Green Climate Solutions News
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31 August 2021
African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought
- African montane forests are very valuable. They store vast amounts of carbon, and thereby have a key role in tackling climate change. Scientists... -
30 July 2021
Scientists gather in Catalonia for large field campaign to study extreme weather
- More than 60 scientists from renowned European and North America institutions gather in Catalonia this month for a joint research into understanding... -
27 July 2021
Climate Impact Monitor gathers data on the consequences of climate change
- Northwest Europe is experiencing an increase in extreme weather events, such as flooding, drought and wildfires. Extreme weather is strongly... -
14 July 2021
Decline in carbon uptake Southeast Amazon
- The capacity of the Amazon rainforest to take up CO₂ from the atmosphere is declining. Repeated measurements of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and... -
04 June 2021
5th edition of the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2021) halfway
- 2021 is the year of climate adaptation. This 5th edition of European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) comes at the right time, after the... -
10 May 2021
The Emerging Politics of Geoengineering
- As climate change accelerates and the world scrambles to meet its net-zero targets, geoengineering is receiving more attention in the media. The US... -
31 March 2021
Worldwide forest carbon sources and sinks mapped in unprecedented detail
- A new interactive map of carbon sources and sinks from forests around the world confirm that forests take up twice as much carbon as they release. In... -
15 March 2021
The missing chapter in the 2021 Housing Action Agenda: “The green acceleration”
- Within ten years not only one million houses have to be built in the Netherlands, they also need to be sustainable. This is a realistic ambition... -
19 February 2021
Solar parks and biodiversity: room for improvement
- Solar parks are often built on former agricultural land. This can lead to increased nature values since fertiliser and pesticides are no longer... -
16 February 2021
The ecological aspects of clearfelling at different scales in Dutch forests
- Clearfelling, or clearcutting, the complete harvesting of trees on a contiguous area, is considered by the new Forest Strategy to be one of the...