Reports and publications
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There is strong scientific consensus on the urgent need to rebuild agricultural soil carbon. That’s the topline message of a comment published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability.
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How tech can help businesses balance profit and purpose
Type: Column/Article
Date: November 11, 2019
With the US administration turning its back on the Paris Climate Agreement, demands for corporate climate leadership are mounting. At a time when executives should be filling the leadership gap, too many CEOs continue to be trapped by short-term, profit-only thinking.
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An online report with greenhouse gas flux data from rice and non-rice cropping systems from four agro-ecological regions in India. Published by Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY.
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This webinar recaps our most recent Science Day on genetic engineering and synthetic biology.
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An interview with Suzy Friedman
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The Salton Sea, the state’s largest lake, has shrunk by some 40 square miles, exposing tens of thousands of acres of playa, increasing dust and salinity, and reducing habitat. The state of California has a 10-year plan to reduce dust and build habitat around the Salton Sea, and more than $365 million in funding has been approved. However, work at the Sea has been stalled and the region has been ignored far too long.
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Washington is asleep at the wheel on climate change, but states are leading
Type: Column/Article
Date: October 24, 2019
Climate change is no longer a future threat. Its destructive impacts are already here in the form of violent mega-storms, prolonged drought and deadly wildfires. More than ever, we need a credible, positive vision of the future to motivate and mobilize the forces necessary to address climate challenges head-on.
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Capable of significantly reducing net emissions at a low marginal cost, and in the short-term, forests are an important piece of the climate change mitigation puzzle.
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