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Climate crisis could double frequency of extreme regional summer droughts in Europe

Frontiers

was compared to the present day (2001 to 2020). . This is why consistent mitigation of climate change as agreed on under the Paris Agreement is highly relevant in terms of droughts in Europe.”. A long-term future (from 2080 to 2099) under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 Four future hot spots.

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Innovators in 2023 Carbon Removal Landscape

Ivy Protocol

Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Ivy Protocol, Marketing Lead) To meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, a unified approach, combining both Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Engineered Carbon Removal Solutions is crucial. Mulligan, J., Ellison, G., Lebling, K., Rudee, A., & Leslie-Bole, H. 2023, March 17). Rattenbury, B.

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The EU’s challenge with renewable energy expansion: What is the way forward?

Environmental Europe

It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. However, it is increasingly struggling to fulfil them. It also sets binding targets for each Member State (depending on the existing level of renewables, and economic capabilities).

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Climate change horror stories from around the world

Edouard Stenger

This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide. The world has a five percent chance of limiting climate change to 2 C by the end of the century, thus staying in line with what agreed during the Paris Agreement.

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Election 2024: Climate Action vs. Radical Deregulation

Legal Planet

Thomas Pyle is president of the Institute for Energy Research, which was formed by Charles Koch and has received donations from companies like Exxon to publish papers opposing climate science and any efforts to control greenhouse gasses. He served in the Trump administration leading the transition team at the Department of Energy.

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