As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the first half of 2020, humans around the world stopped moving and making, resulting in a 9% drop in the greenhouse gas emissions at the root of climate change.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2020
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Global greenhouse-gas emission reductions could be achieved in a fair and thrifty way by surprisingly small variations of well-known policies. This is shown by a team of economists in a quantitative study now published in ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2020
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University of Southampton scientists investigating ways of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases from our atmosphere believe volcanic ash could play an important role.
Environment
Sep 29, 2020
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Record temperatures are accelerating the rise of sea levels, melting glaciers and snow coverage and threatening the water supplies for billions, according to a major UN report Wednesday charting the "increasing and irreversible" ...
Environment
Sep 9, 2020
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An article released today by researchers at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy in the journal Nature Climate Change introduces a new approach for pricing carbon—Near-term to Net Zero. As policymakers and ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2020
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COVID-19 has curtailed the activities of millions of people across the world and with it, greenhouse gas emissions. As climate scientists at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, we are routinely asked: does this ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2020
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A leading group of University of Manchester academics are imploring policy makers to use the UK's post-pandemic recovery as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead a positive green revolution.
Environment
Jul 16, 2020
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The world has failed to halt global warming. Four years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, most experts predict global warming will exceed the agreed thresholds, with disastrous consequences. As much as the world faces ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2020
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Reflected in the number of companies setting science-based targets (SBTs) in line with climate science within the SBTI (Science-Based Targets Initiative), corporate climate progress has been striking, and we are seeing encouraging ...
Environment
Apr 28, 2020
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Climate deniers have been hanging out for the United Nations' next big summit to fail. In a sense, the coronavirus and its induced policy responses have more than satisfied their wildest dreams, precipitating a global recession ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2020
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