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Earth and wood IPCC scientists fear climate change, but are told they should look no further than the trees
A CALL for the world to use more wood was one bright light that shone amid the gloom at the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ‘Earth Day ‘executive meeting in Berlin. In a now-or-never warning, IPCC leaders spoke out about “impending catastrophe [of climate change], unless governments and business act serious, and soon. One of the many “mitigating scenarios” the IPCC report proposes for consideration is carbon capture and sequestration. The panel of leaders heard they need to look no further than the trees. The IPECC gathering was reminded that forests are nature’s
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