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Snapshots of our World: Energy: Fossil Fuels + Iron Rivers + Current Mystery

Planet Pulse

We’ll look at the rise and fall of alternate forms of energy and how they support the new resilient society we’re building. Each stage is often associated with some degree of harm, whether its oil spills , pipelines built across protected land , or the planet-warming carbon pumped into the atmosphere.

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Next-Generation Climate Targets: A 5-Point Plan for NDCs

The City Fix

By early 2025, countries are due to unveil new national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). These commitments form the foundation of international climate action, establishing emissions-reduction targets and other measures that countries promise.

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IRENA: Global renewables capacity grows a record 9.6 per cent

Business Green

Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added. Francesco La Camera, director general at IRENA, said the "continued record growth shows the resilience of renewable energy amidst the lingering energy crisis".

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

Business Green

The hope is that such strategies, combined with real world efforts to phase out coal power and internal combustion engine cars, ramp up climate finance for developing nations, and expand natural carbon sinks, would curb emissions sufficiently so that updated targets submitted in another five years' time bring the 1.5C goal within grasp.