December 8 saw the completion of this year’s meeting of over 190 nations that are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Accomplishments were modest – but the ambitions were also modest. This year’s COP was…
Meeting of the Forest Investment Program Pilot Countries and Associates in Istanbul
The Forest Investment Program (FIP), a project of the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) is working in collaboration with FCPF and UN-REDD (Read more) to create national forest investment plans consistent with the programming priorities and the objective to “initiate and…
Brazil launches new and more comprehensive emissions calculation model
Brazil’s INPE (National Institute for Space Research) has a new Emissions Model that considers processes related to deforestation and subsequent activities in logged areas, such as agriculture and livestock, and also other processes linked to the removal of forest mass,…
Climate Framing: Public Health Rather than Environment, National Security
Research findings by environmental communications scholars suggest that “potential threats to human health” are more effective in convincing the “as yet unpersuaded” than messages focusing on environmental harms or increased national security risks.The researchers also found the national security frame…