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Why Nature? Why Now? How Nature is Key to Achieving a 1.5˚C world

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This immersive report highlights the critical role that natural climate solutions can and must play in the fight for a 1.5°C world. Using powerful visualizations and data-driven insights, it shines light on the environmental and socioeconomic win-wins of protecting and restoring nature, and guides policymakers and financial players to the most efficient and cost-effective forms of land-based mitigation.

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Key messages

Without nature, there is no pathway to reaching net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 – i.e., remaining within the safer upper limit of 1.5°C of global warming.

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Key figures

of anthropogenic greenhouse gases

is the portion of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture and land use, combined with the removals of anthropogenic GHG emissions by land, flowing into and out of the atmosphere.

of public climate finance

is currently allocated to natural climate solutions, while between $4 and 6 trillion USD of subsidies each year damage nature.

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of climate mitigation

can be delivered by land-based Natural Climate Solutions (NCS).

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Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’

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Without nature, there is no pathway to reaching net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 – i.e., remaining within the safer upper limit of 1.5°C of global warming.