EU eyes 90% cut to greenhouse gases by 2040
The EU on Tuesday urged a 90-percent cut to its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, even as the bloc's transition to a greener future was clouded by a widespread farmers' revolt.
The EU on Tuesday urged a 90-percent cut to its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, even as the bloc's transition to a greener future was clouded by a widespread farmers' revolt.
Environment
Feb 6, 2024
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The German government on Thursday lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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Governments that over-rely on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet their climate targets may be breaching international law, says a new study.
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
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The emission reductions in the 11 high-income countries that have "decoupled" CO2 emissions from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall far short of the reductions that are necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C or even just ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2023
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Here's a climate solution we can all get behind: don't kill elephants. Or poach gorillas—or wipe out tapirs, hornbills, or other large-bodied wildlife that eat fruit and disperse large seeds. That's because a new paper ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2023
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More than half of the world's top fossil fuel producers will fail to meet climate targets unless they ramp up decarbonization plans, according to an international team led by The University of Queensland.
Environment
Aug 15, 2023
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Regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is an important part of Canada's strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, a newly published study by our team of researchers at St. Francis Xavier University illustrates ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2023
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The UN General Assembly took a major step towards urgent global climate action Wednesday as members adopted a resolution calling for the world body's top court to outline nations' legal obligations related to curbing warming.
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
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A review of gene editing techniques suggests that the CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas) method could be a possible "savior" for rice crops threatened by climate change and high food ...
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2023
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Despite the country's good progress in addressing climate change, two recent surveys have shown many Indonesians do not understand climate change or its causes.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2023
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