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Four African Countries Ramp Up Ambition for Transition to a Low …

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) The DRC tackles climate change by addressing deforestation through REDD+ activities and by promoting renewable energy. ... (ktoe) and avoided greenhouse gas emissions of 566 kilo-tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (KtCO2e). Tunisia''s "Low Carbon 2050" strategy, established in 2021, …

The race to defuse Congo''s carbon bomb

One organization that provides support to help developing countries catalogue their greenhouse gas emissions is the Global Environment Facility, which says it has funded all of Congo''s official ...

Global Warming and Carbon Sequestration in Africa''s ...

The importance of the Congo Basin hinges on the fundamental role of forest ecosystem services. Forests play a major role in Earth''s carbon cycle through assimilation, storage, and emission of CO 2 (O''Connor 2008) addition, sustainably produced wood fuels offer an environmentally benign alternative to fossil fuels (Marland and …

Global Warming and Carbon Sequestration in Africa''s ...

Protect existing forests to reduce emissions from deforestation. The carbon reservoir in the Congo Basin forest biomass and soils is very large, highlighting the importance of conserving natural forest, and eliminating agricultural practices which contribute to the deterioration of these reservoirs. (d) Improve forestry techniques to …

Ghana Signs Landmark Deal with World Bank to Cut Carbon …

PRESS RELEASE NO: 2020/006/CCG. kfosu@worldbank . fbanaji@worldbankgroup . Ghana – with one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa – has become the third country to sign a landmark agreement with the World Bank that rewards community efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest …

To Become a Climate Solutions Country, the Democratic Republic …

They will help countries prioritize the most impactful actions that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and boost adaptation, while delivering on …

Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in

Warming and drying from deforestation could amplify carbon storage losses in tropical remaining forests. Here the authors report this value to be extra 5.1% in the Amazon and 3.8% in Congo as ...

Congo Basin Rainforest Is a Net Carbon Source During the Dry …

Since agriculture-driven forest-clearing fires in the Congo basin are responsible for 84% of forest disturbance area (Tyukavina et al., 2018), management/control of forest clearing is needed to reduce carbon emissions from the basin and protect the Congo rainforest as an important carbon sink.

Renewable energy – powering a safer future | United …

In comparison, about $4.5 trillion a year needs to be invested in renewable energy until 2030 – including investments in technology and infrastructure – to allow us to reach net-zero emissions ...

World Bank and Republic of Congo Sign Agreement to Reduce …

The US$41.8 million agreement will help diversify economic growth while reducing pressures on forests. BRAZZAVILLE, May 3 2021 -The Republic of Congo has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank''s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) that will unlock up to US$41.8 million for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest …

The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it

2010-2019 is the warmest decade on record. On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the global temperature is expected to increase by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius by the end of century. To avoid the worst of warming (maximum 1.5°C rise), the world will need to decrease fossil fuel production by roughly 6 per cent per year between 2020 and 2030.

Democratic Republic of Congo: CO2 Country Profile

We can reduce emissions by (1) using less energy; and/or (2) using lower-carbon energy. This metric monitors the second option. As we transition our energy mix towards lower …

The asymmetric effect of biomass energy use on environmental

In their empirical studies, Pradhan and Mbohwa found that bioenergy could reduce carbon emissions by 30% in South Africa. Additionally, Fontaras et al. in their investigations in Greece found that vegetable oil generated fuels has the potential to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30–60%. Similarly, plants and crops participate in the carbon cycle ...

The race to defuse Congo''s carbon bomb

Industrialists, conservationists and the government are fighting over the future of Congo''s peatlands, which hold as much carbon as the whole world emits in …

Ghana Signs Landmark Deal with World Bank to Cut Carbon …

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2019 — Ghana ­­– with one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa – has become the third country to sign a landmark agreement with the World Bank that rewards community efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.. Ghana''s five-year Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) with …

What lifestyle changes will shrink your carbon footprint the most?

Americans, specifically, waste about 25 percent of the food we buy. According to Project Drawdown, adopting a vegetarian diet can also cut emissions, by about 63 percent, while going vegan can ...

Adopt a carbon tax to protect tropical forests

The IMF already promotes carbon taxes as an efficient and fiscally responsible way of reducing emissions, with revenues being used for much-needed public investments in developing countries 13 ...

Selective logging emissions and potential emission reductions from ...

