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GrasslandMongolian Herders: Nature’s Stewards on the Frontline of Climate Change
This is the fourth and last article of our Grasslands blog series. The previous articles explored the climate potential of grasslands and how we can protect, restore, and manage these crucial ecosystems through science and technology. How can you understand the reality of climate change beyond news headlines and statistics? How do you feel it? Most of us experience climate change as a pattern, unsettling news, a summer that runs too long, or a winter jacket that no longer feels right for the s
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GrasslandThe Digital Backbone of Grassland Restoration
This is the third article of our Grasslands blog series. The previous articles explored how grasslands serve as a climate solution and what we can do to save them. Achieving the full climate potential of grasslands requires not only sustainable land-use practices, but also accurate and transparent systems for measuring ecological change. Climate change has exacerbated existing challenges in managing Mongolia’s rangeland ecosystems, including droughts and shifting ecological patterns. Researcher
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GrasslandWhat is C3/C4 equilibrium and can it save our grasslands?
This is the second article of our Grasslands blog series. Read our previous article to learn more about grasslands and their potential as a climate solution. 🧷Key takeaway As a delicate biological balance, C3/C4 equilibrium is a key indicator of the health of grasslands. Today, the dual impacts of climate change and grazing pressure disrupt this equilibrium, resulting in the loss of nutritional quality and biodiversity. While C3 plants, which are less efficient in hot environments, are declin
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GrasslandGrasslands: A Climate Solution for Mongolia and the World
‘Grasslands’ has become a buzzword. It shows up in news reports, social media posts, and even during casual conversations. Yet, one essential point is often missing: grasslands are one of the world’s most impactful climate solutions. So, what exactly are grasslands and how are they a climate solution? The undervalued importance of grasslands When asked about nature-based climate solutions, many imagine forests. Grasslands, in contrast, are often dismissed as empty, open land. In reality, the
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NewsCOP28 Unwrapped: From Ambition to Action
💡COP28 Highlights * Farewell to Fossil Fuels: Beginning of the end of fossil fuels through scaled-up finance in sustainable and renewable energy. * The Global Stocktake: A vital tool to turbocharge climate action, providing a panoramic view of progress while pinpointing critical gaps on the journey to fulfill the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement. * Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Deadline 2025. Nations urged to bolster their commitments, amplifying ambition towards renewabl
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NewsMongolia’s Energy Efficiency and Climate Change - Bring Back Blue Skies
Have you ever considered the energy consumed while mindlessly scrolling through your phone or lounging in your living room? Often, daily routines prompt us to take energy for granted, but our unchecked consumption poses a threat to the environment, exacerbating climate change. The key to mitigating this impact lies in energy efficiency—an essential and cost-effective strategy to reduce our carbon footprint and combat climate change (IEA, 2019). Energy efficiency plays a crucial role in combati
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NewsThe Core Carbon Principles: Leading the Way for a Sustainable Future?
What are the Core Carbon Principles and should we care about them? If you follow the voluntary carbon market, you may have noticed that the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), introduced by The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), is an initiative to offer the go-to standard document for all carbon credits that are created through offset projects. Their intent is to improve the quality of carbon credits by reducing the noise created by various different standards, which make it
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NewsIs Biochar a ‘black gold’ solution to fight climate change?
The agriculture sector is arguably one of the sectors most affected by climate change. Crop cultivation yields are heavily impacted by longer drought days, more frequent flash floods, and higher rates of evapotranspiration all over the world. This sector, which accounts for one-fifth of global emissions, undoubtedly needs to shift to greener practices [1]. In this blog, we will explore biochar, a carbon removal solution that is gaining a lot of attention lately, especially within the carbon offs
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NewsSustainability apps for a more eco-friendly life
We would like to highlight six free apps that will help you live a more eco-friendly life. Many people are unaware that their smartphone usage contributes to carbon emissions through data centers. In fact, the information and communication technology industry is expected to account for 14% of global carbon emissions by 2040. Advancements in technology can help reduce their impact and make our use of technology more sustainable. This can help fight climate change and support sustainable living.
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Carbon OffsettingWhat does a high-quality carbon credit mean?
Do you want to buy carbon credits, but feel confused and uncertain about their quality? Many credit buyers feel the same way and struggle to navigate through various quality standards out there. As you may remember from our previous blog, carbon markets have tremendous potential to enhance the flow of financing to developing countries and accelerate climate mitigation action across the world. Apparently, in order to fill the gap in the financing necessary to stay on the pathway to limiting globa
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Carbon OffsettingLet’s demystify the generation of carbon credits
Do you feel completely mystified when international organizations like the UN or corporations like Alphabet bring up the use of carbon offsets in achieving their net-zero targets? Then, you’re not alone. To begin with, according to the Emissions Gap Report 2021, country commitments to reduce global emissions by 2030 adds up to 7.5% below the emission rate of 1990, but 45% is necessary for limiting global warming to 1.5°C. If we stay on the current emissions trajectory, it would result in a warmi
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Carbon OffsettingNet-zero emissions, but how?
I bet, you wondered why net-zero is important or how to reach net-zero by 2050. To start with, the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, sets a long-term goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. To achieve that goal, global emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach "net-zero" by 2050. More than 70 countries and over 700 of the Forbes 2000 largest companies pledged to get to net-zero emi
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NewsWhy We Mostly Agree With John Oliver About Carbon Offsets
Inevitably, we’ll need some form of carbon offsets to reach our net-zero targets and accelerate the transition to cleaner energy, especially for those who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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