WETLANDS AND NATURE TAKE COP26 CENTRE STAGE
By Fred Pearce
Nature finally took centre stage in UN climate negotiations at November’s COP26 event in Glasgow, Scotland. The carbon-storage capacity of wetlands came to the fore, as delegates from around the world considered afresh how they
could limit climate change at or near 1.5° Celsius of warming – a target set in Paris, seven years prior.
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Wetlands International Annual Review 2021
Wetlands International Annual Review 2021
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