Earth Day 2019 - Climate

A Changing Climate

There is a powerful link between rainforests and Earth's climate. Rainforests store the carbon dioxide we produce, and when we destroy them, the CO2 is released back into the atmosphere, warming our planet. Protecting rainforests, however, is a massive opportunity to mitigate climate change. How?

Stopping current deforestation would be like taking half of the world’s 1.2 billion cars off the roads.

Did you know...?

Rainforests help regulate Earth's climate and store up to 25% of all the CO2 that we produce.
Deforestation produces 15% of global carbon emissions, but halting and reversing deforestation could reduce emissions by 30%.
Cutting emissions from tropical deforestation would make it 28% cheaper to keep global warming below 2º Celsius, the threshold for catastrophic warming.

Forests are the Answer

Forests can be either carbon sources or sinks, depending on how we manage them. By leaving existing rainforests intact and regrowing cleared or degraded rainforest, we can naturally pull CO2 back out of the atmosphere and reverse the trend.

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Climate Change Impacts Forest Ecosystems

Climate change will continue to impact the productivity of tropical rainforests. Warmer temperatures, pest outbreaks, droughts, and fires will continue to weaken these important ecosystems, their wildlife, and the services they provide to us, unless we take action.

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We Can Take Climate Action

We have 12 years to do something about climate change. Every degree of warming matters, every year matters, and every action matters. Natural climate solutions like protecting and restoring forests are the most cost-effective solutions to climate change, yet they receive a fraction of the funding. You can help change this!

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