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Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling significantly since the late 1990s. 🌳 The decline accelerated after 2015 thanks to lower deforestation and higher restoration, reforestation and afforestation. 🌳
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Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling significantly since the late 1990s. 🌳 The decline accelerated after 2015 thanks to lower deforestation and higher restoration, reforestation and afforestation. 🌳

carbonbrief.org
u/sg_plumber — 16 hours ago
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After more than 20 years of work, 266 Indigenous clan leaders from 41 villages in Papua New Guinea have signed a legally binding agreement protecting 125,000 hectares of rainforest from logging and mining, creating a huge community-led refuge for tree kangaroos and other wildlife. 🌳🐾

news.mongabay.com
u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago
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Methane is the past and renewables are the future in Europe: solar and wind output climbed to between 80 and 110 ⁠terawatt-hours/month, while gas-fired generation has steadily lost ground. Once sufficient renewable capacity is installed, declining fossil generation becomes a mathematical consequence

cleantechnica.com
u/sg_plumber — 1 day ago
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Is the Great Barrier Reef and coral in general going to survive?

I'm wondering if the Great Barrier Reef and the ocean are going to be ok in the future or is ocean acidification and the other stuff going to continue to make it difficult?

This is probably the last question I'll ask on this subreddit for a while.

reddit.com
u/External_Witness490 — 1 day ago
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💧 Harvesting rainwater from roofs and using it strategically for cooling could provide a practical way to reduce energy demand, urban temperatures, and hydrological extremes. 💧 The benefits become even greater during hotter years. 💧 Roofs painted white or reflective can also help tackle heatwaves.

euronews.com
u/sg_plumber — 3 days ago
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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft, comparable in size to a small regional airliner, with 4 wing-mounted electric motors and maximum takeoff weight over 25,000 pounds. 🛫 Battery-electric propulsion system delivered over 1 MW of power during the maiden flight.

arstechnica.com
u/sg_plumber — 2 days ago
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The world's most efficient solar panels go on sale later this year at around $0.40/W with a 30-year warranty. Perovskite-silicon 4T design expected to reach high-volume, gigawatt-scale manufacturing in 2028, with possibly a 34% solar panel if its technology curve stays steady, and likely 37% by 2030

pv-magazine-usa.com
u/sg_plumber — 4 days ago
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Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1, more than doubling installed utility-scale solar capacity to 842 MW. 🌞 Total renewables capacity exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. 🌀 LUT University reckons Finland can build out up to 68 GW of PV capacity by 2050. 💪⚡

pv-magazine.com
u/positivesource — 3 days ago
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Amsterdam Just Keeps Getting Awesome

What transit looks like if not dominated by the automobile industrial complex.

youtube.com
u/Berkamin — 3 days ago
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Progression du Photovoltaïque en France et baisse des émissions de CO2 2012-2026

En 14 ans, la puissance du PV a été multipliée par 10 et les émissions de CO2 sont en baisse.

u/PlaneteGreatAgain — 4 days ago