Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Investors have written to the UN, to reduce agricultural emission

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Food production accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. production is the main threat to 86% of the world’s species at risk of extinction, the group says. Cattle ranching is responsible for three-quarters of Amazon rainforest loss. Climate scientists warn limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7°F) cannot be met without … Read more

Carbon offsets: a booming market or greenwashing?

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GLASGOW: Corporate carbon polluters plant trees to counter their CO2 emissions, but activists warn against greenwashing and say such afforestation schemes detract from the emissions reductions needed to combat climate change. Voluntary carbon offsetting is being hotly debated at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Here’s a backgrounder. How does it work? Carbon offsetting is when a company … Read more