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WEBCOP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate. 19 September 2024. News Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of …
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WEBCOP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate. 19 September 2024. Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of electric grids, among other initiatives.
Nine must-read climate change stories of 2021 from around the …
WEBDec 28, 2021 · Photo: Alejandra Loreto. 5.Ocean fire exposes weak regulation of Mexico’s oil and gas sector. In July, a photo of the sea on fire in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, becoming an emblem of all that is wrong with the global economy’s dependence on fossil fuels. Isabelle Gerretsen looked at the story behind the image.
Five takeaways from the IPCC's 2021 climate science report
WEBSep 8, 2021 · Here we round up five key messages from this landmark report. 1. We are set to pass 1.5C warming by 2040. The warming of recent decades has not been seen for millennia, is happening rapidly and almost everywhere on earth and has reversed a long-term global cooling trend. We need to go back around 125,000 years to find evidence of warmer global ...
COP Troika dithers on 1.5C-aligned NDCs, but experts set the bar …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Climate experts and campaigners have stressed that a 1.5C-aligned NDC needs to include an explicit commitment to no new coal, oil and gas exploration, as well as credible targets for slashing existing production and eliminating fossil fuel subsidies. “Claiming to lead on climate while continuing the expansion of oil, gas and coal production ...
As 1.5C overshoot looms, a high-level commission will ask: what …
WEBApr 22, 2022 · A temporary overshoot of climate goals is dangerous for human societies and ecosystems. “Many human and natural systems will face additional severe risks, compared to remaining below 1.5C,” the IPCC’s impact report warned. Some impacts, such as ice sheet and glacier melt and sea level rise, “will be irreversible”.
China-US announce deal at Cop26 to accelerate climate action this …
WEBOct 11, 2021 · China and the US have announced a deal to strengthen their cooperation on climate action and accelerate emissions cuts this decade, in a boost to the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, UK. The world’s two biggest emitters released a surprise joint statement on Wednesday evening setting out their intention to “seize on this critical moment ...
Five takeaways from the UN’s 2022 climate impacts report
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · The UN’s climate science body today released a major report on the impacts that climate change will have on humans and the planet, and how we may adapt to them.. It is the first such assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2014 and reflects large advances in scientific understanding of the effect global heating is having on us all.
After Cop26, countries must turn climate promises into action …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · The IMO’s current climate ambition – adopted just in 2018 – is to reduce emissions by at least 50% by 2050. This is a far cry from what is needed to address the “code red” warning we have been given on climate change, and well out of step with current calls for a zero-emission world by 2050. One group of countries trying to change ...
Colombia adds nature to the mix with its $40-billion energy …
WEB3 days ago · Colombia has launched a new $40-million investment plan for its energy transition, aiming to move away from oil and gas production, partly through pursuing green economic opportunities in sustainable tourism and nature restoration. The South American country’s environment minister, Susana Muhamad, unveiled the plan last week in New York ...