2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action
To limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, urgent action is needed to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
The International Energy Agency's net zero pathway is a key agenda for 2024, requiring a significant increase in renewable energy and energy efficiency. [ more ]
FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter?
The annual international climate meeting is taking place in Dubai, where world leaders will discuss climate change and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientists warn that immediate action is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change effects, such as mass extinctions and sea level rise.
There is a dispute over whether the countries responsible for causing climate change will provide financial support to help vulnerable countries adapt to a hotter world. [ more ]
UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge
To have a chance at staying below the 1.5-degree Celsius warming limit, countries need to cut emissions by 42% by the end of the decade.
Carbon emissions rose 1.2% last year, highlighting the urgent need for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The daily global average temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius on 127 days this year, showing the increasing frequency of extreme heat events. [ more ]
Climate campaigners cover bird' in fake oil in Rosebank protest
Demonstrators smeared oil over a fake, human-sized gannet to protest against plans to develop the Rosebank oil and gas field.Ocean Rebellion climate protesters staged the stunt near Dundee harbour on Thursday, pouring containers filled with fake oil over the mock bird until it became unrecognisable.
Climatic change- Aisha Zaffar- The Langley Academy
Climatic change- Aisha Zaffar- The Langley Academy (Image: dreamstime.com)I'm sure you know what it is.It is very well-known throughtout society and is the ultimate silent killer of the planet.Climate change has so much more effects than just the change of temperature, which is why it is such a wide-spread topic, because if we don't know the why the planet is changing, then we would never be able to reverse the effects in time, before it reaches a point of no return.
Group of 60 Scientists Urge Research Into Geoengineering the Earth to Fight Climate Change
A Past Resort Humanity is so desperate for solutions to combat climate change that even methods once touted as speculative science fiction are now being entertained as a plausible way forward.Solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modification (SRM) - the process of cooling the planet by reflecting sunlight, likely by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere - is one such proposal.
G7 establishes climate club to fight global warming
The Group of Seven leading economies have created an open, international climate club for countries that want to cooperate in the fight against global warming, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday after a video conference with other G-7 leaders.Germany holds the presidency of the G-7 until the end of the year and then passes it on to Japan.
Swedish 72-year-old cycles to Egypt for climate meet
The bottom line is that if the world follows the path that Sweden is now headed on, we are headed for climate disaster, Nicholas told The Local.The parties that are in power do not have policies that are effective or that are going to reduce emissions down to near-zero, which is where we need them to be.
Sweden Elects: Why tomorrow is a big day in Swedish politics
The bottom line is that if the world follows the path that Sweden is now headed on, we are headed for climate disaster, Nicholas told The Local.The parties that are in power do not have policies that are effective or that are going to reduce emissions down to near-zero, which is where we need them to be.
Dale Vince says attacks on his donations are a mudslinging exercise'
Eco-entrepreneur Dale Vince has called attacks on his support for Labour a mudslinging exercise and a flimsy stretch of an attempt to find some dirt on the opposition.The founder of the Green energy firm Ecotricity has donated about 1.5 million to Labour over the past decade, according to filings to the Electoral Commission.
Activists hail breakthrough' as proxy adviser backs climate resolution at Total
Shareholder activists have welcomed a breakthrough after an influential proxy adviser backed a climate resolution for TotalEnergies.Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that investors vote for the resolution, which urges the French oil giant to do more to cut emissions from its value chain, at the annual general meeting on May 26.
We have no time to lose': Ban Ki-moon criticises climate finance delays
The former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has warned that the world's largest fund to help developing nations weather the climate crisis remains an empty shell, despite decades of promises by rich nations.We need to see a massive acceleration in mobilising trillions of dollars needed to keep the world from climate collapse, he said.
What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?
Developing countries have been seeking financial assistance for loss and damage money needed to rescue and rebuild the physical and social infrastructure of countries devastated by extreme weather for nearly three decades.Finally achieving agreement on a fund is a major milestone.Now comes the difficult part the fund must be set up, and filled with cash.
Despair, lack of progress at climate talks, yet hope blooms
An Egyptian boy reads a note posted on an artificial tree set up for people to hang a note saying what promise they will make to help fight climate change, in the Green Zone of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.(AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - It's a desert, where little grows.
