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Greenpeace Report: Europe Has 10 Years Left to Ditch Fossil Fuel Cars
Europe must phase out the sales of new gasoline- and diesel-fueled cars by 2028 if it wants to live up to its Paris climate agreement emissions-reduction pledges, according to new research by...
IKEA Commits to Zero Emission Deliveries in Five Cities by 2020
IKEA has committed to using zero emission vehicles for home delivery in five major cities by 2020.The firm aims to be using only electric vehicles (EVs) for its last-mile courier services in...
Scaling Up Climate Action ‘Could Provide $26tn to Global Economy’
Scaling up climate action in line with the Paris Agreement would deliver a $26 trillion (£20tn) boost to the global economy by 2030.
That’s according to the Global Commission on the Economy and...
19 Global Cities Commit to Make New Buildings Net-Zero by 2030
The world's most iconic skylines are going green. Nineteen city leaders from the C40 coalition signed the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration on Thursday to ensure all new buildings operate with a...
Brazil Meets a Major Emissions Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule
Brazil has just announced that it has cut 2017 greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation to levels far below its 2020 goal. The country originally aimed to reduce emissions from this source by...
Forests Storing Greenhouse Gases ‘Crucial to Tackling Climate Change’
UK scientists say replacing forests with crops for bioenergy power stations that capture carbon could instead increase the amount of emissions.
Carbon capture technologies will help curb the world’s efforts to tackle climate...
What Is ‘Hothouse Earth’, and How Bad Would Such a Climate Catastrophe Be?
Oceans engulfing coastal cities, coral reefs eliminated and vast swathes of the Earth left completely uninhabitable.
This is what we have to look forward to in a future “Hothouse Earth” – a planet...
EU Raises Renewable Energy Targets to 32% by 2030
The EU is raising its target for the amount of energy it consumes from renewable sources, in a deal lauded by the bloc’s climate chief as a hard-won victory for the switch...
Cheap Carbon Capture Technology Might Make Our Climate Goals Possible
So, let’s just say it: we are not on track to meet the ambitious goals of the Paris Accord, the ambitious international agreement intended to limit global warming.If we are to reach...
Bloomberg Announces Multimillion-Dollar City Climate Challenge
One year after President Trump pulled out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, his administration shows no signs of progress, choosing instead to ignore climate science and boost the fossil fuel industry....
Meat and Fish Multinationals ‘Jeopardising Paris Climate Goals’
Meat and fish companies may be “putting the implementation of the Paris agreement in jeopardy” by failing to properly report their climate emissions, according to a groundbreaking index launched today.Three out of...
Scotland Draft Climate Change Bill Sets 90%-by-2050 Emission Reduction Target
New targets will set Scotland on course to become one of the first countries in the world to achieve a 100% reduction in carbon emissions, the Scottish government has claimed, although it...
Hitting Toughest Climate Target Will Save World $30tn in Damages, Analysis Shows
Achieving the toughest climate change target set in the global Paris agreement will save the world about $30tn in damages, far more than the costs of cutting carbon emissions, according to a...
Climate Change on Track to Cause Major Insect Wipeout, Scientists Warn
Global warming is on track to cause a major wipeout of insects, compounding already severe losses, according to a new analysis.
Insects are vital to most ecosystems and a widespread collapse would cause...
Are Fossil Fuels out of Fashion at the UN Climate Talks?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) prides itself for including both Parties and Non-party stakeholders in their decision making processes. A perspective that is suspicious towards the legitimacy of...
Tourism Responsible for 8% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds
Worldwide tourism accounted for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2013, new research finds, making the sector a bigger polluter than the construction industry.The study, which looks at...
