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4 months ago
Left-wing politics

Biden's new climate envoy is John Podesta. He has a big domestic climate job too

John Podesta will handle international climate policy after John Kerry steps down as climate envoy.
Podesta has been overseeing climate incentives and funding in Biden's administration. [ more ]
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7 months ago
Environment

The UN's Guterres calls for an 'ambition supernova' as climate progress stays slow

Countries' climate action plans are still far behind what's needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts.
Emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas will go up 9% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, but will be 2% lower than 2019 levels because of some climate action from countries switching to cleaner energy.
The world needs to reduce emissions by around 45% by 2030 to effectively address the climate crisis. [ more ]
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