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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. Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have said that without “immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors” limiting global heating to 1.5C
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Corporate Promotion of Carbon Capture and Storage Contradicts Science, Study Finds
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
According to an analysis released today by InfluenceMap, over 80 percent of corporate policy engagement on CCS between 2021 and 2023 does not meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s science-based policy guidance, which includes recommended methods for limiting warming to 1.5°Celsius
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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. We see examples of zero energy or zero-carbon buildings in almost all climates,” said IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Jim Skea. Climate change policy. Achieving net zero.
The IPCC report brings the future of the climate into clearer focus
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 13, 2021
Mountains in the Arctic in 2012: The region can expect an ice-free summer “at least once before 2050”, under even the most optimistic scenarios described in the latest IPCC report (image credit: duncan c , CC BY-NC 2.0 The IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) combined the bad news, that a global temperature rise of 1.5°C
The world’s most ambitious climate goal is essentially out of reach
Grist
APRIL 8, 2022
The real message of the IPCC report is that 1.5 is now essentially a meaningless goal,” said David Victor, a professor of public policy at the University of California, San Diego and a former lead author for the IPCC. But three years later, the IPCC released a special report on the new target. We just don’t know it yet.
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Leading Climate Science Denial Group Registers Lowest Income for Seven Years
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year. The IPCC has also warned that false and misleading information “undermines climate science and disregards risk and urgency” of cutting emissions.
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Carbon dioxide removals
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Policy Dispatch is a podcast all about the policies that underpin the global energy transition. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sees an increasing role of removals in reaching.
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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 19, 2021
The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Adding science seemingly too recent to have been included in the IPCC Report, the analysis from Europe’s Science Academies urges governments to treat the Climate and Biodiversity Crises as one, and as equally urgent.
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IPCC Report Calls Out ‘Vested Interests’ Delaying Climate Action
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The world’s leading climate scientists warned of the “irreversible” impacts of global warming in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), describing the window of opportunity to act as “brief and rapidly closing”. Disinformation and Division. The public deserves to know.”.
AD trade body responds to IPCC report: UK commitment “needed more than ever ahead of COP26”
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2021
“Given the very stark message issued by the IPCC, it is crucial that the British Government shows leadership in fully integrating AD and biogas into its Paris Agreement and Net Zero targets”, she continues. Biomethane could reduce these HGVs emissions by 38%.
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WRAP: huge lack of consistency in circular economy pledges in NDCs
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
WRAP is calling on all countries to robustly incorporate the circular economy into their NDCs, and to connect domestic economic, resource and waste policies to make the most productive use of goods and services. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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IEA Think Tank Contributes to Climate Science Denial Documentary
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 5, 2024
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s foremost climate science body, has stated that carbon dioxide “is responsible for most of global warming” since the late 19th century, which has increased the “severity and frequency of weather and climate extremes, like heat waves, heavy rains, and drought”.
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3 Things Policymakers Should Know to Accelerate Climate Tech Deployment from the Latest IPCC Report
Elemental Excelerator
APRIL 19, 2022
As the IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair stated, “It’s now or never.” Elemental’s Policy Lab team reviewed the IPCC’s Climate Change 2022 Summary for Policymakers and what it means for climate tech innovation and the policies needed to drive its deployment. Innovate, rinse, and repeat.
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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2021
The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Adding science seemingly too recent to have been included in the IPCC Report, the analysis from Europe’s Science Academies urges governments to treat the Climate and Biodiversity Crises as one, and as equally urgent.
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Telegraph Columnist Allison Pearson Becomes Director of Climate Science Denial Group
DeSmogBlog
MAY 2, 2023
The Daily Telegraph’s chief interviewer and columnist Allison Pearson has joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups. The GWPF has criticised both the policies adopted by governments to address climate change, and the science underpinning these policies.
Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says
Grist
MARCH 20, 2023
The release is from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, a United Nations body of leading climate experts from around the world. Without “ rapid and deep ” reductions in global emissions, the IPCC authors warn that the world will be unable to keep global warming below international temperature targets. degrees C (2.7
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Leaked UN report warns of climate tipping points
Grist
JUNE 25, 2021
The draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, details at least 12 potential tipping points, according to Agence France-Presse. Previous IPCC reports have been criticized for not adequately taking tipping points into account, but they comprise an important part of the leaked draft report. degrees C (2.7
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MPs Challenged to Cut Ties with Polluters
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 15, 2024
But since making that commitment in 2019, the party has been criticised for dramatically weakening key climate policies. It’s frankly outrageous that in 2024, oil and gas lobbyists can quite freely cosy up to politicians, hand them fat stacks of cash, and see a favourable change in policy. is beyond reach.
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Government’s New Low Pay Advisor Heads Climate Denial Network
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Climate Change Committee, the independent body that advises the government on its net zero policies, warned on 30 January that mixed messages, including new fossil fuel projects, have damaged the UK’s international climate standing. A DeSmog investigation found that one in three GB News hosts spread climate denial on air in 2022.
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ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 5, 2022
“Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released part of its latest report on Monday. It is what science tells us will result from our current energy policies.”. Widespread water shortages.
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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 11, 2024
Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. Steve has never discussed environmental policy with him. Steve is fully committed to the government’s net zero aims.”
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‘CO2 is Life’: TalkTV Presenter Andre Walker Hosts YouTube Show That Spreads Climate Science Denial
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 2, 2023
He has often used his TalkTV platform to attack climate policies, claiming last August that the UK’s net zero targets are “plunging people into poverty”. The IPCC has warned that climate change caused by increased CO2 emissions will put ecosystems and species, including plantlife, at risk of extinction. CAR26 did not respond.
UK firm is official biochar partner at COP28
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Alongside the policy discussions on how to reach the Paris Agreement of 2015 and limit global warming to 1.5⁰C, Biochar is a form of captured and sequestered carbon, which is recognised by the IPCC as an important carbon removal technology.
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‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
Grist
APRIL 4, 2022
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC — a United Nations body of leading climate experts from around the world — highlights key strategies countries can use to drive down greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The #IPCC #ClimateReport has just been approved!!
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Has the IPCC just given the green light for a renewed focus on carbon removals?
Business Green
APRIL 5, 2022
Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report into climate change solutions, and its message was clear: a significant ramp up in investment and deployment is needed to deliver a "major energy system transformation" that can slash global demand for the fossil fuels poisoning the planet.
Director of Climate Science Denial Group Tony Abbott Reappointed as Board of Trade Adviser
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott , a director of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), has been reappointed by the government as an adviser to the prestigious Board of Trade. The GWPF has gained a number of high profile directors over the last year.
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DeSmog Launches Project to ‘DeBunk’ Climate Misinformation
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This misinformation is being pumped out when, as UN climate science body the IPCC has said , we have “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. Since the war in Ukraine, these pro-fossil fuel voices have grown even louder.
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Putting Humans Into Climate Models
Energy Innovation
MAY 25, 2022
The results can help explain how, and how fast, we might reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with implications for policy design and technology adoption. For instance, the experience of climate impacts can motivate individuals to support climate policy and shift social norms.
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Tory London Mayor Candidate Backed Fracking and Promoted Climate Science Denial
DeSmogBlog
JULY 24, 2023
Susan Hall, the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, has opposed key climate policies, backed the reintroduction of fracking and promoted articles online which spread climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. They said that Hall supports the UK’s net zero target and does not disagree with the IPCC about human-caused global warming.
Jordan Peterson’s Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 28, 2022
In 1990 he founded the Science and Environment Policy Project (SEPP) that expounded these views. Singer frequently criticised climate modelling by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the peer-reviewed authority on climate science made up of hundreds of climate scientists.
