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Climate Change, Ancient Trees, Carbon challenge Elizabeth Hatton Climate Change, Ancient Trees, Carbon challenge Elizabeth Hatton

Why Ancient Trees are Important

Forests are sucking up 25% of our carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

However, the productivity of forests is sensitive to climate, and the faster forest death events have the potential to release a lot of carbon back into the atmosphere.

Recently, scientists have been able to quantify the role of ancient trees in storing carbon.

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Greenwashing, ASIC, ESG Elizabeth Hatton Greenwashing, ASIC, ESG Elizabeth Hatton

Who ya gonna call?

In a recent speech ASIC Chair Joseph Longo presented ASIC’s new corporate plan and noted that:

“Rather than attempting to be ‘everywhere’, we must prioritise the areas of greatest harm and take action to protect vulnerable people. Being a regulator is all about choices, so we must be targeted in the way we deploy resources.”

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