China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing's climate pledges.
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Feb 16, 2022
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Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions are very welcome—but accurate monitoring across the globe is crucial if we are to meet targets and combat the devastating consequences of global warming.
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Nov 16, 2021
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With the eyes of the world on COP26, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) say the broader environmental and social implications of extreme emission reduction schemes need to be taken into account.
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Nov 12, 2021
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UN climate talks headed towards a rocky conclusion Friday after two weeks of fraught debate failed to resolve several key disputes or produce the emissions cutting plans needed to limit global warming to 1.5C.
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Nov 12, 2021
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Corporate carbon polluters plant trees to counter their CO2 emissions, but activists warn against greenwashing and say such afforestation schemes detract from the emissions reductions needed to combat climate change.
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Nov 11, 2021
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Acting now to reduce fossil fuel emissions will result in improved air quality and dramatic reductions in pollution-related deaths, illnesses and economic losses across the United States by 2030, a new study by scientists ...
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Nov 9, 2021
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At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, more than 90 nations signed a global pledge led by the United States and United Kingdom to cut methane emissions. However, Australia was not among them.
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Nov 3, 2021
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Despite recent reports of government decisions to shutter coal-fired power plants in Canada, the United States and the European Union, coal remains the source of almost 40 percent of the world's electricity. In the past two ...
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Nov 1, 2021
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The Morrison government's eleventh hour commitment to net zero by 2050 is a monumental failure.
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Oct 27, 2021
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The latest round of national emissions cutting plans submitted under the Paris Agreement will make no material dent in short-term carbon pollution levels and still put Earth on course to warm 2.7C, the UN said Monday.
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Oct 25, 2021
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