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The world is careening toward 3 degrees of warming, UN says ahead of climate conference

Grist

“It does underscore the need for a robust response to the global stocktake,” said Taryn Fransen, a climate policy expert at the nonprofit World Resources Institute and a lead author of the report. Countries are getting closer to actually achieving the goals they set out,” said Fransen. That’s the good news.

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That dystopian hellscape keeping you up at night? It’s less likely than you think

Grist

levels, said Taryn Fransen, a research fellow at the World Resources Institute. “We degrees,” Fransen said. If the Arctic permafrost melts away, releasing all its stored methane, and if the global thermostat turns out to be especially sensitive to greenhouse gases, the world could warm to RCP 8.5

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COP27: From loss and damage to updated NDCs, dividing lines are taking shape

Business Green

"Countries are making incremental progress on strengthening their NDCs, but what we really need to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement is urgent transformational change," said the WRI's Taryn Fransen.

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How Do Countries’ New Emissions-Reduction Plans Stack Up?

CleanTechnica

By Taryn Fransen and David Waskow A new UN report finds that countries’ emissions-reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement are falling far short of what’s needed to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change. Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute Blog.