A recent analysis by UN Climate Change revealed that current national climate action plans fall short of the necessary steps to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. The report urges more robust measures to redirect the trajectory of global emissions and avert the severe consequences of...
The world experienced its warmest October on record as a leading climate scientist warned the global 1.5C climate goal is “deader than a doornail”. A preliminary assessment found that October was about 0.3C warmer globally than the previous October record. If confirmed, it will mark the fifth record warm month in a row, cementing scientists’...
The world’s nations remained at odds over any agreement for an end to new oil and gasprojects ahead of the upcoming UN climate summit, with France, Spain, Ireland, Kenyaand 11 other countries calling for the phasing out of fossil fuel production at preliminarytalks this week.After discussions over the past two days in Abu Dhabi in...
A sphinxlike term keeps popping up in discourse around phasing out fossil fuels: “unabated.” Easily overlooked, it’s an important modifier that changes an ambitious demand — stop burning fossil fuels — into phrases with more elusive meanings. The European Union has decided it will push for the phasing out of unabated fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai. More...
UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to the UN. The United Arab Emirates will host the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December. It has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade. This was revealed by the Guardian. Its state oil...
France is being badly hit by climate change, is not prepared for its effects and is failing to sufficiently reduce its emissions, an independent climate body warned Wednesday. he record heat and exceptional drought seen last year have had “serious impacts in France,” and are more than the current prevention and crisis management systems can cope with,...