To estimate carbon emissions from selective logging in Central Africa, we employed the reduced-impact logging for carbon emissions reductions (RIL-C) protocol to quantify baseline carbon emissions from legal timber harvests by source (i.e., hauling, skidding, and felling).

Assessment of Mangrove Carbon Stocks in Cameroon, Gabon, the …

Comparison with Adjacent Central African Rainforests of the Congo Basin. Ecosystem carbon storage reported in the mangroves of Central Africa is among the largest for any tropical forest (IPCC 2007). We made comparisons of mangrove carbon stocks with some of the reported carbon stocks of the terrestrial Congo basin rainforest (Fig. 6). For ...

Selective logging emissions and potential emission reductions from ...

Section snippets Reduced-impact logging for carbon emission reductions (RIL-C) methodology. The RIL-C protocol was developed to measure emissions from selective logging in Indonesia by its main source (either felling, skidding, or hauling), and to estimate the possible emissions reductions from adoption of improved logging practices …

IMF Country Report No. 21/226 REPUBLIC OF CONGO

5. Reduced global oil demand is transforming global oil markets. Oil will remain an important energy source for a few decades. However, transition to a low -carbon economy is expected to permanently reduce global oil demand from around 2040. Figure 3. Republic of Congo: Global Net CO2 Emissions from the Energy Sector and Industrial Processes

Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and …

The inset shows the comparison between carbon content from 602 coal samples and 4,243 coal mines (R = 0.59, P < 0.001, n = 104).Each dot in the inset indicates the average of carbon content from ...

Why The U.S. Leads The World In Reducing Carbon Emissions

The U.S. reduced carbon emissions by 879 million metric tons, or 14%. Here''s how that compares to the ten countries with the greatest carbon emission reductions over that timeframe. The numbers ...

Selective logging emissions and potential emission reductions from ...

Reduced-impact logging for carbon emission reductions (RIL-C) methodology. The RIL-C protocol was developed to measure emissions from selective logging in Indonesia by its main source ... (43%) are the largest sources of emissions in most of the Congo Basin concessions studied. We suggest that efforts to reduce …

Critical ecosystems: Congo Basin peatlands

The Congo Basin is home to the world''s largest tropical peatlands, along with Brazil and Indonesia. The peat swamp forest of the Congo Basin stores around 29 billion tons of carbon – approximately equivalent to three years'' worth of global greenhouse gas emissions – while the Basin as a whole absorbs nearly 1.5 billion tons of carbon ...

BHP Says Carbon Offsets Remain an Option on Road to Reducing …

4 · BHP said it is on track to reduce its operational greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by fiscal 2030 versus fiscal 2020, Photo: william west/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. BHP Group isn ...

IMF Country Report No. 21/226 REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Contribution (submitted April 2021) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50–52 percent from its 2005 levels by 2030. As described at the National People''s Congress in …

COP26: Landmark $500 million agreement launched to protect the …

The Congo Basin is one of the last regions in the world to absorb more carbon than it emits. Its forest, the second largest in the world, absorbs nearly 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 …

Selective logging emissions and potential emission reductions from ...

Nearly half (51%) of logging emissions could be avoided without reducing timber yields if all best examples of RIL-C logging practices observed were applied in the same FME. At the country level, if all FMEs were to utilize these practices, emissions reductions would be 34% in RoC, 45% in DRC, and 62% in Gabon.

World Bank and Republic of Congo Sign Agreement to Reduce …

The Republic of Congo has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank''s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) that will unlock up to US$41.8 million for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and increasing carbon …

Carbon emissions: Artificial intelligence used to fight deforestation ...

Baby gorillas in the forest in the Congo. Credit: New York Times Protecting forests is widely seen as one of the cheapest and most effective ways to reduce the emissions driving global warming.

Tackling emissions from logging

For example, in the Congo Basin, by constructing narrower roads that are still suitable for traffic of heavy vehicles, forestry operators can reduce emission from hauling operations by as much as 58 per cent. In Madre de Dios, Peru, located in Southwestern Amazonia, reducing wood waste generates the biggest carbon bang for …

Gabon receives payment for reducing CO2 emissions

Gabon is the first country in Africa to receive payments for reducing carbon emissions. The first payment is part of the breakthrough agreement between Gabon and the multi-donor UN-hosted Central ...

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