Could planting 1 trillion trees counteract climate change?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
billion acres of forest to the world could limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. suggests that adding 2.5 But some researchers aren't so sure.
Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2021
A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C C by the end of the century.
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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam
The Environmental Blog
JULY 17, 2019
As we all know that climate change is one of the most significant challenges that we are facing in this century. Vietnam, known for its beaches, rivers, and bustling cities, is considered as one of the countries which are significantly impacted by global climate change. Current Status of Climate Change in Vietnam.
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Techno-fixes to climate change aren’t living up to the hype
The Verge: Energy
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge An updated road map for combating climate change pours cold water on the idea that unproven technologies can play a major role in averting disaster. Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) updated its road map for the energy sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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IPCC: ‘Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector’
Smart Energy International
APRIL 5, 2022
The UN IPCC has released its latest climate change mitigation report, which provides an updated global assessment of mitigation progress and pledges. One of its core findings is that major transitions in the energy industry will be key to mitigating the climate crisis. Climate change policy.
The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
Grist
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
A new study published by legendary climate scientist James Hansen and a global team of researchers has found that the planet might breach the 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) warming target by the end of the decade and surpass the 2 degrees C target by 2050. degrees Celsius (2.7 degree limit is deader than a doornail. “And
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5 utilities with 100% clean energy goals by 2050
Solar Power World
MARCH 26, 2020
Although most clean energy commitments have come from state policymakers, electric utilities are making efforts to curb climate change too. Here are five utilities that have committed to net-zero electricity by 2050 or sooner, in accordance with the IPCC’s report that limiting global warming to 1.5°C
European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 24, 2023
The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain. To mitigate climate change, it is crucial to stop using all fossil fuels, to ban new natural gas boilers, and to massively ramp up renewable electricity production.
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Cooling a hidden threat for climate change and sustainable goals, says Oxford study
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2020
But, Dr Khosla says, ‘The global community must commit to sustainable cooling, or risk locking the world into a deadly feedback loop, where demand for cooling energy drives further greenhouse gas emissions and results in even more global warming.’. The scale of the challenge is immense.
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Australia Invests in New Policies to Achieve Zero-Emissions by 2050
Green Living Guy
MAY 31, 2022
In a bid to meet its target of zero emissions by 2050, Australia has come up with decarbonizing actions ranging from adopting electric vehicles to developing ethanol facilities to support the chemical industry, encouraging renewable refineries for the growth of biofuels.
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Dengue, Lyme, and cholera: how climate change is spurring disease
Grist
MARCH 3, 2022
On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a stark warning that time is running out to adapt to climate change. Global warming doesn’t only affect humans by changing the weather and melting the ice caps, the report warns. degrees Celsius (1.96 degrees Celsius (1.96
Italy’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
MAY 9, 2023
While Eni is among the world’s largest oil companies, the company’s role in climate change has so far undergone scant scrutiny. The cover of a 1970 study by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warns of “catastrophic” climate impacts from burning fossil fuels. In 2022, Eni reported a profit of $14.12 billion (13.3
Study: Global warming will stay below 2 degrees C — if countries actually keep their promises
Grist
APRIL 14, 2022
In fact, a new study estimates that if countries fulfill the climate pledges they made at the United Nations climate change conference known as COP26 last year, warming could be limited to just below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100. The study assessed 154 pledges submitted by countries at the end of COP26.
Adapting to 4C of global warming
Business Green
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference. Before I start my speech, I'd like to add my condolences to the Committee on Climate Change and everyone who knew Professor Dame Georgina Mace. billion today, to more than 5 billion by 2050.
Climate change set to devastate regional fisheries and cause reef tourism revenue losses of over 90%
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a group of 14 heads of government [3], ‘The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy’ assesses global to local climate impacts on three of the largest sources of ocean-based revenue and jobs – coral reef tourism, wild capture fisheries and marine aquaculture.
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Bringing Climate Change Solutions Home
Mosaic
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
The Earth’s climate is changing. 97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. According to the IPCC , limiting global warming to 1.5°C
Reform’s National Organiser Claimed Tommy Robinson Had Been ‘Persecuted’
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 13, 2024
Reform’s Climate Science Denial Reform UK has been campaigning on an overtly anti-climate platform, and has called for the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions target to be scrapped. The party last year received £135,000 from donors who deny climate science or have business links to fossil fuels.
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Smart Pension sets sights on net zero portfolio before 2050
Business Green
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Workplace pension provider becomes latest to join the Make My Money Matter campaign which is pushing pensions industry to set 2050 net zero goals. Climate change is one of the most important issues facing each and every one of us," said Paul Bucksey, managing director of the Smart Pension Master Trust.
More than 130 companies including Ikea, Volvo ask world leaders to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels
The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 23, 2023
. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.
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Businesses must rise to fill the gap in climate change leadership
Business Green
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Companies have a part to play in ambitious climate action — not least because it increasingly makes strong economic sense, writes UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo. Today, all business leaders must become climate leaders in their own spheres of influence and raise their voices with ours.
IEMA publishes Climate Change Adaptation Practitioner Guidance
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has today published new outlining how organisations can adapt to a changing climate, from both a strategic and practical perspective. Adaptation planning takes time, so actions are needed now to avoid ‘lock-in' to high levels of risk in 2050 and beyond.
MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing. Based on the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5C
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New Liz Truss Faction ‘Pops’ With Climate Science Denial and Fossil Fuel Ties
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The self-styled PopCons included politicians critical of climate policies and science, including Lord Frost, who is a director of the climate science denial Global Warming Policy Foundation , as well as Conservative MP Lee Anderson and Reform party president Nigel Farage. The channel‘s co-owner, Paul Marshall, has £1.8
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Could energy-storage-as-a-service be key to cutting carbon emissions?
