Research Briefing|29 November 2024 Where in the world is there potential for tropical-forest regeneration? To restore tropical forests at scale requires cost-effective methods. An estimated 215 million hectares — an area larger than that of Mexico — have potential for natural forest regeneration, ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Health Disparities at and Beyond the US-Mexico Borderdoi:10.1001/jama.2024.0228CLIMATE changeCLIMATE change & healthEXTREME weatherHEALTH equityENDEMIC diseasesThis JAMA Insights in the Climate Change and Health series discusses the increase in extreme weather...
26 October 2024|Open Access Redesigning payments for ecosystem services to increase cost-effectiveness A randomized trial in Mexico finds that requiring Payments for Ecosystem Services participants to enroll all their forest in the program quadruples cost-effectiveness compared to the standard program desig...
Interannual flow variability in IRES is also influenced by disturbance within catchments. For example, catastrophic forest fires increased the water yield from precipitation events into IRES flowing into perennial streams and rivers in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico, and the impacts on...
Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science really
“Policymakers at COP28 need to get out of the way of companies that are harnessing energy responsibly and innovatively and recognize the need to pave the way for a legacy of human advancement worldwide. In energy lies not just the power to create but also the power to conserve and protect...
Economic value of protected natural areas in semi-arid climates: The case of Cobos Forest, Aguascalientes, Mexico One of the main reasons for declaring the Bosque de Cobos as an ANP is its vulnerability to climate change and urban sprawl. However, there is still ... MR Ramirez,AMO Martinez...
Global climate was persistently warmer in 2004. In early this year, snowstorms occurred in some countries in Europe and a heavy snow attacked America. Extreme cold and extreme low temperature events occurred in South Asia and Mexico. During the summer and autumn, tropical storms in the Pacific ...
Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now emphasizing the greener side of green: wealth-building. A multimillion-dollar home is close to falling into the Cape Cod Bay. What happens next? USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South Americ...
This research has been funded through the World Bank Project “Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal,” and we are grateful to everybody involved in this activity for making it a success. Moreover, we would like to thank Wolfgang Cramer, James Ford, Gabriele Götz and the...