Making Copenhagen Count

08/12/2009 at 1:29 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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All eyes are on Copenhagen as global leaders meet to thrash out an historic agreement aimed at avoiding dangerous climate change – possibly the greatest challenge facing man. The United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP15) is focused on agreeing ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting targets for countries to work towards.

One means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which has so far been overlooked by the climate agreements to date, is the damaging emissions which arise when habitats are destroyed. These account for a massive 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions created by man!

Fauna & Flora International has long recognised the contribution habitat protection can make to avoiding dangerous climate change and we are using our century of experience to respond to this challenge in several different ways.

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