or Zero Net Land Degradation to secure the continuing availability o productive land or present and uture generations. Land and SoiL in the anthropocene We have entered the Anthropocene, a new geological period in our planet’s history. For ...
1.5 billion people globally. Such detrimental processes call for urgent and comprehensive action to halt land degradation. In this paper, we assess the causes and extent of land degradation around the world, followed by an outline of the various challenges in implementing a global Zero Net Land ...
Zero Net Land DegradationOffsetting land degradation by restoring already degraded land leads to ZNLD.ZNLD ensures feeding the world's people better than turning forests into croplands.ZNLD requires monitoring degradation and productivity indicators.ZNLD needs testing at the community level and global ...
wemust end biodiversity lossbefore 2030. That means establishing lasting conservation for at least 30 per cent of land and sea areas within eight years, and then charting a course toward
The breakdown is shown below and illustrates the detail available in the scenarios land-use database, which includes nearly twenty different land-use change types. While the categories are referenced by ecosystem type, the fact that they are shown as net positive emissions means that degradation ...
The pulp and paper industry is an important contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions1,2. Country-specific strategies are essential for the industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, given its vast heterogeneities across countries3,4. Here we d
alongside a material discovered resource base in Kenya. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and has a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations. The Group is quoted on the London and Ghana stock ex...
“No Waste By 2010 – Waste Management Strategy for Canberra” in 1995, which was the first initiative that a government anywhere in the world had set such a challenging goal for waste management (Connett2013, p. 303; Snow and Dickinson2003, p. 5). Unfortunately, the “No Waste Bill”...
In 2019 the AMC Board of Directors adopted “Net Zero by 2050” (and a 45% reduction in emissions by 2030) as an organizational priority as part of the AMC150 strategic initiative. “Net zero” does not mean eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions (which is technologically, financially and ...
Achieving net-zero climate targets requires some level of carbon dioxide removal. Current assessments focus on tonnes of CO2 removed, without specifying what form these removals will take. Here, we show that countries’ climate pledges require approximately 1 (0.9–1.1) billion ha of land for remo...