'It is now or never': IPCC concludes world has the tools and financial clout to halve emissions by 2030
Business Green
APRIL 4, 2022
The IPCC report stresses that global emissions must peak by 2025 at the very latest to keep alive any hope of limiting temperature increases to the 1.5C Thereafter, as previous IPCC reports have indicated, global emissions must fall by 43 per cent by 2030, in addition to a reduction in methane emissions of around a third, from 2019 levels.
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Paris Agreement climate goal 'on life support', warns UN secretary-general
Business Green
MARCH 21, 2022
Comments come as climate scientists mull mitigation options ahead of IPCC report. Focusing on the war in Ukraine and its impact on climate and energy policy, the Secretary-General warned economies should not exploit the current energy supply crunch as an excuse to roll back climate commitments. "As degrees," he warned. "As
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UK Climate Denial Group ‘Slides Further Into Obscurity’ With Latest Appointment, Say Academics
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Professor Ray Bates, an Emeritus Professor at University College Dublin , has been appointed to the academic advisory council of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Bates’s role as an “expert reviewer” of the Fifth and Sixth IPCC assessment was also mentioned in the release. His joining the [GWPF] panel is hardly a surprise.
Cultural change can deliver huge climate benefits: Here's what the IPCC recommends
Business Green
APRIL 6, 2022
The breadth of climate solutions contained within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest landmark dossier is almost as formidable as the pace and scale at which they are so urgently needed. As the IPCC made explicit in this week's report, it also means transforming societal, cultural, and consumer behaviours.
IPCC report: Seven key lessons for businesses
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
This compartmentalisation has been particularly apparent in the reaction to today's IPCC report on the latest climate science, with scientists and environmental campaigners to the fore in highlighting the immense scale of the threat humanity now faces. It is not an environmental story, it is an everything story.
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Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 11, 2024
Anderson has repeatedly attacked the government’s net zero policies, arguing in February 2024 that a net zero UK “wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference to the earth’s atmosphere”. A DeSmog investigation last year found one in three GB News presenters broadcast climate science denial, while half attacked net zero policies.
What the IPCC report means for corporate boards
Business Green
AUGUST 13, 2021
The IPCC's Summary for Policymakers is only 42 pages long - every business leader should read it and publicy respond to it. The IPCC releases its "State of the Climate" every seventh year. Here are the five action points to which I would like to see boards commit: Read the IPCC report. It is the new normal.
UK Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Meets And Praises Climate Science Denier Reform Candidate
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 12, 2024
Cox is running to be London Mayor in May for Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK, which calls for the UK’s net zero policies to be “scrapped”, and is funded by climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cited it when watering-down some net zero policies in September.
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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
“It is critical to know when, where and how much methane is emitted from each of its sources in order to prioritize emission reductions,” said Denise Mauzerall , a co-author and core faculty member of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. “We
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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
Landmark IPCC report provides wave of stark warnings, but stresses that rapidly putting the global economy on course to net zero emissions by 2050 could hugely reduce the escalating impacts that will result from a warmer world. The changes we experience will increase with additional warming.". "Due
Overlapping climate and nature crises must be tackled in tandem, UN panel warns
Business Green
JUNE 10, 2021
Landmark collaboration between UN science bodies warns that policies to date have failed to account for the interconnected nature of biodiversity loss and climate change. The IPCC and IPBES emphasised there are a number of actions that are a 'win-win' for tackling both the climate crises and nature loss.
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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?
Grist
MARCH 30, 2022
In February, on the eve of the release of a major new report on the effects of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, several of its authors met with reporters virtually to present their findings. Current policies put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees by the end of the century.
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Social Media Giants Get a Failing Grade on Climate Disinformation
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 21, 2022
Earlier this month, Pinterest adopted new policies on climate disinformation, pledging that it won’t allow users or advertisers to spread climate denial and distortions on its site. Meanwhile, the IPCC added , “[v]ested interests have generated rhetoric and misinformation that undermines climate science and disregards risk and urgency.”.
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