A sufficient reduction in emissions can only be achieved if all countries are fully committed to a coordinated, cooperative effort.
… The emissions gap Ingmar Schumacher | 28th January 2020 News Emissions Carbon NDC Fossil Fuels Technology … A sufficient reduction in emissions can only be achieved if all …
The shipping industry supports our economies - and our daily lives. However, to preserve our planet, it must adopt new technologies to reduce emissions.
… The shipping industry's emissions contributions Emily Folk | 23rd August 2019 News Shipping Emissions Emissions Thought Leaders shipping_trade.jpg …
The NFU’s goal for farming to reach net zero emissions should be welcomed - but their plan to achieve this is worrying and ignores the elephant in the room.
… Is the NFU serious about net zero climate emissions? Tim Thorpe | 21st October 2019 … The NFU’s goal for farming to reach net zero emissions should be welcomed - but their plan … serious action to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could be within reach. Discussions …
How can universities balance international recognition and research with lowering their carbon footprints?
… University sector travel emissions Milena Buchs | 12th July 2019 News Aviation Emissions Flying Carbon Footprint University … with new record numbers forecast for 2019. Emissions from global air travel are …
Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even 'carbon negative' technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It's time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.
… carbon into gold and the myth of 'negative emissions' Rachel Smolker | 3rd December 2015 … Biomass Ipcc Agroecology Forests Farming Emissions drax-cut.jpg Paris has been awash … relied on not only drastically reducing emissions in the future, but also on …
Emissions in Australia are rising, and experts warn that the current government has no policies to stop them.
… Australia's emissions rise Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 11th June 2019 News Australia Emissions Thought Leaders woodland-australia-cut.jpg Emissions in Australia are rising, and experts …
The 'Absolute Zero' report demonstrates how the UK can deliver on its climate change commitments. In doing so, it debunks technological utopianism - but what of economy and class?
… Leaders University Of Cambridge Absolute Zero Emissions Climate Change Technology Economy … committed by law to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2050. In late 2019, … achievement of ‘absolute zero’ will require? Emissions Gareth Dale: The Absolute Zero …
Clearer thinking can help us steer a path towards sustainability.
… 14.5 percent of total global green house emissions. In response, many people think, … small percentage of our total greenhouse gas emissions, so does it really matter that … cannot reason that because a given source of emissions is far from the majority of total …
The time for action is not at COP25, but from now and during the intervening months.
… years of evolution. And climate change emissions march on - with a stride 2.7 … pathway towards a decarbonised future. Rising emissions For me the fantasy-land of COP24 was … with a heart-warming tale of rapidly falling emissions and a growing green economy. This …
Europe must learn from Indonesia's restoration of its peatlands if we are to cut agricultural carbon emissions.
… Damaged peatlands contribute to carbon emissions Natalie Bennett | 11th December 2018 … Leaders Peatlands Climate Change Carbon Emissions Bangkok Indonesia … if we are to cut agricultural carbon emissions. Fires on peatlands in distant …
The loss of Indonesia's coastal mangrove forests for shrimp farming is a huge source of carbon emissions, writes Prodita Sabarini. But equally, a policy flip to preserve and recreate mangroves offers a major climate win.
… 2015 News Forests Indonesia Climate Change Emissions mangrove-chainsaw-cut.jpg The loss … for shrimp farming is a huge source of carbon emissions, writes Prodita Sabarini. But … it could reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions by between 10% to 31%. That would be …
The UK imports millions of tons of American wood pellets every year to be burned in power stations for 'climate friendly' electricity, writes Matt Williams. But his recent visit to the southern US showed him that this practice is devastating beautiful, natural forests rich in wildlife - while the UK government's own research shows that it's worse for the climate than the coal it replaces.
… July 2016 News Energy Climate Change Forests Emissions US UK EU Biofuels stumps-cut.jpg The … as these could be resulting in increases in emissions relative to the fossil fuels they … that bioenergy is carbon neutral because any emissions released when it is used will be …
But researchers at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) confirm people are still dying because of air pollution.
