Deforestation

Protecting tropical forests is among the quickest and most affordable ways to decrease emissions, while also advancing development. 

Carbon pricing policies are once again on the upswing, as evidenced by a flurry of news in the past two weeks. Now is a good time to take stock of supply and demand for tropical forest carbon.

From 2004-2013, Brazil reduced climate emissions by more than any other country on earth, thanks to its success cutting Amazon deforestation by 80 percent. Now, a new study in Ecological Economics finds that actions to protect the Amazon were affordable too, costing Brazilia...

Given the global climate benefits those trees will provide, shouldn't the tree-planters earn more than just recognition? Shouldn’t they earn some performance-based payments too?

In the short run, the uncertainty about future national policy may discourage private investment in renewable energy and other low carbon technologies. At the same time, the freedom to forge its own climate policy and to step out ahead of the EU may open opportunities for more ambitious action and c...

A showpiece “clean coal” project in Kemper Country, Mississippi is three years behind schedule, four billion dollars over budget, faces swirling allegations of contracting scandals and shoddy construction, and has yet to capture or store any carbon. Safe, cheap, natural carbon-capture-an...

With the election of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (known as PPK) as its new President, Peru is poised to be a major leader in combatting climate change and, in particular, the global effort to preserve tropical forests.