A Greener Life

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Chinese emissions to peak in 2024 Offshore wind to stabilise with installations across the world starting to pickup Significant scientific breakthroughs in solar PV New nature, biodiversity and rewilding projects announced More land onshore and offshore given protection status Making progress on halting deforestation The production of fossil fuels (..)

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. It’s indeed true that emissions must go down, but we also must explicitly acknowledge that we need to reduce our dependence on coal, oil and gas (“fossil fuels”). Coal, on the other hand, is only mentioned once in connection with methane emissions.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

degrees Celsius warmer than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The data demonstrated that on average 2023 was a whole 1.48 Extraordinarily, the data also showed that the 1.5C

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2023

President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources. By 2026 it wants to reforest an area of 750,000 hectares.

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. AMLO has come under criticism for his commitment to fossil fuel production and refining in Mexico.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency stated on Twitter that he remains optimistic : The United States and over 80 other countries wanted the official declaration to include the intention to phase out fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2024

On a global level as the world is still increasing the burning of fossil fuels – the main culprit of climate change the temperature increases is only heading one way and that is up and it is unthinkable that we anytime soon will see it dip below 1.5

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Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Ted Parson: I’m just re-reading “Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is not Enough” by our wonderful former Emmett Fellow Holly Buck. Jason Gray: I’ve been reading Global Forest Watch’s Latest Analysis on Deforestation Trends , which compares 2023 to 2022 and earlier years.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Next time: ending deforestation. Here’s Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). But we need action across all methane sectors and an institutional commitment among jurisdictions around the world. The climate change emergency response need not be frantic, at least not until climate change impacts become even more acute.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Here’s Part 1 ) Estimates vary, but California, the US, and the world will need a lot of new solar and energy storage facilities and a lot of land to put them on.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

For the AMOC (and other climate tipping points ), the only action we can take to minimise the risk is to get out of fossil fuels and stop deforestation as fast as possible. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Other tipping points include the sudden transition of the Sahara Desert into a wet climate zone and the Amazon Rainforest losing its ability to retain water due to deforestation. The report stated unequivocally, for the first time, that climate change is occurring due to “human influence,” namely the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Effective preventive action involves both cutting emissions and tackling other drivers of tipping events, such as deforestation or overfishing. The central recommendation for accelerated mitigation is to push to phase out both fossil fuel and land-use emissions well before 2050.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate: Today’s budget does include significant investments in renewable energy and electrification, however, the support given to climate solutions is still a fraction of what is being spent on subsidizing the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

On the contrary, investing in carbon capture delays the needed transition away from fossil fuels and other combustible energy sources. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 ).

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What matter most is ending fossil fuels , and breaking the power of the corporations that keep us addicted to them. Never shy of an unpopular opinion, the book dismisses a whole host of pet ideas and argues for a laser-like focus on fossil fuels and corporate power. “We Sometimes this leads to a contradiction.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel. Fossil fuels remain necessary”, Jairaj says. These updates mean India is well on its way to fulfilling its NDCs.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. from last year as the economic recovery from the pandemic ignites demand for fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The deforestation accord is especially encouraging because it has so many side benefits. Will countries agree to make serious new cuts in their carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning? countries agreeing to limit fossil fuel CO2 emissions) are obviously absolutely critical to staving off climate disaster for the planet.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 13, 2023

Reduce methane emissions Methane essentially comes from the decay of vegetation, animals’ digestion and the exploitation of fossil fuels, methane is a greenhouse gas with a massive footprint, 80+ times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years. Cutting this would help limit global warming by a huge half a degree.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 14, 2020

Apocalypse Never contains chapters on climate change, deforestation, species extinction, plastic waste, meat, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels, poverty, and much more. Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that on June 30, HarperCollins will publish my new book, Apocalypse Never.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report stated unequivocally, for the first time, that climate change is occurring due to “human influence,” namely the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. The report shows that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution is halted immediately.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. Many are oil refineries being converted from fossil fuel production to renewable fuel production.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In addition, there have also been concerns expressed that NGO’s and civil society were being sidelined during the talks, while the fossil fuel industry was given crucial access. Inside the world leaders are hailing what they call momentous breakthroughs in ambition and progress on halting deforestation and eliminating coal.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

This has given a much-needed boost to the drive to wean the world off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy. The Ukraine conflict has dramatically underlined the imperative to shift to cleaner energy sources, not just to reduce emissions, but to dilute the influence of oil and gas on geopolitics.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources. Nickel mines can cause deforestation and water and soil contamination, such as in Claver , Philippines.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 13, 2021

My partner and I have long questioned whether it was right to bring a child into the world in the middle of the climate crisis , grappling with whether or not it’s fair to bring her into a future of ferocious wildfires across multiple ecosystems, escalating deforestation, devastating floods, melting ice caps, crippling droughts, locust storms, etc.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula. Image by Charles Echer from Pixabay.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

Over the last few years I helped save enough nuclear plants from being replaced by fossil fuels to prevent a sharp increase in emissions But until last year, I mostly avoided speaking out against the climate scare. Environmental groups have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The increasing concentration of these gases is undoubtedly due to human activities, including the combustion of fossil fuels, industrial processes, deforestation, and destructive agricultural practices. But let’s not forget… the need for urgent and dramatic reductions in fossil fuel emissions is paramount.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 11, 2023

Countries have declared climate emergency for seven years now but keep on heavily subsidizing fossil fuels use. Globally, June was just over 0.5C in fact, the covid pandemic saw a large increase of such subsidies. Actually, to The Guardian , such noxious use of public money actually almost doubled in 2021.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

It argues that the mine is a domestic source of minerals needed for batteries and other non-fossil fuel energy. Such activities could include water pollution from illegal gold mining, deforestation, and drug cultivation. Public comments are being accepted through July 5. Three public hearings will be held in June.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it. Wealthy nations have massive meat consumptions and this is a serious problem for biodiversity and deforestation. Indeed, our entire systems -ie.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Perhaps even more so than the methane pledge, effort will be needed to ensure the deforestation pledge is met. This came alongside a separate commitment to end public financing for “unabated” fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The original NDC considered an unrealistic 5% GDP growth and an energy growth based entirely on fossil fuels – which is extremely unlikely in a country with a significant representation of clean energy. This financial instrument is essential to controlling deforestation in Amazonia. Brazil (on deforestation and human rights ).

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sent up by universities, governments and start-ups, they do everything from monitoring deforestation to tracking radio-tagged endangered animals. Of course, there is an environmental cost to space, with most launches relying on fossil fuels. They typically last for no more than five years, burning up when done.

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