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by - Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing undermines our ability to manage fish stocks sustainably.
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by Katherine Ross and Taryn Fransen - September 2017This paper sheds light on the initial long-term strategies that have been submitted to the UNFCCC and identifies key considerations for countries that are preparing to develop such strategies.
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by Mikaela Weisse, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Nancy Harris, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and Svetlana Turubanova - July 17, 2017The 2015 data on tree cover loss has been added to Global Forest Watch. Here's what we learned.
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by Katherine Ross - May 04, 2017Canada is next in our rundown of G20 countries reducing their carbon emissions.
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by Susan Minnemeyer - December 14, 2016The recent forest fire in the Great Smoky Mountains is tragic, but it’s hardly unique. It mirrors a spate of unusual fires that have devastated many parts of the world over the past two years—blazes that may become more common as climate change increases temperatures.
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by Taryn Fransen - November 18, 2016The United States and Canada aim to reduce their emissions 80 percent or more below 2005 levels by 2050, while Mexico will reduce its emissions 50 percent from 2000 levels.
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Today three countries, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, announced targets and strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century (2050).
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by Sam Adams - June 28, 2016A climate change strategy for all of North America could transform how we address a defining issue of our time. The move would be unprecedented, but it is more possible than ever. Heads of state from Canada, Mexico and the United States have the opportunity at the North American Leadership Summit in Ottawa to begin the process by setting out strong continent-wide climate actions.
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by Rachael Petersen, Susan Minnemeyer and Wynet Smith - May 11, 2016Satellites have detected more than 1,000 active fire points around Fort McMurray, Canada in the last week. Data from the Global Forest Watch platform provides context on what's happening in these northern forests.
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by Rebecca Gasper and Max Frankel - March 11, 2016A new U.S.-Canada joint will cut methane emissions from oil and gas systems by 40-45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025. It's a big step toward meeting both countries' climate goals—methane is a greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
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This chart uses historical GHG emissions data and the targets and timetables in submitted pre-2020 pledges (for 2020 reductions) and INDCs to estimate the average annual change in emissions (decarbonization rate) from 2020-2030.
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This chart presents each target against each chosen base year to help facilitate easy comparisons.
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by Thomas Damassa and Taryn Fransen - May 15, 2015Canada's just-announced proposal for post-2020 climate action aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, which lags behind proposals by other major developed countries.
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by Benjamin Jones, Carolyn Ciciarelli, Eric Dinerstein and Michael Anderson - May 06, 2015Forest loss threatens the survival of endangered and endemic species like Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, the sky blue poison dart frog and the whooping crane.
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by Nigel Sizer, Rachael Petersen, James Anderson, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau - April 02, 2015Russia and Canada experienced massive tree cover loss in 2011-2013, with annual losses in their northern forests equal to an area the size of Ireland, mostly due to forest fires, according to new satellite data from WRI’s Global Forest Watch.
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Groups call for redoubled effort to protect last great forest wilderness sites
Editor’s Note: To view the Intact Forest Landscape mapping methods and findings please visit: www.intactforests.org.
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by Rachael Petersen, Nigel Sizer and Peter Lee - July 15, 2014According to data from Global Forest Watch, an online mapping platform that tracks tree cover loss and gain in near-real time, industrial development and forest fires in Canada’s tar sands region has cleared or degraded 775,500 hectares (almost two million acres) of boreal forest since the year 2000. That’s an area more than six times the size of New York City. If the tar sands extraction boom continues, as many predict, we can expect forest loss to increase.
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by Neelam Singh and Avipsa Mahapatra - September 2013Businesses measure their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a variety of reasons—to assess their climate change risks and opportunities; to respond to demands from consumers, investors, and other stakeholders to access carbon markets; and to comply with government regulations.
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by Kristin Igusky and Jonathan Moch - September 06, 2013International climate action took an encouraging step forward today. President Obama reached agreements with the G-20 and with China to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners.