This article was updated on September 19, 2019, after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to adopt the Tropical Forest Standard.

As fires rage across the Amazon , an act thousands of miles away will generate financial incentive to help keep those forests standing.

In an historic decision, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to adopt the Tropical Forest Standard on September 19, 2019, securing the state’s legacy as an environmental leader on a global scale for generations to come. This Standard provides a blueprint for allowing tropical forest protection initiatives to be included in the state’s programs to cut climate-warming carbon emissions.…