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Last week, @TraseEarth released modelled data on the subnational Ivorian cocoa supply chain and embedded deforestation, from department to importing country, by trader, annually (2019-22). This builds on new open data on cooperatives and their buyers: doi.org/10.14428/DVN/YBWJOR.
How much #deforestation is caused by growing #cocoa to make chocolate?
🇪🇺🇨🇭New @TraseEarth analysis shows the EU and Switzerland, as the world’s largest importers of cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire, are linked to around 800,000 hectares of tropical deforestation.
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In this analysis I find that cocoa #traceability differs across departments of origin, trading companies and countries of destination, and reflect on the implications at each level in the context of the forthcoming EU deforestation regulation.
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The transparency of cocoa supplies from Côte d’Ivoire varies widely, creating challenges for companies under the EUDR. Support for smallholder farmers through cooperatives is needed to enable traceability and improve their livelihoods.
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This is a must-to listen discussion in my opinion. I found especially important the debunking of apolitical/data-driven/objective narratives on (economic) sustainability transitions.
news.mongabay.com/2024/01/it…
and there is much more in @CrisisReports's podcast 'Planet: Critical' !
@_HannahRitchie and I went head-to-head about her book, It's Not the End of the World, and the data omissions which paint a far rosier picture of the polycrisis than her backer, Bill Gates, would have us believe.
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🍫As part of our research in the @TraseEarth partnership, I collect supply chain disclosures made by cocoa traders.
In Ghana, we find that these disclosures are of poor quality, raising doubts about sustainable sourcing claims.
insights.trase.earth/insight…
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Yes, I defended my PhD thesis! I am so grateful for all the privilege I have had to get here, and to all the persons who gave me so much admin, technical and social support. I'll do my best to use my new status to do more good than harm around me and to society.
Congratulations to @GuyeValentin for his PhD defence and thanks to all the participants to the jury and more particularly to the two referees for their constructive feedbacks @rach_garr @ben_d_groom
👇 "suggests that companies will struggle to comply [with EU regulation on commodity imports] because over 55% of cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire is untraceable"
NEW @TraseEarth data: Chocolate is eating forests in Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s biggest cocoa producer.
In 2000-2019, cocoa plantations swallowed an area of forest almost the size of Rwanda - driving up global greenhouse gas emissions. #COP27
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A milestone article for anyone interested in deforestation and agriculture!
It very much clarifies the current state of the knowledge abt pan-tropical deforestation - thanks to all the contributors
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
NEW in @ScienceMagazine ‣ Researchers from @chalmersuniv, @UCLouvain_be, @TraseEarth, @frsFNRS, @SEIresearch & others find that 90-99% of tropical deforestation is linked to agriculture.
Find out more: ow.ly/yx4y50KEoow
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Honored to get the best paper award at the premier edition of Shifting Landscapes @LSEgeography!
Congratulations to Valentin Guye (@GuyeValentin) from @MCC_Berlin for winning the 🥇Best Paper Award (and a 🦫) at the #shiftinglandscapes conference for his paper on biofuel mandates and tropical deforestation! @LSEGeography #LSEShift
Travelling by night train #intercité & eurostar, from presentations in Toulouse @TSEinfo to London @LSEGeography. I left at 10pm and arrived 9am. By accomodating tighter schedules, night trains make Europe more connected and flying less irreplaceable
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The work from Nathaniel Rich published in the @nytimes in 2018 is as epic as #DontLookUp, takes as long to read as to watch the movie, but tells a true story. nytimes.com/interactive/2018…
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Palm oil supply chain gets more transparent! @maphubs 's palmoil.io updates investments in palm oil companies daily; company grievances monthly, supply chain structure quarterly. news.mongabay.com/2021/11/da… via
@Mongabay
Carbon offsets used by major airlines based on flawed system, warn experts theguardian.com/environment/…
To save chocolate’s future, ‘start now and go big’ on agroforestry (commentary) news.mongabay.com/2021/05/to… via @Mongabay
France 2020
Comment l'installation et l'évacuation d'un camp de réfugiés à Paris a dégénéré. @RemyBuisine raconte heure par heure.
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@EmmanuelMacron @GermanyintheEU #FinalCountDown: Declare #climate emergency! Adopt European Finance-Climate Pact (@climat2020) during @EUCouncil! Support #GreenNewDeal towards #carbonneutralEU by 2050
➡️ Read Treaty: bit.ly/2Th4kKN
➡️ More info: urlz.fr/9eqb
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@EmmanuelMacron #FinalCountDown: Declare #climate emergency!
Adopt European Finance-Climate Pact (@climat2020) during @EUCouncil! Support #GreenNewDeal towards #carbonneutralEU by 2050
➡️ Read Treaty: bit.ly/2Th4kKN
➡️ More info: urlz.fr/9eqb
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