2020 Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Climate Scientist 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Right now, there is no funding, no governance framework, no international agreement to help people displaced by climate impacts and protect their human rights.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
percent of total emissions. Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends.
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Physics World
APRIL 22, 2021
The previous year’s weather conditions in Europe and the Arctic are analysed in the context of global climate trends, based on data from satellites, ground stations and computer modelling. The report confirms, among other things, 2020 as the warmest year, winter and autumn on record for Europe with temperatures in winter 3.4 °C
Physics World
MARCH 16, 2022
As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. According to a 2020 study ( Glob.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Climate Change on the Docket. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants. EPA , the landmark 2007 decision that said the EPA has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emitted from new motor vehicles. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Citing Shortcomings in NEPA Analysis of Cumulative Climate and Groundwater Impacts, Montana Federal Court Vacated Oil and Gas Leases. May 1, 2020). In particular, the court found that conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions constituted a significant impact was not clearly erroneous. Natural Resources Defense Council v.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere.
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