Deforestation is the removal, destruction or clearance of forests, usually to create more land for agriculture or to build urban areas, or for timber harvest. Deforestation represents the permanent loss of tree cover due to planted areas being harvested quicker than they can grow back.
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27 October 2025
Demand for eligible carbon credits is set to grow under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as airlines’ CO2 emissions continue to rebound from 2020’s...
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The global aviation industry faces a looming shortage of carbon credits to meet operators’ obligations under the CORSIA carbon market.
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The term ‘nature-based solutions’ encompasses a wide range of activities that aim to work with nature to resolve societal issues, ranging from climate change to coastal erosion, flooding, biodiversity loss and poor air quality in cities.
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