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Climate change is the biggest problem facing our planet. Luckily, protecting rainforest is the best solution we have to slowing down global warming

A unique five-year experiment has shown that tall healthy trees share carbon with trees of different species. Underneath the soil…

The Carbon Exchange

The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2030 an additional 250,000 people will die each year due to the effects…

Cool Earth is the most cost effective charity working on mitigating climate change

Big animals spread the biggest seeds, which in turn grow into the biggest trees. Some seeds are spread exclusively by…

Disappearing animals strike a blow to forest carbon

For thousands of people living in the Solomon Islands, close to Cool Earth’s Orangierie Bay partnership in Papua New Guinea,…

What happens when your home disappears into the sea?

Representatives of six African nations, alongside countries from the EU, the World Bank, and specialised UN agencies, have announced an…

An international effort to save forest in the Congo

About 160 countries will sign the Paris Agreement today. It was drafted at COP21 in Paris in December last year.…

Putting Promises from Paris onto Paper

We’ve had some bad news from Peru: floods are causing devastation for families living alongside the Amazon. Before Christmas, we…

Floods in the Amazon

The Paris Climate Change Agreement has been reported as a breakthrough in tackling climate change. But China is not committed…

Protecting tropical forests is the only answer to the climate challenge

A recent book has cited Cool Earth as one of the best charities to give to if you want your…

Doing Good Better

By Nazario Manrique, Asháninka Project Coordinator, Lima “I met with Edwin Montenegro this week, the president of ORPIAN, which is a…

What The Paris Agreement means for Cool Earth’s partner villages