As the world watches COP26, it’s clear that the opportunity to “build back better” following the pandemic was wasted. Despite lockdown measures resulting in a drop in worldwide CO2 emissions of 5.6% in 2020, the year still saw a record rise in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Much of this increase was caused by methane released from ecosystems disrupted by too much or too little rainfall. Even rainforests, the “lungs of the Earth”, are now emitting greenhouse […]