{"id":18730,"date":"2022-06-22T21:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planete-urgence.org\/nos-actions-pour-le-climat\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T19:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T17:52:39","slug":"our-actions-for-climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/planete-urgence.org\/en\/our-actions-for-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Our actions for climate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our actions for climate<\/h1>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Climate change is now a tangible reality for everyone.<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Rising global temperatures and the acceleration of extreme weather events are already starting to impact natural ecosystems and human well-being, with strains on food capacities and the health of women and men in some regions of the globe. However, the climate is extremely dependent on the level of greenhouse gases stored in the atmosphere \u2013 primarily CO2. In this context, forests are particularly useful for removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it on earth.<\/p>\n

Acting for forests is therefore a major lever of action for the climate to which the Plan\u00e8te Urgence association is fully committed.<\/p>\n

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How does the climate work?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
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Before explaining how the association can act for climate protection, let\u2019s start by explaining how the climate system works.<\/p>\n

Climate, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), is \u201cthe synthesis of weather conditions in a given region, characterized by long-term statistics of variables in the state of the atmosphere.\u201d The climate is therefore a result of all the interactions that take place between the sun, the land, the oceans, the winds, the vegetation, the atmosphere \u2026<\/p>\n

The key element in global climate regulation is the greenhouse effect. Put simply, the greenhouse effect is a layer made up of different gases \u2013 the famous greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) or nitrous oxide (N2O) \u2013 which retains the heat of the sun on earth. This phenomenon resembles what happens in a greenhouse where vegetables are grown there when it is still cool outside: the transparent walls of the greenhouse allow the sun\u2019s rays to pass through, but the glass slows down the heat output.<\/p>\n

The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon and essential to life on Earth since without the greenhouse effect, the planet would be 33 \u00b0 C colder!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\nSource: Map 13 of the Fresque du Climat, explaining the greenhouse effect<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Why are we talking about climate change?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
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\nSource: Ed Hawkings\u2019 climate tapes (IPCC), https:\/\/showyourstripes.info\/<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The behaviour of the entire climate system is influenced by the evolution of certain external parameters that act on the greenhouse effect, which can be natural mechanisms such as a volcanic eruption or mechanisms linked to human activities. However, these human activities \u2013 and in particular the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation \u2013 have greatly increased over the last decades. The oceans and forests can absorb some of these greenhouse gases, which is why they are called \u201ccarbon sinks\u201d, but this capacity is now only 56%, the rest of the gases therefore remain in the atmosphere increasing the natural greenhouse effect which warms the climate.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The air temperature on the ground has already increased by nearly 1.2 \u00b0 C on average since 1900. According to the scenarios, it will have increased from 2.7 \u00b0 C to 7 \u00b0 C by 2100. Let us remember that 5 \u00b0 difference in temperature separates us from today\u2019s last ice age \u2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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What is the link between climate and forest preservation?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
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Plan\u00e8te<\/span>\u00a0Urgence has been preserving and restoring the world\u2019s forests since 2007 and therefore plays a climate change mitigation role at 2 levels.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forests represent the second largest carbon sink in the world after the oceans.<\/p>\n

In fact,\u00a0to feed and grow, a tree captures carbon dioxide in its leaves and bark, light through its leaves and water through its roots.\u00a0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It then transforms its 3 elements during the process of photosynthesis, which allows it to produce sap and oxygen which it releases into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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A forest is therefore an essential lever for action in favour of global carbon sinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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What is Plan\u00e8te Urgence’s action on the climate beyond the preservation of forests?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, the 2 \u00b0 C warming target has been achieved, Plan\u00e8te Urgence is helping territories and inhabitants to adapt to these present and future changes. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, has clarified the risks associated with rising temperatures: droughts, floods, submersions, etc. Each Plan\u00e8te Urgence intervention must therefore include an analysis of these risks and a response adapted.<\/p>\n

One of the actions of the association is the planting of mangroves along the most vulnerable coasts in order to protect the coastal villages from submersion.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Another action is also essential in the eyes of the association: raising awareness and mobilizing all stakeholders on climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indeed, we are convinced that the necessary movement in favour of changing practices will only be possible by explaining the origins and consequences of climate change, and its link to humans and biodiversity.<\/p>\n

The association has therefore set up projects in its countries of operation, but also in France, aimed at raising awareness of these issues, young and old.\u00a0In particular, in 2021, it initiated the Plan\u00e8te \u00c9ducation project<\/strong>\u00a0in schools in Benin to train teachers on forests, climate and biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Plan\u00e8te Urgence therefore wishes to have an integrated and increasingly impactful approach to climate issues by working on the reduction of emissions, sequestration through the increase of global carbon sinks, and the adaptation and mobilization of populations<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The 4 key principles of Plan\u00e8te Urgence in terms of climate finance<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n

Plan\u00e8te Urgence has many requests for carbon offsets from companies and wishes to share 4 key principles that must guide all financing of projects in line with climate issues. The association thus wishes to offer constructive criticism so that the research of the impact promotes on all other financial considerations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Above all, reduce its emissions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The idea of neutrality only makes sense at the level of the planet and not of an organization. The priority of an organization must be above all to measure and commit to a path of reducing its extremely demanding emissions and consistent with the Paris agreements. An organization must therefore strive to drastically reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and it must also be proactive to avoid all the emissions caused by its activity.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Contribute rather than compensate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Organizations can contribute as much as possible to the effort to preserve global carbon sinks, in and out of value chains in parallel with reducing emissions. The term of compensation is overused, because it would be wrong to think that what was issued during one year could be compensated over 30 years \u2013 in particular within the framework of forestry projects. Carbon credits sold on the voluntary market represent a useful but insufficient financing tool, because they do not finance all projects having an impact on the climate and the low prices charged often do not guarantee quality projects. Sponsorship for forestry projects can be an interesting alternative to help protect and restore global carbon sinks.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Act on mitigation and adaptation, as a priority in the most vulnerable countries<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Climate change is the consequence of the mode of production and consumption of the richest countries, and those who will pay the heaviest consequences are the inhabitants of the poorest countries. It therefore seems important to us to ensure that we pay particular attention to the financing of projects intended for countries in the South to help them better manage the impacts of climate change and adapt to it.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Only finance projects linking climate, biodiversity and the fight against inequalities<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Forests are at the edge of biodiversity issues (they are home to 80% of the world\u2019s biodiversity, IPBES 2019) and humans (250 million people in extreme poverty live within 5km of a forest, FAO 2020). It is therefore essential to ensure that projects aiming at an impact on the climate systematically integrate the challenges of biodiversity and the fight against inequalities, this is a guarantee for the sustainability of the impact.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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To go further on climate<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
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