Corporate net zero must include protecting tropical forests

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Companies must slash their own emissions while also working to restore nature and reduce tropical deforestation both within and outside their value chains, explain EDF's Ruben Lubowski and Emergent's Eron Bloomgarden

The world's forests are disappearing. Science tells us that if we don't reverse deforestation in the next decade - in addition to taking urgent action to decarbonise our economies - our climate goals will...

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