Can we steer away from disaster in the Amazon?

Home / The Amazon ecosystem hosts the largest tropical rainforest on the planet, unique savannahs, and an extensive riverine network. It covers 750 million hectares (Mha). Its complexity and diversity are unparalleled, the refined result of an exquisite evolutionary process. Its functioning is vital to life on earth. For

Remembering Our Heroes: A New Era for Climate Change

Home / It has been a challenging few years for the Climate Institute as we suffered the loss of three of our longstanding pillars of leadership: John Topping, Jr., Samuel Shearer and Sir Crispin Tickell. They all made significant contributions to the work of global climate change and sounded

COP15 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal a Success

Home / The Convention on Biological Diversity was first signed by 150 heads of government at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Its main objectives are promoting sustainable development and conserving biological diversity, including plants, animals, microorganisms, and ecosystems. The UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 and related meetings provided the

Can we steer away from disaster in the Amazon?

Remembering Our Heroes: A New Era for Climate Change

COP15 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal a Success