Part Two / How our Planet is Changing

2.15 It is much closer to home than we think

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  1. ‘Environment ministers from almost 200 nations agreed’ Watts, J., ‘Biodiversity talks: ministers in Nagoya adopt new strategy’, Guardian, 29 October 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/oct/29/biodiversity-talks-ministers-nagoya-strategy.

  2. the village of Bondo was levelled McClanahan, P., ‘The Bondo landslide and the future of climate disasters’, Outside, 19 August 2019, https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/bondo-switzerland-landslide-climate-change/, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41049827.

  3. it would take ‘between 44 and 104 years’ Sterman, J. D., et al., ‘Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy’, Environmental Research Letters, 13 (1), 2018: Article 015007, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa512.

    called a blind spot in the Kyoto protocol
    https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/the-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-emissions-that-dont-officially-exist.

    Selby Drax … is the biggest single emitter of CO2 Cockburn, H., ‘UK’s biggest carbon emitter Drax “greenwashing” wood-fired power at COP26’, Independent, 12 November 2021, https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/drax-greenwashing-cop26-wood-emissions-b1956072.html.

    evidence from Canada, Finland, Sweden, https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63089348
    https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/global-markets-biomass-energy-devastating-us-forests-202209.pdf
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/carbon-neutrality-is-a-fairy-tale-how-the-race-for-renewables-is-burning-europes-forests, https://forestdefenders.eu/yes-finland-is-devouring-its-forests-for-biomass-fuel/, https://www.dn.se/sverige/svenska-trad-eldas-upp-trots-branschens-och-ministerns-loften/, https://www.skogsstyrelsen.se/globalassets/statistik/statistiska-meddelanden/sm-bruttoavverkning-2019.pdf,
    https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-11/Nyhetsbrev9.pdf,
    https://www.dn.se/sverige/sverige-avverkar-skog-som-eu-vill-skydda-behovs-ett-radslag/.

  4. production of up to … 4.4. trillion cubic feet of fossil gas Brown, M., and McConnaughey, J., ‘Companies bid $192 million in 1st Gulf oil sale under Biden’, AP News, 17 November 2021, https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-science-business-environment-and-nature-cc0deca6a28aab21cd4e0aa35ea7b6af.