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Tractor cutting down biomass

EU nations set to wipe out forests and not account for emissions

22 May 2017

The drive for biofuels that international treaties wrongly consider to be emissions-free is driving plans to boost tree harvests in Europe, forgetting about associated emissions
the eiffel tower

We are on track to pass 1.5°C warming in less than 10 years

11 May 2017

Business as usual would cause the planet to warm above the aspirational 1.5°C limit agreed at the UN Paris meeting as early as 2026

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