Five climate and sustainability-focused creative projects
A selection of publications, research projects, fonts and campaigns that respond to the future-proofing of our industry and planet.A 2022 report by UNEP finds that, currently, we are falling far short of the goals set in the Paris Agreement, the international climate treaty, with no credible pathway to reaching the 1.5°C warming limit in place.
There's a 2-in-3 Chance World Briefly Hits 1.5C of Warming in Next 5 Years, U.N. Warns
There's a two-out-of-three chance within the next five years that the world will temporarily reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change, a new World Meteorological Organization report forecasts.It likely would only be a fleeting and less worrisome flirtation with the agreed-upon climate danger point, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday.
Greenwashing or a net zero necessity? Climate scientists on carbon offsetting
To offset or not to offset?We asked three prominent climate scientists what they think of the murky world of offsetting.Johan Rockstrom, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and chief scientist at Conservation International, which manages a number of carbon offsetting projects, says that offsetting can be valuable but only if companies are already cutting their carbon emissions by at least half each decade, from now to reaching net zero in 2050.
COP27: Fossil fuel carbon emissions to hit all-time high DW 11/11/2022
17 minutes ago17 minutes ago Pandemic recovery and an uptick in the use of coal amid the Ukraine war are significant drivers behind carbon emissions.Climate scientists warned Friday that harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels would rise 1% more this year, nudging up to an all-time high.Scientists from the Global Carbon Project said at COP27, the UN's annual climate summit being held in Egypt until 18 November, that emissions declined in 2020 because of restrictions imposed during the COVID pandemic.
World's automakers fall short on climate goals, says new report
Issued on: 10/11/2022 - 04:20 Chinese EV manufacturer, BYD displays its electric car Seal at the Paris Car Show Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 in Paris.Michel Euler, AP Major automakers will need to sell about half the number of petrol and diesel vehicles than under current projections to be aligned with key climate goals, Greenpeace said Thursday.
CLIMATEWIRE | EPA will release its most stringent power plant standards in history Thursday, but it won't be enough on its own to deliver President Joe Biden's near-future climate goals.Biden has built his commitment to the Paris Agreement around a U.S. power grid that runs on 80 percent clean energy by 2030 and that has net-zero emissions five years later.
Climate Leaders Debate Goal for Controlling Global Warming
UNDP launched Climate Promise 2025 to strengthen countries' carbon-cutting pledges under the Paris agreement, aiming to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. [ more ]
2023 was hottest year on record as Earth nears critical 1.5C threshold
2023 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures approaching the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires across the planet, causing temperatures in 2023 to likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years. [ more ]
Europe's top rights court to rule on landmark climate change cases
The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on whether governments' climate change policies violate the European Convention on Human Rights.
The court's ruling on these cases could potentially set a crucial legal precedent and establish new fundamental rights related to climate stability. [ more ]
Shell adjusts 2030 emissions target to 15-20% reduction in net carbon intensity from 2016 levels, previously aimed for 20% cut.
Shell prioritizes value over volume in power sales, lowering total growth of power sales which led to an update in net carbon intensity target. [ more ]
Activist Investors Are Suing Shell Board for Failing on Fossil Fuel Transition
The oil giant needs to implement "an energy transition strategy that aligns with the Paris Agreement," the lawsuit said.Shell logo seen in Vilshofen on the Danube.Igor Golovniov / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A group of activist investors sued Shell's board of directors on Wednesday for failing to "deliver the reduction in emissions that is needed to keep global climate goals within reach."
2023 was hottest year on record as Earth nears critical 1.5C threshold
2023 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures approaching the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires across the planet, causing temperatures in 2023 to likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years. [ more ]
2023 was hottest year on record as Earth nears critical 1.5C threshold
2023 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures approaching the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires across the planet, causing temperatures in 2023 to likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years. [ more ]
Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals but some nations are closer than others
Not a single G20 country has policies consistent with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C and meeting emissions reduction targets.
Eight G20 countries, including Argentina, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, and Indonesia, are rated as critically insufficient in their climate policies. [ more ]
The future of fossil fuels could be decided in Dubai
Negotiators, activists, and corporate executives are gathered in Dubai for the United Nations climate conference to discuss the future of fossil fuels and the need to phase them out to address climate change.
