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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5 Fossil fuels don’t go away entirely in this scenario — oil and gas are still used for chemical feedstocks and aviation past 2050. degrees Celsius (2.7 Climate stabilization at 1.5

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation. In its comment to DeSmog, the AHDB spokesperson also used GWP* to claim that “methane from UK livestock since 1990 has not caused global warming”. Just seven percent are based in Africa.

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'An atlas of human suffering': Top figures react to IPPC's latest climate warning

Business Green

"Today's stark report from the IPCC is a reminder to the world about how climate change is affecting our planet, underlining that we need to go further and faster to adapt and generate more clean power to reduce countries' exposure to expensive global gas prices, embracing the commitments of the Glasgow Climate Pact. "We

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

Shipping and aviation — barometers of global trade — are other oil-guzzling industries where technological breakthroughs face cost and scalability challenges. In aviation, there are high hopes of electrifying small and medium-sized aircraft, but for long-haul jets the challenge is greater. They consume approximately 14.5%

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? Lithium’s shale moment? #175

Climate Tech VC

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  Or a red herring?

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