Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The report, initially scoped in 2024 and planned for completion by 2027, aims to provide technical guidance on measuring, reporting, and verifying emissions removals from CDR technologies. The GST is a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement , designed to periodically gauge collective progress and identify gaps in ambition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

This is in total opposition to the US commitment under the Paris Agreement to achieve a 50-52 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2050. Wind capacity steadily increases, mostly due to policy (the federal tax credit, which expires in 2024, and state RPS policies).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Dubai, UAE – Today at COP28 Canada joined eight other countries in signing a Joint Ministerial Statement on Fossil Fuel Subsidies , to address inaction on a 14 year old commitment to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 5, 2024

There’s a direct line of culpability between fossil fuel corporations and climate change – it’s why so many oil and gas CEOs have topped our list of Climate Villains. But they aren’t the only powerful players who shoulder responsibility for keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

target set by the Paris Agreement – and an astonishing 0.17 And yet there’s no mention of the obvious source of fear, terror, and dread in 2024 when it comes to planet earth. When New Year’s Eve 2024 rolls around, will we mark this event with anything akin to the buzz of the total eclipse?

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In 2024, Chinas oil demand is expected to reach 756 million tonnes, marking a modest 0.04% year-on-year increase. The forecast also predicts that Chinas overall fossil fuel demand will peak in 2028, coinciding with the peak in energy-related carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2024

2024; produced by Shaina Sadai. We need a fast, fair phaseout of fossil fuels , and steep reductions in methane emissions—including from agriculture and oil and gas operations — to keep the Paris Agreement and Global Methane Pledge on track. m of sea level rise, or 11.8 Credit: Gomez, et al.,

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

degrees C target that world leaders agreed upon in the Paris Agreement of 2015. if so P … S …), the climate change which is driven by the burning of fossil fuels , combined with the emergence of the natural El Nino climate pattern in the Eastern Pacific, are the joint forces that pushed the world into record territory this year.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague issued its eagerly awaited appeals judgment in Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) and others v. This leads to an important distinction between fossil fuels specifically produced or merely traded by Shell, as discussed in more detail below.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

For instance, mortgages are connected to homes, while fossil fuel finance is tied to infrastructure like pipelines, oil wells, and the reserves still in the ground. Up to $4 trillion of fossil fuel assets are at risk of being stranded, with $100bn at risk in Canada by 2036. However, Canada is falling behind.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although criticized for half measures and loopholes, blamed in part on the influence of petrostates, the agreement reached at the conference should be welcomed as a significant step in the move away from fossil fuels. But it notes Parties are off track when it comes to meeting their Paris Agreement goals.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Past polls have indicated high levels of concern about the economy – the broader issues such as taxes, unemployment and investment – but in 2024, those concerns have narrowed to become hyper-local. As we move away from polluting fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy is key to a cleaner and more affordable future.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries.

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ESA

JANUARY 5, 2024

o C over pre-industrial global temperatures with a transition away from fossil fuels. For instance, the issue to include wording related to phasing out fossils fuels was hotly debated and various groups aligned in ways not initially understood.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2023

The Clean Fuel Regulations were negotiated over a seven-year period with input from provinces, industry representatives, and environmental stakeholders. These regulations play a crucial role in Canada’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fulfill commitments under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Through this resolution, the executive director of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) was tasked with convening a committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution that addresses the full lifecycle of plastic, with the ambition of completing the draft of this agreement by the end of 2024.

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Acoel

AUGUST 19, 2024

Posted on August 19, 2024 by John C. Law Students for Climate Accountability publishes an annual scorecard that assigns a letter grade to each of the Vault 100 law firms based on “how much fossil fuels work they have engaged in over a five-year period.” In the U.S., That conversation began earlier this year.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2024

