Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
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“A Force to Fight Global Warming”: CI-led paper in Nature
“Time and again, biodiversity conservation provides us with solutions to problems we didn’t even know existed yet. Climate change is shaping up to be the biggest example of this to date, with conservation benefiting us by both slowing climate change and lessening its impacts on people.” – Will Turner, Director of Global Priorities in CI’s Center for Applied Biodiversity Science At CI, we have made it our mission to conserve natural ecosystems and protect the essential benefits they provide for all life on Earth. This challenge is especially vital in the face of threats like climate change. This week, we are proud ... -
The Climate Conversation Trivia
Everyone loves trivia. In the spirit of the approaching negotiations in Copenhagen, here is some fun trivia for you. Pass it along to your friends! Q: In what year did TIME Magazine publish its first cover story on global warming? A: 1987 Tweet This! Q: What single source is responsible for more CO2 emissions than all the world’s transportation combined? A: The burning and clearing of forests Tweet This! Q: Imagine an area of tropical forest the size of Manhattan. What percentage do you think disappears every day as the result of deforestation? A: An area SIX TIMES the size of Manhattan ... -
Notes from WILD9: Wild Nature + Climate Change
Last Tuesday, Dr. Fred Boltz, CI's Senior Vice President of Global Strategies, moderated the plenary session "Wild Nature and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" at WILD9. The session included talks by Dr. Brendan Mackey from the Australian National University and Adriana Nelly Correa of Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey. As Fred introduced the session, he described the upcoming insights from the expert panel as "an urgent call to action in science and policy and global-scale efforts to resolve the climate crisis and to highlight the key role of nature in that solution." The session concluded with a presentation by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CI’s ... -
Remembering the Amazon
Maybe I'm getting to that 'past my prime' point in life where the 1990s does not seem like that long ago, but Brendan Borrell’s recent Washington Post article, "Amazon? Still Not Out of the Woods" really resonated with me. Frankly, I didn’t understand the importance of tropical forests' contribution to climate change until I began my work here at CI nearly a year ago. Before joining CI, I thought about the Amazon as Borrell suggests many did: a 1980s 'Protect the Rainforest' trend that drew the attention of celebrities like Sting and Phil Collins who staged protests and "helped put ... -
Help Us Help Team Earth
In September, Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, stood in front of the crowd at CI’s Team Earth launch event in New York City and announced SC Johnson’s role as a founding partner of Team Earth. This week, his business launched a new initiative that embodies the spirit of Team Earth: environmentally-minded, innovative, and above all, reliant on you for success. Team Earth's first focus is to fight climate change by saving the world's forests. Every year, we lose 32 million acres of tropical forests – an area the size of England. With every acre lost, we also lose ... -
CI is raising awareness about climate change with Google Earth
The power of forests to deliver climate change solutions was displayed in a new virtual tour of Madagascar launched today by Google Earth in partnership with Conservation International. Mixing satellite images with photos and videos, the tour shows initiatives to protect tropical forests and calls on citizens and governments to support these types of projects at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December. You don't have to download Google Earth to see for yourself. Visit the Google Earth climate change page or watch below! LEARN MORE: New Partners For Forests: Climate Tours -
HFLD and REDD
HFLD – High Frequency Laser Disk? REDD – Really Exciting Doughnut Day? Nope. Good guesses, though. CI is an organization grounded in science and impacting policy, and in our effort to impact the global conversation about climate change, we sometimes throw around acronyms like they are common knowledge. Right now, the two inescapable catchphrases are REDD and HFLD – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and High Forest Cover, Low Deforestation to those in the know. In basic terms, here’s what we’re talking about. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) was created by the United Nations in 2008. The program aims to implement ... -
Back at home, reflecting on Monday’s event
CI’s press event launching Team Earth was a tremendous success. Just as the day before, the weather was beautiful, but the scene had changed somewhat. The area where Dr. Robert J. Lang had folded his origami trees had been replaced by a low riser for press cameras. The tent protecting the origami forest had been removed, leaving the installation looking more like a real forest. The general hustle and bustle of audio-visual teams, commuters and our staff preparing for a major press event created a very different atmosphere all together – one of anticipation. Managing the webcast and social media for ... -
Update from New York City – Origami Forest, Day One
I arrived at New York's Greeley Square yesterday on a beautiful crisp September morning. The sky was clear with a very light breeze and it was in the low 60's. Entering the square, I saw signs for Team Earth, and as I approached the stages set up by Conservation International, my heart began to rush and I just couldn't help but smile. Many weeks of work and preparation were coming to fruition on the main stage, where there stood a very large tree trunk made of brown paper. STREAMING VIDEO: Watch as they continue to build the origami forest. The idea ... -
Build Up to the Big Event
It has begun! At 9am this morning an unusual forest began to take shape in New York City's Greeley Square. You can watch it all unfold live with our streaming webcam. Tune in now to see the build up or watch Monday between 10am and 12pm for the exciting conclusion. WATCH STREAMING VIDEO NOW >> If you live in or near New York City, stop by in person! The event is free and open to the public. Or get all the updates by following us on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about the ...
