
Mark Titley: How do we stop deforestation?
Solving for Climate
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Deforestation and Climate Change: A Global Perspective
This chapter examines the interplay between deforestation and climate change, highlighting forests' role as carbon sinks and the historical responsibility for deforestation. It discusses consumer behavior’s impact on deforestation linked to agricultural imports from tropical regions and traces commodities back to their sources. Furthermore, it analyzes deforestation trends, the effectiveness of satellite data for monitoring, and the European Union's regulatory efforts to mitigate associated risks.
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