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Join John Elkington and hundreds of other high-level endorsers in saying "Action for Forests Now!"
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"It is ironic, tragic even, that our species originated in the forest - and yet humankind has now, accurately, been described as a disease of forests. The Forests Now ..."
HEAR MORE FROM John Elkington |
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Why Forests Now?
Deforestation is responsible for about 20% of all carbon emissions, more than the entire global transport sector. Mitigation must continue across all sectors, including additional limits on industrial emissions, but efforts to meet vital reduction targets by 2030 will be negated unless we tackle emissions from forests now.... [More]
What is the countdown to Copenhagen?
At the United Nations Climate Conference in Bali in December 2007 (COP 13), an international framework to pay for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) was given a tentative go-ahead. Final agreement must be reached by December 2009, when negotiators meet in Copenhagen (COP 15) to finalise a new international climate deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.... [More]
Forests Now website and you
This website is focused on forests and climate change, and on the countdown to the key UN climate meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009. It is a resource not only for Forests Now endorsers but for the wider global community working to protect tropical forests. Its main aim is to offer tools which facilitate communication and collaboration amongst that community....[More]
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Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai and the Forests Now Declaration |
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