Green Climate Solutions News
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Transform decision-making to tackle climate and biodiversity crises together
- A new study published today in the scientific journal BioScience argues that to effectively and equitable address the interactions between... -
Inaugural address Frank Sterck: Towards the future with climate smart forests
- Forests around the globe are under increasing pressure, and the effects of climate change are more and more visible. The forest of the future should... -
COVID-19 lockdown cuts CO2 emissions throughout Europe and 40% in Amsterdam
- Two recent international studies led by scientists across Europe highlight the importance of human behaviour in the efforts to cut down CO2 emissions.... -
Glasgow Forest Declaration needs new modes of data ownership
- At the COP26 climate change conference last year, 141 countries signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use. They recognise... -
Heat and drought slow down tropical tree growth
- Stem growth of tropical trees is reduced in years when the dry season is warmer and drier than normal. This is the main finding of a global tree-ring... -
This is how a Dutch city may look in 2120
- Floating houses, self-driving cars, deer in the floodplains, streams with waterfalls, and greenery instead of asphalt. Welcome to the city of 2120.... -
Trees shrink during heatwaves
- While people tend to escape the sun during hot summers under the tree canopy in parks and forests, trees are fully exposed. They have to fight the... -
Drought makes heatwaves hotter, but less deadly
- During heatwaves, there is no rain and the soil dries out. This further enhances the rising of heatwave temperatures. But remarkably, desiccated soils... -
Tropical forests recover after deforestation
- Tropical forests are disappearing at an alarming rate through deforestation, but they also have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands.... -
New tower measures CO2 absorption on the Veluwe
- In the Loobos forest near Kootwijk, a huge steel structure was erected to facilitate research on greenhouse gases. It was officially opened last...