… air pollution. Policies to reduce pollution emissions have improved air quality and cut … and cycling, or eating less meat to reduce emissions from agriculture. Sulphur dioxide … years between 1970 and 2010. It used data on emissions to model the changing concentrations …
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg warns COP25 talks in Madrid, Spain: 'Our leaders are not behaving as if we are in an emergency.'
… avoiding taking action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. In a speech at the COP25 talks in … science showed that, at the current rate of emissions, the world is set to use up the … to take real action, like double-counting emissions reductions, and moving emissions …
Centre for Alternative Technology calls on UK and devolved Governments to create a Climate Emergency Action Plan targeting 2040 at the latest.
… Technology Wales Climate Change Carbon Emissions Thought Leaders … to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and said: “Early, effective … whilst taking responsibility for our historic emissions and helping deliver climate …
How has our knowledge of climate breakdown changed over time, and what is it that's tempering our language and inhibiting decisive action?
… combined with our much larger current emissions, will cumulate to increase the … economic restructuring to end fossil-fuel emissions without being absolutely positive … goal of 1.5o C [2.7o F]. Negative emissions An IPCC Special Report this January …
A recently obtained government document shows that Finland is lobbying to hide its emissions from forest loss.
… shows that Finland is lobbying to hide its emissions from forest loss. European Union … Regulation, Member States must account for emissions from forests, wetlands and … and thereby appear to be a green leader. Hide emissions During negotiations around the …
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.
… World moving to net zero emissions Staff Reporter | 18th February 2020 News Science And Systems Emissions Ipcc COP26 GDP Thought Leaders ECIU … have set or are proposing to set a net zero emissions target. Just over $39 trillion (US …
Shell’s climate pledges are not enough to prevent climate breakdown, a recent debate concluded.
… reduction plans sufficient to reduce their emissions in keeping with the global target to … of its executives to reducing carbon emissions. Joint responsibility When asked why … people want it.” Only 15 percent of Shell’s emissions are directly caused by its …
The burning forests and peatlands of Indonesia are once again casting a pall of choking smoke across the region, in the process releasing billions of tonnes of carbon. Promises to solve the problems stand betrayed - and COP21 commitments to tackle the problem are being weakened.
… September 2015 News Forests Indonesia Fire Emissions COP21 Farming Climate Change. … that 85% of Indonesia's greenhouse gas emissions stem from land use activities, with … 2012 - around 10% of Indonesia's total annual emissions. And last year 75% of fire alerts in …
The Tory government has been caught out in what’s become known as a 'carbon fiddle'.
… | 7th June 2019 News Editor’s Picks Carbon Emissions UK Government Green Party Thought … past “overperformance” in greenhouse gas emissions reductions so that they can pump … some sort of game in which greenhouse gas emissions are shuffled around between …
Chancellor Philip Hammond put the total cost of moving to a zero-carbon economy at 'well in excess of £1 trillion'.
… Treasury that cutting the UK's greenhouse gas emission to zero by 2050 will cost £1 … groups to set a target to reduce the UK's emissions to net zero by 2050 before she steps … a new goal into law to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050. The committee said …
Tougher European emission targets could save one million lives and €3.7 billion by 2050 through improvements to air quality.
… Emissions cuts 'could save a million lives' … air-pollution_78335-5.jpg Tougher European emission targets could save one million lives … by the European Commission to set a net-zero emissions target by 2050 was backed by 24 of …
Brazil's newly elected Dilma Rousseff is committed to completing the disastrous Belo Monte dam, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson. Worse, she looks certain to press ahead with the industrialisation of the Amazon, with 61 hydroprojects in the pipeline. And new scientific findings about the massive climate impacts of tropical forest dams are not about to stop her.
… rather than helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - due to grossly underestimated methane emissions from dam-created reservoirs flooding … The problem is that until recently the emissions linked to dam projects - which …