Can the boreal forest be used to concretely fight climate change?

By Claude Villeneuve, Professeur titulaire Chaire en éco-conseil spécialiste des changements climatiques, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Charles Marty, Adjunct professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Maxime Paré, Professeur chercheur en agriculture nordique, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Patrick Faubert, Professor - Industrial ecology and climate change mitigation, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and deforestation are the causes of global climate warming exceeding 1°C over the past 100 years. At the current rate, this warming will most likely climb to 2°C before 2100, causing climate disruption around the world.

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~	Controversy-ridden NACC chief Paul Brereton quits two years short of his term’s end

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~	Neale Daniher was ferocious and inspirational, whether on the footy field or fighting ‘the Beast’

~	Russia Plans ‘Civic Death Law’ for Exiled Critics

~	Nuns have always sat between freedom and control. Now they’re in the social media spotlight

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