New Global 'Ratings Agency' Ranks the 500 Institutions That Have the Power to End Deforestation by 2020
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
On the heels of a year marked by bold zero deforestation commitments the first ever comprehensive ranking of the powerbrokers that control the global supply chains that drive over half of tropical deforestation finds that only a small minority are equipped to tackle this problem. Deforestation and land use change cause more than 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, undermine regional water security, and threaten the livelihoods of more than one billion people worldwide.