COP28, the 28th annual Conference of the Parties, will focus on pressing issues such as the future of fossil fuels, financing climate action, and phasing out coal.
The Paris Agreement set a goal of limiting global average temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels and achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. [ more ]
The 28th COP meeting, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, will take place in Dubai from November 30th to December 12th.
The COP meetings are held under the UNFCCC and aim to address the global climate emergency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, set the goal of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels, but the current national targets are inadequate to achieve this. [ more ]
Nations Are Getting Serious About Climate Action. Just Not Serious Enough.
The world's nations are taking steps to tackle climate change, but they are still far from making the necessary changes.
At least 149 countries have updated their pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but current policies are not enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
To limit the risks from climate catastrophes, global emissions would need to fall by 29% to stay below 2 degrees Celsius and 43% to stay at 1.5 degrees Celsius. [ more ]
Emissions Should Be Plummeting. Instead, They're Breaking Dangerous New Records
Global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high, increasing by 1.2% between 2021 and 2022.
To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, emissions would need to decrease by 28% in seven years or by 42% to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. [ more ]
Earth likely briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday
Friday was the first day on record to have a global average surface temperature above 2°C compared to preindustrial levels.
Breaching the 2-degree threshold for a single day does not mean that the Paris Agreement's target of holding global warming to 'well below' such a mark has been exceeded. [ more ]
Global Warming Is Likely to Breach the 1.5 Degrees C Milestone within 5 Years
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there's a two-in-three chance a single year will cross the crucial 1.5 global warming threshold, an alarming new report by the World Meteorological Organization predicts.
'More likely than not' world will breach 1.5C of warming in next five years
For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday.But that did not necessarily mean the world would cross the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C above preindustrial levels set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Cop28 host UAE's approach is dangerous', says UN's ex-climate chief
The United Arab Emirates' approach to the Cop28 climate summit it will preside over in November is very dangerous and a direct threat to the survival of vulnerable nations, according to the UN's former climate chief.Christiana Figueres, who was pivotal to the delivery of the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2015, also said the country holding the presidency of the UN summit could not put forward its own position and had to be neutral.
Six arrested after climate activists block central London bridge
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Six people were arrested after climate activists blocked a major bridge in central London in a protest calling for investment in plant-based food.Members of Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, staged the Valentine's Day protest on Westminster Bridge just after 10am on Tuesday to urge the Government to sever ties with animal farming.
Clean energy race sparks more ambitious climate policies: Report
A wave of green subsidies in the US and EU aims to boost renewable energy sources based on a 1.8C temperature rise.Climate policy announcements from the past three months are becoming more ambitious, and most aim for a rise in global temperatures of no more than 1.8C (3.1F), a new assessment finds.The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), which describes itself as a climate transition forecasting consortium, has been tracking government and private sector climate policies since a United Nations climate summit in November 2021 and weighs the announcements according to their credibility and ambition.
Looking at Germany's role in the Vietnam War 50 years later DW 01/27/2023
North and south, east and west the history of Germany's relationship with Vietnam is perhaps best symbolized by the four points.Starting in 1954, and during the Vietnam War, Vietnam was split into the Communist north and the US-supported south.In 1949, in the aftermath of World War II, Germany was also divided along these lines, into east and west.
Last 8 years warmest on record globally, says EU report DW 01/10/2023
21 minutes ago21 minutes ago A new report by the European Union's climate monitor noted extreme temperatures in Europe, the Middle East, China, Central Asia and northern Africa.Europe recorded its second hottest year on record too.The last eight years have been the warmest on record, the European Union's climate monitoring service said in its annual report on Tuesday.
Great migrant nation': bid to protect Australian prosecco and feta from EU bans
The trade minister, Don Farrell, has asked his European counterparts to recognise Australia as a great migrant nation and not force its producers to stop using terms like prosecco and feta.In an interview from Berlin, Farrell said he was hopeful of clinching a free trade agreement with the European Union early in the new year because he had received an extremely positive response in all of the countries we visited.
