Aerial photo of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Leslie Von Pless/EDF
This post is authored by Mark Moroge, Vice President of Natural Climate Solutions at Environmental Defense Fund.
We know that nature-based climate solutions are among our greatest assets when it comes to tackling climate change. Conserving, restoring and improving the management of nature – alongside reductions in new fossil fuel use – can provide at least 20% of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilize warming to below 2 °C.
We also know that we need much greater investment in nature to achieve its climate change mitigation potential: the world must close a $4.1 trillion financing gap in nature by 2050 to achieve climate goals.
But with a wide variety of potential solutions on offer, and with carbon markets for financing these solutions under intense scrutiny, it is essential that…
Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.