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Four ways our forests must be part of the climate conversation

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Greenpeace

Publication Date
2016-11-30

Forest landscapes and agricultural areas can absorb emissions like a sponge. They take carbon dioxide from the air through photosynthesis, and store it in wood and in the soils. Discussions about action against climate change has focused on rebuilding our energy infrastructure towards a 100% renewable energy future. But this is only one way to limit temperature rise to the 1.5° agreed by the climate change body of the the UN, the UNFCCC. The remainder of the solution lies in our forest and plant life.

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http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/4-ways-our-forests-can-save-the-climate/blog/58140/