Americas

Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs

Journal article / A restoration prioritization approach can reveal synergies and trade-offs with food production and increase cost-effectiveness for biodiversity conservation.

Policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

Program / A program on aligning climate action, reduced inequalities and sustainable development.

Deployment of biobased value chains

Project / Exchanging ideas on the global energy landscape and how bioenergy can best contribute to SDG implementation and climate change mitigation.

Uncertainties in assessing the extent and legal compliance status of riparian forests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal article / This article demonstrates the importance of using land data and hydrological models to support implementation of legislation to safeguard the environment.

COP24: A tale of two panels

Feature / Two side events discussed fossil fuels. Only one envisioned a sustainable and equitable future.

Sojahandel från Brasiliens Cerrado driver på klimatutsläpp

Press release / Under 11 år har ca 17 500 km2 av Brasiliens Cerrado avverkats för sojaplantager. En analys av Trase synliggör avverkningen, handlare och konsumentländer.

Soy trade from Brazil’s Cerrado driving climate emissions

Press release / Some 17,500 km² of Brazil’s Cerrado has been cleared in the last 11 years to make way for soy plantations, according to new analysis by Trase.

What’s new on Trase?

Feature / New countries, new commodities, new indicators, and new levels of accuracy are now available on the Trase forest-risk supply chain transparency platform.

Three ways to navigate the risks along low-carbon transition pathways

Media coverage / Risks lurk along the whole pathway of low-carbon transitions. But, given the climate urgency, there is no time to wait, writes Stefan Bößner in EURACTIV.