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Climate Change & Energy
www.coa.edu/academics/areas-of-study/climate-change-energy/

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IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster [The Guardian]

The world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a “now or never” dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists, including COA professor of global environmental politics Doreen Stabinsky, have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments on the climate.
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Forests can’t handle all the net-zero emissions plans [The Conversation]

Years of research into forests and participation in international climate negotiations lead College of the Atlantic professor Doreen Stabinsky and Kate Dooley of The University of Melbourne to conclude that emissions offsets won’t provide the solution some are promising.
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Chasing carbon unicorns: the deception of carbon markets and “net zero” [FOEI]

A new report led by College of the Atlantic professor of global environmental politics Doreen Stabinsky examines the science behind “net zero” claims, how they are used to obscure climate inaction, and the role of various actors in promoting these ineffective schemes.

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Sarah R Hall

Faculty, Earth Science
Doreen Stabinsky

Faculty, Global Environmental Politics