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youth are facing two existential crises at once: climate breakdown and
ecological breakdown. Natural climate solutions not only have the capacity to
address both of these, but they are critical if we have any hope of meeting the
1.5 degree target.</SPAN>
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is a youth-led, international initiative that is empowering young people around
the world to mobilize for natural climate solutions and hold our political
leaders to account on both the climate and ecological crises.</SPAN></P><BR>
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celebrate their recent launch, Youth4Nature is hosting an online webinar on<B>
May 14, 15:00 UTC</B>. One-part knowledge-sharing and one-part rally, this event
will feature talks from leading scientists and global youth leaders. To learn
more and get involved, register here: </SPAN><A
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us, as we steward a movement of young people advocating for both nature and
climate!</SPAN></P>
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is natural climate solutions?</U></SPAN></P>
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known as nature-based solutions, are proven ways of mitigating climate change
through conservation, restoration, and improved management in forests, wetlands,
and grasslands. According to the</SPAN><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"
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study</SPAN></A><SPAN
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led by the Nature Conservancy, natural climate solutions have the potential to
provide </SPAN><SPAN
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of cost-effective CO</SPAN><SPAN
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needed through 2030 for greater than a two-third chance of keeping warming below
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The majority of these nature-based solutions can also offer a suite of
additional benefits that will aid in climate adaptation, including flood
buffering, improving soil health and biodiversity habitat, and enhancing climate
resilience. However, the role that nature can play in climate action is not
recognized in discussion or in funding.</SPAN></P>
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