EU becomes first leading economy to legislate for green tariff' on imports
In the early hours of Tuesday morning the EU became the first big economy to legislate for a green tariff on imports, to be levied on goods that are produced with high carbon dioxide emissions.The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) means that countries which fail to green their industries will soon face a new threat: an effective carbon tax that will penalise those hoping to profit from high-carbon activities, and force them to clean up.
Cop27: EU agrees to loss and damage fund to help poor countries recover from climate disasters
A breakthrough looked possible in the deadlocked global climate talks on Friday as the European Union made a dramatic intervention to agree to key developing world demands on financial help for poor countries.In the early hours of Friday at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt, the European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans launched a proposal on behalf of the EU that would see it agree to establishing a loss and damage fund.
Just Stop Oil's message to Suella Braverman: threaten us all you like we're not listening | Indigo Rumbelow
It's a strange paradox.The tougher that Tory home secretaries talk, the faster law and order seems to break down.Whoever's in the role Grant Shapps, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman the same rhetoric grinds on, day after day: cracking down, clamping down, demanding tougher action.Now the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has joined in, reportedly launching Operation Get Tough and demanding the police use all the new powers available to them through the latest sweep of anti-protest laws.
Posten's Christmas ad shows fractured relationship between Santa and Mother Earth
The postal service used data from Norway's Climate Index that highlighted only 10 out of 100 companies have cut emissions in accordance with the targets set in the Paris Agreement.After the success of last year's When Harry Met Santa' film, Posten has launched an equally bold and important Christmas ad that details the damage being done to the planet over the festive period.
CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high this year
Aviation industry identified as a leading contributor to the rise in emissions as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high, according to scientists.The Global Carbon Budget report, released on Friday during the United Nations COP27 climate summit, laid bare the gap between the promises governments, companies and investors have made to cut planet-warming emissions in future years, and their actions.
Europe sees warmest October on record EU monitor DW 11/08/2022
The European continent has just experienced its warmest October since records began, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).It said temperatures were nearly 2 degrees Celsius above the average for the 1991-2020 reference period."The severe consequences of climate change are very visible today and we need ambitious climate action at COP27 to ensure emissions reduction to stabilize temperatures close to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees," said C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess, referring to UN climate talks taking place in Egypt.
Greta Thunberg says she's ready to hand over megaphone
The new Sweden Democrat MP Elsa Widding has been attacked as "shameful" and "deplorable", for denying the climate crisis in her maiden speech in the country's parliament.Published: 19 October 2022 16:18 CEST In her speech, Widding, a civil engineer educated at Chalmers University of Technology, said that a warming planet would have advantages as well as disadvantages, and that there was no clear scientific backing for the climate crisis.
China says US to blame for breakdown in climate cooperation
Chinese foreign ministry's remarks come days ahead of COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt.Climate change diplomacy between China and the United States cannot be separated from broader political tensions between the two sides, and Washington must take responsibility for the breakdown in talks, China's foreign ministry said.
China says United States to blame for breakdown in climate change diplomacy
Issued on: 04/11/2022 - 03:28 File photo: The Forbidden City is seen from the top of Jingshan Park during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, China, November 29, 2015.Kim Kyung Hoon, Reuters Climate change diplomacy between China and the United States cannot be separated from broader political tensions between the two sides, and Washington must take responsibility for the breakdown in talks, China's foreign ministry said.
World failing on funding for climate adaptation: UN report
Global adaptation planning, financing and implementation are not keeping pace with the growing risks, report says.The world is falling short at providing money to assist struggling nations adapt to the increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change, according to a new UN report.As the climate crisis intensifies, adapting to its fallout is key, the United Nations Environment Programme said in a report published on Thursday titled Too Little, Too Slow: Climate Adaptation Failure Puts the World at Risk.
Global warming twice as fast in Europe than rest of world, study says
The river Rhine is pictured with low water in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.(Martin Meissner/AP)Temperatures in Europe have risen at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years, a new report found, as the continent recovers from a summer of record heat.Temperatures in Europe increased at an average rate of 0.5 degrees Celsius (32.9 degrees Fahrenheit) every decade between 1991 and 2021, according to the annual State of the Climate in Europe report published Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus,the European Union's Earth observation program.