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🚀 Starting the Week Strong with an Impact Case: Paving the Way to Net Zero - Carbon Emission Baseline Development. In alignment with the commitment to achieve net-zero status by 2035 and in response to the urgent declaration of a climate emergency in December 2019, Impera joined forces with Lichfield to pioneer a groundbreaking initiative: the development of a carbon emission baseline tool for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions across the district. The overarching aim? To catalyze the creation of a robust climate action plan. Impera's Solutions: 🌐 Data Collection: Conducted comprehensive data collection across all relevant assets to ensure a thorough understanding of the carbon footprint, laying the foundation for informed decision-making. ♻ Utility Data Aggregator: Deployed an innovative automated data preparation tool capable of processing 100+ utility bills in just 10 seconds, revolutionizing the data compilation process for emission calculations and enhancing efficiency. 🙋♂️ Coaching: Provided personalized coaching and guidance to the internal climate and ecology policy team, empowering them with the necessary skills and knowledge to drive impactful change. The results had an internal and external impact! A culture of meticulous data recording and collation of energy usage within the organization was established. Read full Impact Case today: https://lnkd.in/eUPbm8Ct

🎉  New paper accepted for publication in Land Economics: "The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal – Experimental Evidence from an Afforestation Project in Germany" ❓ Does emphasizing local co-benefits impact the demand for carbon removal through #afforestation? 📊 Not in our framed #fieldexperiment. But in general, the WTP for voluntary climate protection through tree planting projects is high. 🤔 Much to our surprise, trust in forestry CO2 removal is higher than in established market-based CO2 avoidance, suggesting a preference for easy-to-understand mitigation measures with tangible co-benefits. 👉 Our findings suggest that there is a gap between public and expert assessments of options for climate action and their technical feasibility. Market-based instruments (still) need better explanation. 💪 Brilliant teamwork with Lara Bartels and Andreas Loeschel 📝Working Paper available here: tinyurl.com/3cv9nu72 UPB – Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung

Nature-based Solutions or Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) is increainsgly import to help adapt to and mitigate climate change and support natural habitats and biodiversity. It is also key to monitor its efficiencies and outcomes. During the July 20 EWN Monthly Knowledge Series, Stantec's Nathaniel Marshall will discuss how we’re using environmental DNA to efficiently manage and measure the biological outcomes of large-scale #naturebasedsolutions projects. Find out more by registering here: https://lnkd.in/gPCfKb5c #edna  

📢 The #LAMASUS_EU Stakeholder Board Members will gather for a second Workshop soon and we are excited to present the final program 📃 ! The program features a keynote session by two Policy Advisory Board members covering climate policies from DG CLIMA/EEA and IIASA “Can we have the fuel and eat it?” 🍽 Next, there will be a session on aligning LAMASUS models with the EU Green Deal, showcasing the project´s latest modelling outcomes within the agricultural sector 🖼.   LAMASUS will also present the beta version of the land use management geodatabase, followed by breakout sessions to discuss different land use types and their management in detail.  Some of the highlights on day 2 include a discussion on integrating policy and ex-post modelling, featuring a presentation of the structure and contents of the LAMASUS policy database. There will be a breakout session covering the carbon accounting, biodiversity impact assessment 🐄🍆🌼 and cost evaluations. 💸 We look forward to welcoming our Stakeholders and having a lively discussion to gather their input on our work.  

Companies are increasingly reporting their Scope 3 emissions, driven by pressing net zero targets and increasing regulation.   📣 Today we launched new research which finds credible progress on Scope 3 emissions is needed now to achieve global net zero ambitions.   The research navigates six core challenges that can impact reporting, action and implementation of Scope 3 interventions: 1. Identifying all relevant actors in the value chain to obtain accurate data 2. The risks of double counting, double claiming and freeriding 3. The reliability and credibility of data 4. The high costs associated with carbon reduction and/or removal projects 5. The lack of a clear bridge between data from interventions and the datasets used in many Scope 3 reports 6. The lack of clear guidance   The science is clear – we have a climate emergency. Businesses still face many challenges to reduce and remove their Scope 3 emissions at the scale needed to combat this climate emergency.   Thank you to our customers Andrew V. at Soil Capital Conor Mc Mahon at Nestlé, Sally Flis at Nutrien for their valuable contributions and insight.   Read our report in full here👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/eJYVJSQz   #scope3 #emissions #climateaction

New analysis has discovered that REDD+ projects are effectively slowing the rate of deforestation, and in some countries, by more than ten times the baseline project figures. This study showcases how accurate and robust REDD+ project baselines are, and debunks recent media sensationalism targeting REDD+ projects in a number of articles claiming they are ineffective.   Check out Quadriz latest blog article to read more about the study: bit.ly/45Q4JcT   #redd #deforestation #science #climateaction

Yes, the vast majority of REDD+ projects are in fact effective at slowing and avoiding deforestation, and most do perform very well when establishing baselines. Some nonsense articles claiming otherwise are continuously repeated by a few media outlets despite universal consensus that protecting forests is absolutely essential to a safe climate. Climate Change journalists have an important responsibility to ensure accurate and unbiased reporting on deforestation and the measures to combat it - including REDD+ projects. With many overperforming REDD+ projects existing and underway, it’s notable that there is such a lack of coverage of their successes with the media lens trained consistently on inaccurate and misleading sensationalism.

Good to see the BSSS publishing some guidance on this, and good to see that the document is upfront about the limited information available on the effects of combined management impacts upon soil carbon stocks, as well as acknowledging the challenge of permanence in such a complex system...

Environmental monitoring and modelling of water systems.

Join us and your technical support; -TARGET ;on going project Measures to mitigate against and adoption options climate change related stresses. - ACTIVITIES; - Rain water harvesting, water conservation, Reduction of water loss , Ecosystem Restoration, altered farming practices such as changing to drought - resistant crops and inter -cropping , grain storage, Economic diversification [ drought ] - Restoration of vegetation a long riverbanks, raised houses and of the buildings, [ schools, hospitals ] flood resistant roads, land use planning - Sea level rise - protection and restoration of coastal wetland, marshes and mangroves, coastal de fence walls, consideration of climate change impacts in infrastructure planning [ sea levels raised ] -Adjustment of grazing times and areas, planting of shade trees, changing to heat - resistant crops, improvements in public health to cope with emerging health issues, Disease control and eradication [ extreme temperatures ] - Wind - resistant housing and infrastructure, reforestation, planting of wind breakers,cyclones ] - To enhance technical support for developing and monitoring implementation of environment and climate impact assessments [ environment management authority ]