DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. Oil Majors Show up in Disguise. DeSmog’s analysis of the COP26 participant list was not comprehensive.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

Truss, who is the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk, resigned as prime minister in October 2022 after just 49 days in office. Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group. Porter’s Energy Blogs Climate models accurately predict global temperature rises, with observed warming tracking the forecasts.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2023

She has been accused of trying to “undermine” climate science when the impact of human-caused climate change is making headlines amid a summer heatwave in Europe. However, its reintroduction was the key demand of opponents of climate action as global gas prices spiked amid Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

He was also formerly an adviser to Consumer Choice Center – a US-based pressure group with links to the Koch fossil fuel empire that has come under fire for advocating against green reforms in the EU without being registered as a lobbying firm. Climate change will disproportionately affect young people.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

As record-breaking temperatures turn parts of Europe into an inferno, we take a look at the key players in Westminster attempting to stifle action to achieve net zero. A new scientific study published on Tuesday found that heatwaves in Europe and the US would have been “virtually impossible” without human-induced climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New analysis warns national climate targets for 2030 point to dangerous warming of 2.4C, as rush for LNG capacity risks further undermining chances of meeting goals of Paris Agreement. Projected global warming in 2100 based on national climate targets announced to date remains at a worryingly high 2.4C of warming this century.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe. degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Report predicts global coal use will tick up again this year, but hopes remain that renewables boom could soon start to curb fossil fuel demand. Annual global coal demand is set to surpass eight billion tonnes for the first time this year, eclipsing the previous record set in 2013. per cent in 2022.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That is the headline conclusion of a fresh analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) today, which offers a glimmer of hope that global emissions are closer than ever to an historic peak, even if the rapid decline in greenhouse gases required this decade to limit temperature increases to 1.5C remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is part of a regular column, Gaslit , which navigates society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. It was in April – May 2022 in India & Pakistan.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Heatwaves in Europe. They are the price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

European fossil fuel giant pledges to ramp up investment in hydrogen and end sale of carbon-based products by 2040. The need to take action to limit global warming is driving regulatory change and shifting consumer behaviour and it is clear that Varo has a key role to play in Europe's energy transition and energy security," he said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

Just this week Ford and Volvo joined together with 26 other energy, transport and logistics operators in calling on the EU to ban sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe by 2035, alongside fresh mandatory EV charging infrastructure targets. In order to keep the sector in line with a 1.5C

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Expanding access to energy is a vital goal but increasing fossil fuel use undermines poverty eradication through its continued, long-term global warming impacts. carbon budget , which is necessary to avoid the worst of planetary warming. But Europe’s real win lies in its boost to green energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Ford also reiterated its recent investment plans to spend more than $50bn globally from 2022 through to 2026 to develop EVs and the batteries that power them. Last month, Ford said it aimed to end fossil fuel van sales and achieve 'carbon neutrality' across entire European operations and supply chain by 2035.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

IEA predicts major gains on energy efficiency in 2022 in response to energy crisis, but BloombergNEF warns current clean energy policies still put world on track for a 2.6C per cent as the Covid pandemic slowed the pace of building and factory upgrades.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today the influential International Energy Agency (IEA) waded into the debate with a wide-ranging new report that warned global methane emissions from the energy sector are around 70 per cent higher than the amount officially reported by national governments. The report - titled Global Methane Tracker 2022 - makes for sobering reading.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Dubbed the Green Vessel Classification system, the scheme is set to include a new Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fee for ships using the canal, in a bid to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels towards greener forms of shipping, according to Maritime Executive. COP15: UN biodiversity summit meetings delayed over Omicron fears.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New analysis reveals Net Zero Banking Alliance members funnelled $33bn towards expanding oil and gas production over past year, but banks insist they are working to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels. temperature goal alive. If oil and gas demand decreases in line with 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

They include the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), a powerful group representing large meat producers in the US, which in 2022 was still questioning on its website whether climate change was caused by humans. We need the animal agriculture equivalent of ‘keep it in the ground’ for fossil fuels,” she adds. “It’s

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. On topics like water scarcity, where we face serious issues in Europe, I'm looking to learn from my colleagues in Africa and Brazil.". Do I feel pressure?

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Take the record-breaking temperatures that swept over Europe last summer, sending the thermostat soaring above 100 degrees F across the continent, resulting in more than 61,000 deaths. Deadly heat can hit basically anywhere, catching people off-guard. Baldwin recently coauthored a study trying to explain this discrepancy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Simply cutting emissions but allowing the destruction of the rain forest to continue will do little to reverse global warming," he argued. We support companies on that journey, but in 2022, a key focus of our work will also be holding companies accountable on their commitments.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Agency increases its five-year renewables forecast by 30 per cent in wake of fossil fuel supply crunch triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It said it was now predicting renewable power capacity to grow by 2,400GW over the 2022 to 2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Meat lobby group, the Canadian Cattle Association, attended with Canada in 2022. This year will be different.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

There is now a 50 per cent chance of average global warming temporarily reaching the critical 1.5C What Vladimir Putin has done by using gas energy as a weapon, is to convince Europe that it has to move faster," he said. "So, Hitting or exceeding 1.5C The chance of exceeding in the near term the totemic 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

The fast food chain, alongside a number packaging producers and trade associations, wrote to European policymakers at the end of April, demanding a pause to the legislation, which would champion reusable packaging in Europe. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 And they could see the effects of our warming world around them. Last year we saw devastating floods across Asia and Europe. It calls on countries to phase-down unabated coal power and phase-out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports over the past year or so, today's - dubbed Climate Change 2022: The Mitigation of Climate Change - was particularly highly anticipated due to its focus on solutions to the aforementioned crisis the world currently faces, in terms of technologies, policies, nature-based measures and finances. on the table.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

After coal-fired power generation fell in both 2019 and 2020, it is now expected to jump by nine per cent during the current calendar year to reach an all-time high of 10,350 terawatt-hours worldwide, posing a serious threat to the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C, the IEA warned. target set out in the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Analysts concluded that the new promises, including phasing out coal, would bend the global warming trajectory , though still fall short of the Paris climate agreement. Russia is waging a war on European soil, with global implications for energy and food supplies. Today, the world looks ever more complex.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Leaders of the world's biggest economies have today signalled their continued support for an ambitious outcome from the tense on-going climate negotiations at the COP27 Summit, emphasising their support for capping global warming at 1.5C, ramping up climate finance, cutting back on coal power, and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Legal experts fear the treaty could be used by fossil fuel companies to sue governments over decarbonisation policies that leave them out of pocket. because it will prolong the UK's dependence on fossil fuels and impede the transition to renewable energy".

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

A failure to further scale up onshore wind power in the UK - despite polling consistently indicating strong public support for onshore turbines, even among Tory and rural voters - is estimated to have heaped additional costs on household bills in recent years by increasing the UK's reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports.

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