Union of India (2024) is groundbreaking as it both recognizes environmental rights as absolute and fundamental, and offers a constitutional protection from the adverse effects of climate change under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India ( Constitution ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The latest data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) and the EU’s Copernicus climate service show that the 2024 January-August period is the hottest ever by far, putting this year well on track to be the warmest ever on record. of the Paris Agreement ). see Articles 4.2 Article 2.1(c)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Food and farming was on the menu at COP28 The surprising final agreement that emerged from all-night overtime negotiations is extraordinary for its long-overdue focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels. But otherwise, the final COP28 agreement didn’t include any binding commitments on food or farming.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

On May 8, the Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , released its 2024 Progress Report , revealing the District property partners reached a 52.3% reduction in carbon emissions in 2024, or 406,000 metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided. Pittsburgh 2030 District 2024 Stats at a Glance 52.3%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

has only indicated support for a two-year process for broad discussions on financial arrangements for loss and damage with an uncertain outcome in 2024. to come to an agreement. As always, sharp cuts in heat-trapping emissions are a core priority for global climate action, and to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), provide policymakers, industry participants, and the public with tools to chart a pathway to prepare the offshore oil and gas industry for a Paris Agreement–compatible phase-out of fossil fuel extraction. must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C C carbon budget.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

cases challenging fossil fuel companies for decades of climate disinformation remain stalled, tied up by the defendants in procedural wrangling that prevents them from being heard on their merits, delaying justice for affected communities. Yet, progress often feels frustratingly slow. In the U.S., In the Milieudefensie et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2023

After 30 long years, we finally have a global agreement that addresses a transition away from fossil fuels , the primary driver of human-caused climate change. In a nutshell: there were some bright spots but overall, the agreement falls short in significant ways and there’s hard work ahead to build on what was secured in Dubai.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2025

Elected officials from four federal parties had supported a motion in the house of commons that the government should use all legislative and regulatory tools at its disposal to align Canadas financial system with the Paris Agreement made by the Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Cruz the climate denier Cruz vehemently rejects the scientific consensus on climate science while receiving millions in donations from the fossil fuel industry, and he was one of 22 Senators who signed a letter urging Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. And he wants Texas to be a clean energy leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2025

Shell shareholders expression of concern contrasts sharply with the ExxonMobil and Chevron shareholder meetings, where no climate-related resolutions will come before the two largest fossil fuel companies in the United States for the first time in at least a decade.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

At this year’s annual general meetings, major investor-owned fossil fuel corporations are facing fewer climate-related shareholder proposals than at any time since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Such doublespeak is the latest evolution in the fossil fuel industry’s deception playbook.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Speaking of forests, massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, report Manuela Andreoni and Alexander Villegas for Reuters. She outlines some of the concrete successes of the GCF Task Force member states and gives a shout out to the GCFs 15th Annual Meeting in Rio Branco this week.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

Only 13 of the 195 signatory countries to the Paris Agreement submitted new national plans for tackling climate change by the recent deadline. withdrawing from that agreement again. We released a Blueprint in October 2024 for what this could look like, which we will be building on throughout the year toward COP30 in Brazil.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2024

The 2024 election won’t be decided until Election Day. Everything so far in the campaign indicates no shift in Trump’s view of energy policy, which emphasizes national dominance through fossil fuels. We can also expect Trump to follow through on his pledge to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. climate policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” degrees Fahrenheit) limits of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

We know that Trump would exit the Paris Agreement (again). Trump doesn’t just want to end climate policy, One of his top priorities is to dramatically expand fossil fuel production — throwing fuel on the fire, a world that has just experienced its hottest year in thousands of years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

While these nominations are dangerous, whats even more disturbing is the opening they create for fossil fuel corporations that have masterminded climate deception campaigns to regain social license. Major fossil fuel corporations lit the fuse decades ago Climate change denial is no accident.

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Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2023

Besides exiting the Paris Agreement again, he will “deploy a team of warrior lawyers to hunt down every unnecessary regulation in the federal registry that hampers domestic production. Trump’s substantive environmental plans are equally dramatic. And we will wipe them off the books.”

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It’s hard to believe that in 2024, one of the two major candidates for the Presidency of the United States is spewing this pablum. And he’ll pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The transformation to an economy fueled by clean energy – across sectors – has begun, and he can’t stop it.

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