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Energy storage can help mitigate climate change, but it is still on low levels and needs to triple by 2050 to keep global warming below 2°C. Reforming our energy system is one of the most important measures to mitigate climate change. Globally, only 3% of power capacity is being stored.
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Net zero targets: How to manage the 'hot air' to limit global warming
Business Green
MAY 3, 2022
Seven years after the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, a large majority of country signatories and hundreds of companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. At the same time, emissions have rocketed, with global annual CO2 emissions rising to 36.3 gigatons in 2021 from 35.5 Paris target.
SSE powers up net zero target for 2050 'at the latest'
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
SSE has become the latest UK energy supplier to set a net zero emission target, pledging to fully decarbonise its business operations by 2050 "at the latest". Preventing climate change is the responsibility of everyone," said Martin Pibworth, SSE Energy Director. "At trajectory. But we must have our own house in order too.
What If Automakers Had Acted on Their Own Climate Science From 50 Years Ago?
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
She talked with more than two dozen former GM and Ford employees, retired auto industry executives, academics, and environmentalists about what the companies knew about climate change five decades ago. E&E News : GM, Ford Knew About Climate Change 50 Years Ago.
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“Limited time:” World will lock in 1.5°C warming by 2025 without big emissions cuts
Renew Economy
JUNE 6, 2022
New research suggests aiming for net zero emissions by 2050 would likely see the world blow past 2 degrees of global warming. C warming by 2025 without big emissions cuts appeared first on RenewEconomy. The post “Limited time:” World will lock in 1.5°C
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Hohn: Net zero by 2050 is 'a joke' - faster action needed
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2021
Pension funds should fire asset managers if they fail to take sufficient action on climate change, and actively work to put an end to 'dirty finance', according to hedge fund manager Sir Chris Hohn. He added that pension funds have tremendous power to tackle climate change risks. Reducing carbon emissions.
Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 18, 2024
and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. She also claims that, while serving in the Treasury, she attempted to cancel the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. She adds that “the U.S. is beyond reach.
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What could go wrong? How $38tr in climate damages could knock a fifth off global income
Business Green
APRIL 17, 2024
Major new analysis from the Potsdam Institute warns climate impacts through to 2050 could do significantly more economic damage than previously expected How bad could it get? One of the biggest uncertainties surrounding climate change is precisely how severe climate impacts could prove to be.
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AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
An analysis done by Climate Central shows that demand for air conditioning in the U.S. will increase by 59% by the year 2050. and other parts of the world because of global warming. Related: Global warming expected to exceed 1.5 ” + Climate Central Via Yale Environment 360 Image via TrioSolution1.
IEA Think Tank Contributes to Climate Science Denial Documentary
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 5, 2024
A senior figure at the influential Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) think tank contributed to a new documentary that spread numerous myths about climate change. According to the website Skeptical Science, which debunks climate misinformation, Climate The Movie contains more than two dozen myths about climate change.
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How can farmers contribute to saving the earth?
The Environmental Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The biggest problem that the world is facing these days is climate change. Many climate activists are working day and night to educate people regarding climate change and what effects it can have on human life. Agriculture and farming also affect global warming. billion by 2050.
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Brunel Pension Partnership commits to net zero by 2050
Business Green
MARCH 11, 2021
Local authority pension pooling vehicle Brunel Pension Partnership has announced plans to achieve net zero emissions by mid-century using the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) launched by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change on Wednesday.
5 ways we need to adapt to climate change — or pay the price
Grist
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
To avoid the worst consequences of global warming, report after report has stressed the importance of cutting emissions. billion people to water shortages by 2050. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline 5 ways we need to adapt to climate change — or pay the price on Sep 10, 2019.
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Net zero: Despite the greenwash, it's vital for tackling climate change
Business Green
MAY 13, 2021
It might seem odd to find supporters of climate action debating the merits of a concept that science shows to be essential for halting climate change, and which is accordingly embedded at the heart of the defining global agreement. Signs that net zero targets lead to stronger action.
In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech. The only sure path to stop climate change is to zero out greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. The total is expressed as an equivalent amount of CO2, using a single “global warming potential” for a 100-year window. Jonathan Foley.
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Could planting 1 trillion trees counteract climate change?
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
billion acres of forest to the world could limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. Go here to read the rest: Could planting 1 trillion trees counteract climate change? suggests that adding 2.5 But some researchers aren’t so sure.
Jupiter commits to net zero by 2050 across £56bn investment portfolio
Business Green
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Jupiter Fund Management has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 across its full range of investments and operations, citing the "urgent need" to limit global warming to less than 1.5C in line with global climate goals.
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MPs Challenged to Cut Ties with Polluters
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 15, 2024
The message forms the name of the campaign by Climate Resistance, a new collective that aims “to push the fossil fuel lobby out of Westminster and stop polluters from bankrolling political parties”. But since making that commitment in 2019, the party has been criticised for dramatically weakening key climate policies. is beyond reach.
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Climate change is destroying Indigenous rock art
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
But global warming might be the death of it. The symposium was held Tuesday at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia , spurred by a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. According to the report, the global temperature is likely to rise above the 1.5 Not net zero by 2050,” she said.
Climate Change is Boosting Global Inequality
Unsustainable
AUGUST 9, 2019
Climate Change is Boosting Global Inequality and Current Political Systems are Not Equipped to Tackle It words Ashita Parekh “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight.
Climate Science Deniers Go Unchallenged at London ‘Green’ Summit
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
A “sustainable development” conference taking place in London gave a platform to two prominent climate science deniers, who used the event to claim that coal-fired power is “clean” and call global warming a “religion”. The scientific body has also described the link between human activity and climate change as “ unequivocal ”.
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