Increased annual emissions

The more carbon emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activity, the more destabilized our climate becomes. If we don’t take action now, annual global greenhouse emissions will increase by more than 26% before 2030 — dramatically worsening the impacts of climate change. Conservation can help: Protecting and restoring forests could account for a reduction of 30% of the emissions needed to steady the climate, and help close the ‘emissions gap’ — the difference between the current rate of emissions and the reductions needed to prevent Earth’s temperature from increasing more than 2º Celsius.