group of retired U.S. senators, administration officials, and military personnel, known as the Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests , set a target of a 50-percent reduction by 2030 and zero ...
Bipartisan Commission Asks America to Focus on Tropical Deforestation
Celsias Expert Articles —
... The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, a bipartisan, non-profit group of business, government, and conservation leaders released a report on October 7th asking the United States policymakers to cut emissions from tropical deforestation by half by 2020.
The group is co-chaired by Lincoln Chafee, former US senator, Rhode Island, and John Podesto, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress. The report also recommends that the US should invest roughly $1 billion in private sector investments and at least ...
