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More than fifty governments have vowed to stem tropical forest loss in efforts to fight climate change by forming a major new partnership. Government leaders meeting for the Oslo Forest and Climate Conference on Thursday agreed to increase efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), pledging initially over USD 4 billion for these activities. [...] Amsterdam, International — Environment Ministers from the ‘BASIC’ group of the world’s main emerging economies – Brazil, China, India and South Africa – meet in New Delhi, India, on Sunday 24 January to discuss their joint strategy for the UN climate negotiations. Their session will be the first multilateral meeting following the failure of last month’s climate summit in Copenhagen. The quartet proved to be one of the most influential groups during the summit. Greenpeace believes the challenge they face is to demonstrate they can achieve substantial international progress in combating climate change. With 41% of the world’s population, 11% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and accounting for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the four nations have a major responsibility to lead the world in finding solutions to the climate crisis. [...] ScientificAmerican.com ‘s David Biello is in Copenhagen at the climate conference, and he’ll tell us what’s going on there. [More] Those people unable to make it to the Copenhagen Climate Conference this month can still contribute to stopping climate change – by using a new search engine from their own computers.  The company behind Ecosia will donate at least 80 percent of its income from sponsored links to WWF’s rainforest protection programme in Brazil’s Juruena-Apui region. The same day the conference begins on Dec. 7, web users can start using a new green search engine called Ecosia. The new application, powered by Yahoo! and Microsoft’s Bing search engines, will allow internet surfers to protect about 2 square meters of Amazon rainforest just by clicking on sponsored links. Although users do not donate any money themselves, the company behind Ecosia will donate at least 80 percent of its income from sponsored links to WWF’s rainforest protection programme in Brazil’s Juruena-Apui region. “The green search engine is a very modern and inventive method of saving the world climate without a huge effort”, says WWF Germany’s director Eberhard Brandes. “Every year billions of dollars are being earned in the internet only from advertising revenue”, says Christian Kroll, founder of Ecosia. “There is a more eco-friendly way of using these huge profits: the money should better be used to fight global warming.”  The Ecosia search engine Each click on a sponsored link through Ecosia will provide WWF’s Amazon rainforest with a protected area of 2 square metres. Accordingly, 500,000 users and 1 million searches could save 2 million square metres of rainforest every day, the same size as Monaco. Gland, Switzerland – The climate conference in Copenhagen is the best opportunity to agree on a climate deal that can save the planet from devastating climate change. We need to take it.  “An ambitious climate deal is not a punishment. It is an amazing political and economic opportunity. It is the most important document politicians will ever sign,” Carstensen said. After months of preparations the time has finally come. Tens of thousands of negotiators and politicians are gathering in Copenhagen, and millions of people from around the world will be watching them. Their lives, the lives of their children and grandchildren will depend on the decisions made in Denmark. Leaders have been given twelve days to save the planet and they must use them. “Copenhagen is the best time and opportunity to agree on a climate deal which could save our planet from catastrophic climate change. Another opportunity like that may not come in time,” said Kim Carstensen, the leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative. “The world has given a green light for a climate deal. Citizens, media, NGOs, businesses, church members and most other relevant institutions have given politicians their backing and urged them to make the only right decision: sign an ambitious climate agreement.” According to WWF, there is a clear choice to be made: Leaders can take the unique opportunity and try to repair the damage before it is too late, allow people and businesses around the world to start a smooth transition into a low carbon economy and start benefiting from it as soon as possible. Or they can delay it, put lives of millions of people at risk, and deprive the world of the greatest opportunity of our lifetime: a green and sustainable future. Investors ready for forest carbon market if Copenhagen and countries supply certainty [...] |
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