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We are in Code Red for the Planet at 1.2 C. The burning of fossil fuels and destruction of natural resources now threatens our society. Twenty-six COPs have not delivered, the IPCC reports underreport the risks, climate tipping points are on the move and current mainstream science limits our views to solutions.  

* Climate change is not a gradual process, it is likely to cascade suddenly, accelerate irreversibly through the climate tipping points.  
* The first tipping point, the Amazon Rainforest is near collapse. This dieback not only emits huge amounts of extra CO2, but it will also destroy a '''major cooling organ of our planet'''. We need to stop this, and it is possible through the mechanism of the biotic pump.  
* Evolution has delivered a powerful cooling mechanism, largely overlooked by mainstream science: when carbon is fixed through photosynthesis, '''forests evaporate enormous amounts of water'''. The energy needed for this is released again when the water vapor forms clouds, which reflect the sunlight, while exporting the energy to the outer atmosphere.  
* This process of evaporation of water by forests and '''the forming of clouds is a very strong net cooling process'''. Emerging science shows that deforestation is responsible for a significant amount of global temperature rise now solely attributed to greenhouse gases.  
* Cutting down forests heats up the climate, while regenerating them around the world and especially in the tropical zone, holds the potential to help cool the planet and solve the climate crisis within a generation. Of course this should be done on top of the ongoing decarbonization of the economy, the energy transition and transitioning to circular production. 
* We need to frontload the fight against climate change and biodiversity destruction and '''restore the cooling capacity of the tropical forests''' now. 

You’re invited to support cooling the planet in one generation. We need to start now at the scale of the challenge, meaning '''regenerating the vegetation on up to a billion hectares/2.5 billion acres of degraded land''', before the window closes and we enter into a run-away heating of the climate. 

It is possible, but we are running out of time.

==== Presenters: ====

* '''[[Rob de Laet]],''' Dutch-born adventurer, world traveller, philosopher, climate-activist, currently regenerating a small valley in Brazil. From an early age in the grip of the question of consciousness, the crisis we are now in. Since 2013 full time focusing on resolving the crisis our species and planet are in. Member of several climate organizations.

* '''[[Pieter-Paul de Kluiver]],''' Dutch criminologist and co-founder of '''[[Green Water Cools]]''' and researcher of climate change solutions, especially based on the cooling capacity of high-quality green landscapes. Winner of several environmental prizes.

* '''[[Marcel de Berg]],''' Dutch quantitative business economist from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is an investment professional and co-founder of Green Water Cools collective that has been doing in-depth research on how we can cool our climate faster and cheaper. 

To learn more: 

* Short video to explain the crucial cooling capacity of forests
* [[Green Water Cools]] collective that has been doing in depth research into the cooling role of forests and natural green structures on our climate: ::https://greenwatercools.org/:: 
* A Marshall plan to cool our Planet Now 
* A Sketch of an Architecture for Global
[[Category:Issue-Global]] Regeneration
* Carbon sequestration by the numbers: The Value of Tropical Forests in the Climate Change Equationhttps://www.wri.org/insights/numbers-value-tropical-forests-climate-change-equation

* Blog by Antonio Nobre about the many ways forests serve the climate:::https://www.thebioticpump.com/post/forests-that-serve-the-climate:: 

* Major study about the biotic pump by Peter Bunyardhttps://repository.usergioarboleda.edu.co/bitstream/handle/11232/397/How%20the%20biotic%20pump.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

* 2021 large study: Revealing the widespread potential of forests to increase low level cloud coverhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24551-5?s=03#:~:text=Clouds%20further%20increase%20the%20value,effect%20of%20increased%20cloud%20cover.


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