Protecting Forests to Combat Climate Change
To keep global warming below 1.5°C—the key goal of the Paris Agreement—the world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 22 gigatons annually by 2030. According to the UN-REDD Programme, a collaborative initiative by international organizations UNEP, UNDP, and FAO aimed at reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by limiting deforestation and forest degradation, preventing deforestation alone […]