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‘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. -
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. -
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/. -
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.