Countries on Tuesday issued a landmark pledge to slash their methane emissions this decade, with US President Joe Biden chiding China's leader for skipping the make-or-break COP26 climate summit.
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Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from burning fossil fuels, but a substantial portion, about 16%, arises from ...
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As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand's government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure of a 50% reduction on gross 2005 emissions by the end of this decade.
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COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the world's governments attempt to deal with climate change.
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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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Extreme heatwaves that may have happened once every decade are in danger of becoming an annual occurrence unless steps are taken to address climate change, a study suggests.
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According to new research from the University of Adelaide the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.
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Oct 28, 2021
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If nations make good on their latest promises to reduce emissions by 2030, the planet will warm by at least 2.7℃ this century, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. This overshoots the crucial ...
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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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Nations are edging toward a deal that could create a global carbon market when they meet in Scotland for COP26 climate talks in about a week, after Brazil signaled it's willing to compromise.
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