Climate knowledge

Why is there debate over climate change?

It doesn't help to think of the climate debate as an us-versus-them battle. There are a wide variety of views on the topic—and to move forward, we need to find the places of agreement.

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A simple guide to the Paris Agreement

The U.S. has dropped out of the Paris Agreement. Here's what that treaty is all about.

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What solutions can reduce deforestation?

If we want to keep carbon out of the atmosphere, it's essential that we hold on to the world's trees. So what strategies work best?

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What is the Green New Deal?

Think of the Green New Deal as a challenge: an attempt to raise the stakes of the climate conversation.

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How does a carbon tax work?

Most economists agree that carbon taxes are effective. So why aren't there more of them?

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The many types of pollution

Humans have a talent for tarnishing the earth. It's a problem we'll have to consider even as we fight climate change.

Project update

State of the Fund: September '20

In September, our projects expanded on their operations—purchasing new land and starting new partnerships—and restarted programs previously halted by COVID-19

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A guide to non-renewable resources and the climate

Non-renewable resources take eons to be replaced—sometimes longer than the entirety of human history. Still, some of these materials are essential in our quest to stop climate change.

Project update

Grove monitoring & data collection restarts amid pandemic

The Community Tree Planting project continues to adapt to COVID-19, and at this point has most of their tree monitoring back to pre-pandemic levels. All monitors are provided "COVID-19 Assistance Packs" containing masks and hand sanitizer.

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How to plant a tree

Want to add a bit of carbon—and a lot of beauty—to your yard? Just plant a tree.

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Essential facts on deforestation

The rate of cutting is slowing. Still, on average we're losing 270 square kilometers of forest each day.

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Climate solutions, pt. 2: What you can do

Your carbon footprint is just one small piece of the puzzle, but your actions can illustrate the scale of the emergency.

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New land acquired in Scotland doubles agroforestry potential

A letter from Jade Read, COO of the regenerative agroforestry project on Wren, talks about newly acquired land and the growth of piglets in Scotland.

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Climate solutions, pt. 1: Global priorities

There is no silver bullet for the climate crisis. But there are some solutions we already know we need to pursue.

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A simple guide to the Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol launched the first global effort to fight climate change. Behind its tangle of terminology, this treaty contains some easy-to-grasp ideas that still affect our approach today.

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What is happening to the polar ice caps?

Ice shelves are crumbling. Sea ice is melting. It's opening a vast new world of economic possibility—and a whole lot of trouble, too.

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What is a carbon sink?

Features of the natural landscape, from swamps and forests to certain kinds of rocks, can pull carbon from the sky. Can this help us avert disaster?

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Why is biodiversity important?

Global warming is a threat to nonhuman life on this planet—which turns out to be one more threat to us, too.

Project update

Scaling up the Tech-enabled Rainforest Protection project

The protected rainforest area that Wren supporters have been funding, has completed almost a year of successful community forest protection, maintaining a 0% deforestation rate since mid-2019

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What does 'cap and trade' mean?

Cap-and-trade initiatives use the logic of the marketplace to decrease emissions. The goal is to make cleaning up the atmosphere as cheap and easy as possible. But does it work?

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What do projections say about the future climate?

The worst-case scenario now seems unlikely. But don't breathe easy yet.

Wren news

Reflecting on racial justice and climate justice

The fossil-fuel economy cannot be separated from a long history of racism. Both need our attention and hard work.

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What is ocean acidification?

Climate change is not the only carbon problem. Fossil fuels are pushing the oceans towards a watery apocalypse.