Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

N Seddon - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-
based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (chapter 7)

GJ Nabuurs, R Mrabet, A Abu Hatab, M Bustamante… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector encompasses managed
ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while delivering food, wood and …

Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation

XP Song, MC Hansen, P Potapov, B Adusei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A prominent goal of policies mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss is to achieve
zero deforestation in the global supply chain of key commodities, such as palm oil and …

China's future food demand and its implications for trade and environment

H Zhao, J Chang, P Havlík, M Van Dijk, H Valin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Satisfying China's food demand without harming the environment is one of the greatest
sustainability challenges for the coming decades. Here we provide a comprehensive …

Land-use emissions embodied in international trade

C Hong, H Zhao, Y Qin, JA Burney, J Pongratz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
International trade separates consumption of goods from related environmental impacts,
including greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land-use change (together …

Deforestation-free commodity supply chains: myth or reality?

EF Lambin, PR Furumo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since the early 2000s, many private companies, public-private coalitions, and governments
have committed to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains. Despite these zero …

[HTML][HTML] A review of successful climate change mitigation policies in major emitting economies and the potential of global replication

H Fekete, T Kuramochi, M Roelfsema… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews climate change mitigation policies implemented in five major emitting
economies: China, the European Union, India, Japan and the United States. It analyses their …

Leakage does not fully offset soy supply-chain efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil

N Villoria, R Garrett, F Gollnow, K Carlson - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Zero-deforestation supply chain policies that leverage the market power of commodity
buyers to change agricultural producer behavior can reduce forest clearing in regions with …

Increased climate pressure on the agricultural frontier in the Eastern Amazonia–Cerrado transition zone

JA Marengo, JC Jimenez, JC Espinoza, AP Cunha… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Several large-scale drivers of both anthropogenic and natural environmental changes are
interacting nonlinearly in the transition zone between eastern Amazonia and the adjacent …