India has blocked progress on an agreement to reduce emissions of the HFC super-powerful greenhouse gases.
… India - the new global warming villain Oliver Tickell | 25th October 2013 News HFC Climate Change Global Warming India Montreal Protocol India … discussions of the HFC-reduction proposals. A global phase-down of HFCs would mitigate the …
The latest text of the Paris Agreement on climate change published today sets 1.5C as its 'long term temperature goal', half a degree lower than previously agreed. It's a big victory for poor 'climate vulnerable' countries - and a blow for Saudi Arabia.
… current position: "In order to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate … so as: (a) To hold the increase in the global average temperature [below 1.5C] [or] … levels by ensuring deep reductions in global greenhouse gas [net] emissions ... " …
September 2019 was the fourth month in a row to come close to or break temperature records.
… Record Temperatures Temperature Rise Global Heating Science & Systems … record temperatures for September on a global level, making it the fourth month in a … four months have been exceptionally warm on a global level. June 2019 was the warmest June …
Amazon, BlackRock and owner of Versace among 242 leading companies and financial institutions which fail to recognise responsibility to act on deforestation.
… Global brands ignoring deforestation Staff … demand for the commodities they use, reveals Global Canopy’s annual Forest 500 report. Vast … being cleared each year to make way for six globally-traded commodities – palm oil, soy, …
Earth System Governance alliance explores novel mechanisms to address planetary threats.
… The growing mistrust and hostility towards global intuitions must be overcome if the … faces, the head of the University of Sussex’s global sustainability research centre has … this growing zeitgeist. Environmental globalism Delivering his keynote speech at the …
George Monbiot is appearing tonight at an event co-hosted by The Ecologist on consumerism and ecological crisis. Tickets still available.
… Consumerism is global crisis Staff Reporter | 17th May 2021 | … available. A historic opportunity to switch global economies from an orgy of consumption … consumerism itself is at the heart of all our global crises. Collapse "In the face of …
What can we expect of December’s meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland? The main question will be how to follow the Kyoto Protocol’s first ‘commitment period’, which ends in 2012.
… Kyoto2: how to manage the global greenhouse Oliver Tickell | 1st … the protocol may have created a dynamic global carbon market turning over $13,641 … not just in its lack of success in slowing global warming, but also because it has …
A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris Agreement goals, new study finds.
… A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris … Agreement will require a deep reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, ideally by … jointly responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions and identified …
Historic alliance of 2,020 campaigners unite to issue an open letter demanding world leaders tackle the emergency facing people and planet.
… people and planet. In a dramatic act of global unity, 2000 campaigners and public … deliver on their promises contained in the Global Goals. We are doing our bit. They must … the time for action if we are to achieve the Global Goals that world leaders have committed …
Buried wetland sites could explain some of the differences between global carbon cycle models and real-life observations.
… Ancient wetlands and global carbon cycles Staff Reporter | 12th … could explain some of the differences between global carbon cycle models and real-life … flooding, or wind-deposited sediments. Global data The researchers compiled the …
The REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report was published this week. Britain leads the world only in the amount it has cut investment in solar and wind energy. And state subsidies to oil and gas continue to distort the market slow progress to clean energy. OLIVER TICKELL reports
… Fuels Wind farm The REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report was published this week. … according to the REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report (GSR), published this … an estimated 70 percent of net additions to global power generation capacity, up from 63 …
Biggest asset managers collectively fail to drive forward action to support climate targets.
… giving them huge influence over the global economy. But they are collectively … support the Paris Agreement goal of "keeping global warming well below 2°C while aiming for … research director of InfluenceMap, said: "If global asset managers wish to support the …
The market can solve climate change and tackle world debt if we start to sell emissions right
… meaningful results in the absence of a global cap – must be abandoned. The main … developed and promoted by Aubrey Meyer of the Global Commons Institute. The key elements of … emissions should be subject to an annual global cap; that the cap should contract …
There is a scandal here...policy makers are calling vast monocultures ‘forest restoration’.
… Restore natural forests to meet global climate goals Staff Reporter | 1st … plans to restore forests to combat global warming are flawed and will fall far … change being met. Simon Lewis, professor of Global Change Science at UCL Geography and …
On current trends global CO2 emissions may begin to reduce within a few years, thanks to the growth in renewable energy. But rigorous policies in China, the US and the EU will be needed.
… Change Renewables Energy On current trends global CO2 emissions may begin to reduce … in the newly published in the 'Trends in global CO2 emissions: 2013 Report' by the PBL … a more permanent slowdown in the increase in global CO2 emissions, and ultimately of …
A new comprehensive study considers the most likely ways the world will end, including disease, nuclear war, natural disaster and asteroid impact.
… fatalities, scientific studies have shown. Global heating According to research conducted … decade since 1975. The IPCC estimates that global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C … and what is really the biggest threat to the global population? Comprehensive guide How …
If we are to move beyond the political impasse generated by the IPCC report and prevent catastrophic climate change we must look to market mechanisms, specifically price competitive renewables, writes Oliver Tickell......
… renewables, writes Oliver Tickell...... So global warming is now "unequivocal" according to the latest IPCC report, global temperatures are at "unprecedented" … these findings make? None whatsoever. The global warming sceptics and deniers continue …
The International Chamber of Shipping has committed the industry to legally binding emissions reductions under the Paris Agreement. Unlike the aviation industry, it will make no use of carbon 'offsets', but will reach its targets by increasing efficiency and moving to lower carbon fuels.
… that are already being delivered by the global industry." At an official UNFCCC side … 2012 figures , shipping accounts for 2.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 'We will go … to be enacted by 2023 should establish a global mechanism for ensuring that these …
'The new story of our planetary emergency must highlight our vulnerability to near-term climate shocks.'
… change is discussed because the science of global warming has failed spectacularly to … systems, such as financial systems or global supply chains. Vital changes With the … scientists. Professor Jones, director of the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia …
Warming of 2°C would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon.
… release billions of tonnes of soil carbon. Global soils contain two to three times more … on Earth to work out its sensitivity to global warming." State-of-the-art models … of about 120 billion tonnes of carbon at 2°C global mean warming. The study reduces this …
Nearly half of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) is now generated in places where authorities have set or are proposing to set a net zero emissions target.
… November. The figure represents a tripling of global net zero ambition in the eight months … that showed the scientific case for reaching global net zero emissions by 2050, nations, … and cities representing virtually half of global GDP have set compatible goals. "The …
Higher temperatures might lead to decreased solar power efficiency.
… have presented a study forecasting that global warming will negatively impact the … wider and faster adoption of renewable energy globally. "Slowing down the global switch to renewable energy is not an …
Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & ending up in the world’s oceans.
… neighbourhood beautiful and help tackle the global plastics crisis. Working with Coventry … beautiful neighbourhoods, whilst tackling a global issue, and making life better by … rubbish from where we live out to sea." Global issue Peter continued: "Not only is …
China's plans for 400 nuclear reactors threaten global catastrophe, writes Oliver Tickell. In the normal way of things we could expect major accidents every few years, but with 300 reactors along China's seismically active coast, a major tsunami would be a Fukushima on steroids - wiping out much of China and contaminating the whole planet.
… Fukuzilla? China's nuclear boom threatens global catastrophe Oliver Tickell | 28th … plans for 400 nuclear reactors threaten global catastrophe, writes Oliver Tickell. In … the coastal regions." The world's first truly global nuclear catastrophe I have done no …