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The World’s Top 10 Carbon Dioxide Emitters

R-Squared Energy

About 200 countries are presently convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 25 in Madrid. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP) is tasked with making sure the agreements under the Paris Climate Accord are met. The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005. and EU declined.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. Put in place by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2005, it works by giving financial value to emission reductions from avoided deforestation. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared. goal within grasp.