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Reviewing the importance of International Year of Plant Health

February 8, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Agronomy, Biology, Biosecurity, Crop Science, International Year of Plant Health, pest management, Plant Health, Plant Science, Sustainability, United Nations

Protecting plants helps the United Nations meet many of its sustainable development goals

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Rutgers Legal Expert Available to Discuss Environmental, Climate Change Priorities

January 21, 2021 sarah Jonas biden administration, Biodiversity, Black Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Conservation, Deforestation, Department Of Justice, Environment, Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulations, Fires, Fossil Fuels, Government, hydrofluorocarbons, International, international treaty, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Land Management, Law, Methane, Mining, NATO, New Jersey, Ngos, NJ, non-governmental organizations, Ocean, Oceans, Oceans, Coasts, and Coral Reefs Specialist Group, Policy, Pollution, President Biden, Regulations, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Security, soot, Sustainability, United Nations, United States, World Commission on Environmental Law

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 21, 2021) – Rutgers University Professor Cymie R. Payne, an expert on United States and international environmental

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss U.S. Rejoining Paris Climate Agreement

January 20, 2021 sarah Jonas biden administration, Carbon Dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Finance, global warming, Greenhouse Gases, Nationally Determined Contributions, net-zero, New Jersey, NJ, paris agreement, Paris Climate Agreement, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, United Nations, United States

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 20, 2021) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick professors Pamela McElwee and Robert E. Kopp are available for interviews on the announcement that

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Survey finds pandemic had a major impact on children’s experiences and rights

December 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Children, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, Queen's University Belfast, Survey, United Nations, young people

A global survey of children’s views and experiences of life under COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has found that the pandemic had wide-ranging impacts on children’s experiences and rights.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Paris Climate Agreement Following 2020 Election

November 4, 2020 sarah Jonas 2015 Paris Agreement, 2015 Paris Climate Conference, 2020 Election, Carbon Dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, global warming, Greenhouse Gases, Joe Biden, New Jersey, NJ, paris accord, paris agreement, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Trump Administration, United Nations, United States

New Brunswick, N.J. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick professors Robert E. Kopp and Pamela McElwee are available for interviews on the Paris climate

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Most Nations Failing to Protect Nature in COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Plans

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Australia, Biodiversity, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Conservation, COVID-19, Economy, Ecosystems, Enforcement, Environment, European Union, Extinction, Farming, fiscal policy, Forests, Fossil Fuels, India, Infrastructure, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, natural areas, Nature, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Overfishing, Pakistan, Pandemic, Regulations, Resilience, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, species loss, Subsidies, United Nations, United States, wildlife markets

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the global economy and reverse decades of ecosystem and species losses, but most countries are failing to invest in nature-related economic reforms or investments, according to a Rutgers-led paper.

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NAU scientists contribute to critical global study showing ‘best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection to mitigate climate change, safeguard human well-being

August 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Tropical Forests, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme

Professor Scott Goetz, research professor Patrick Jantz and research associate Pat Burns of Northern Arizona University contributed to the study, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, that found world’s “best of the last” tropical forests are at significant risk of being lost,

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Geoengineering is Just a Partial Solution to Fight Climate Change

July 20, 2020 sarah Jonas 2015 Paris Agreement, Atmosphere, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Climate Change, climate intervention, Climate Model, Climate Science, coal, Cornell University, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Geoengineering, global warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Indiana University, Mitigation, National Center For Atmospheric Research, Natural Gas, New Jersey, NJ, oil, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Precipitation, Rutgers, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Society, Solar, Solar energy, solar radiation, Stratosphere, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid, Technology, United Nations, University of Colorado, Boulder, upper atmosphere, Wind, Wind Energy

Could we create massive sulfuric acid clouds that limit global warming and help meet the 2015 Paris international climate goals, while reducing unintended impacts? Yes, in theory, according to a Rutgers co-authored study in the journal Earth System Dynamics. Spraying sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere at different locations, to form sulfuric acid clouds that block some solar radiation, could be adjusted every year to keep global warming at levels set in the Paris goals. Such technology is known as geoengineering or climate intervention.

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A data visualization platform that tracks countries’ progress on meaningful access to information

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Data Visualization, Information Technology, Technology, United Nations

The Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School has released the Development and Access to Information Dashboards, a data visualization platform that tracks the progress of countries and regions on key indicators related to three dimensions of meaningful access to information: Connectivity, Freedom and Gender Equity.

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How to Tackle Climate Change, Food Security and Land Degradation

July 7, 2020 sarah Jonas 2015 Paris Agreement, afforestation, Agriculture, Benefits, Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Carbon, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Storage, Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate, Climate Change, climate mitigation, Cropland, Crops, Development, Disasters, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystems, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Farming, Food, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Habitat, Human Ecology, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, LAND, land degradation, Mitigation, New Jersey, NJ, Policy, Risk Management, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Shrubs, soil, Sustainability, Sustainable, Sustainable Development Goals, Trees, United Nations, water

How can some of world’s biggest problems – climate change, food security and land degradation – be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the organic content of soil, have fewer trade-offs than many well-known options, such as planting trees, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Global Change Biology.

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Defunding and Departing from the WHO: A Threat to Global Security and Also the United States

June 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, johns hopkins school of nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Patricia Davidson, United Nations, World Health Organization

In the midst of the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Trump’s announcement that the US will defund and depart from the World Health Organization (WHO) poses a clear and present danger to all Americans and the international community. Infectious diseases do not recognize national boundaries nor a person’s politics. Our responses to them cannot either.

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ASSESSING FORESTS FROM AFAR

March 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations

A new study led by the University of Delaware’s Pinki Mondal recommends that in addition to using large swaths of coarse satellite data to evaluate forests on a national scale, it is important for countries to prioritize areas such as national parks and wildlife refuges and use finer scale data in those protected areas to make sure that they are maintaining their health and are being reported on accurately.

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