Bioeconomy

Paddy farming below sea level – how traditional knowledge could save the future

Climate adaptation should not be approached with universal solutions. Designed primarily by and for affluent communities, the solutions considered best practice are often examples of “maladaptation,” causing more problems in the long term than the challenges they are trying to solve.

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Culture

If we don’t know what nature is, how can we save it?

'A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land' is a touching elegy for nature lost to consumerism, says Lauren Sneade.

Culture

Is climate dystopia inevitable? Reviewing ‘Half Earth Socialism’ by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass

Part utopian fiction, part political philosophy, and part climate policy analysis: Bertie Harrison-Broninski reviews the ambitious new work from Verso books.

Materials

Is wood good?

As timber becomes more widely-used in the construction industry, our assistant editor compares new timber materials to concrete and steel, asking the question 'is wood good?'

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Opinion

Opinion

An IMF bailout will not help Sri Lanka. Debt-for-climate swaps would.

Debt-for-climate swaps are an effective mechanism to relieve poverty and help wealthy countries meet their climate finance obligations, says Avishka Sendanayake

By Avishka Sendanayake
16 November, 2022

Opinion

What is the financial cost of loss and damage from climate change?

Even conservative estimates show the climate crisis has cost poor countries more than half a trillion dollars already - it is past time to define and fund loss and damage, say A. Karim Ahmed and Jeffrey D. Tamucci

By A. Karim Ahmed and Jeffrey D. Tamucci
12 June, 2022

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Will the Russian economy survive fossil phase-out?

Lauren talks to Thane Gustafson about the future of Russian Oil through the Climate Crisis and the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy https://go.nature.com/3XN8Ovn

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A new #climate change plan in the European Union, which has been lauded for its ambitious targets and aggressive action on ... emissions, will sacrifice carbon-storing trees, threaten biodiversity and outsource deforestation, according to a new paper. https://www.dailyclimate.org/eu-climate-change-biomass-2658811586.html

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A whistleblower confirms what we've thought about biomass wood-pellets for years.“We take giant, whole trees. We don’t care ... where they come from. The notion of sustainably managed forests is nonsense. We can’t get wood into the mills fast enough.” https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/envivas-biomass-lies-whistleblower-account/

Bioenergy explained

As the world begins to phase out coal power, some countries see biomass as its successor fuel – but is burning trees and plant matter really a renewable energy source?

With funding from the European Climate Foundation, ELCI hosts this hub to provide a definitive perspective on bioenergy – the science, the policy, and the big picture for the planet.

Bioenergy Campaign Highlight

Scientists to European Parliament: Fit for 55 package will cause deforestation and harm food security

Introduction to Bioenergy

What is Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage? The BECCS for power basics.

Introduction to Bioenergy

The Problem of Bioenergy in the EU

Bioenergy Campaign Update

UK: Joint NGO Statement on Biomass for Net Zero

Introduction to Bioenergy

Will bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS) work?

Bioenergy Campaign Update

UK: Joint NGO Statement on BECCS

Bioenergy Campaign Highlight

Over 500 scientists to world leaders: do not burn trees for energy

Bioenergy Policy

What did the 2015 ‘Bioimpact Project’ say about burning wood in the EU?

Removals

Are carbon removal targets unrealistic about land requirements?

Diplomacy

Why has international diplomacy failed on climate loss and damage?

Bioenergy

Are biofuels worse for the climate than petrol and jet fuel?

Materials

Paddy farming below sea level – how traditional knowledge could save the future

Latest Analysis

If we don’t know what nature is, how can we save it?

Is climate dystopia inevitable? Reviewing ‘Half Earth Socialism’ by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass

Is wood good?

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Opinion

An IMF bailout will not help Sri Lanka. Debt-for-climate swaps would.

What is the financial cost of loss and damage from climate change?

Latest podcast & tweets

Will the Russian economy survive fossil phase-out?

Bioenergy explained

Scientists to European Parliament: Fit for 55 package will cause deforestation and harm food security

What is Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage? The BECCS for power basics.

The Problem of Bioenergy in the EU

UK: Joint NGO Statement on Biomass for Net Zero

Will bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS) work?

UK: Joint NGO Statement on BECCS

Over 500 scientists to world leaders: do not burn trees for energy

What did the 2015 ‘Bioimpact Project’ say about burning wood in the EU?

Are carbon removal targets unrealistic about land requirements?

Why has international diplomacy failed on climate loss and damage?

Are biofuels worse for the climate than petrol and jet fuel?

How badly have microplastics harmed ecosystems, climate, and human health?

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