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Science takes centre stage at COP26

Physics World

That is well above the Paris agreement, designed to keep warming as far below 2°C as possible. Meanwhile, the UK, India, Germany, Canada and the UAE have agreed to disclose the embodied carbon in major public construction projects by 2025, as part of the Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative. C above pre-industrial levels.

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Carbon removal using ‘blue carbon’ habitats “uncertain and unreliable”

Frontiers

However, they stress that blue carbon habitats should still be protected and, where possible, restored, as they have benefits for climate adaptation, coastal protection, food provision and biodiversity conservation. REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES : Open access and sharing research is part of Frontiers’ mission.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) Modeling has shown that if the United States is going to live up to its Paris Agreement targets aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030.

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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. An ambitious annual target, like 7%, could put us on track to meet the Paris Agreement goals, and keep us in line with a 1.5°C Inside the IMO and here at home, Ocean Conservancy will continue to campaign with you to ensure a healthy climate and ocean now and into the future.

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

The sector is expected to employ 1 million people by 2025. Previously, the environmental sector was focused on air and water pollution, and wildlife conservation. Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. By 2025, that figure is expected to be somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million.

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

The coalition government of the past four years was formed by the conservative liberal party VVD, the right-wing Christian CDA, the liberal democrats of D66 and ChristenUnie (CU), a progressive Christian party. Graphically portrayed on axis for conservative-progressive and left-right, the spectrum looks like this: Source: www.kieskompas.nl

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Ontario Election 2022 Issue Guide: How Each of the Political Parties Would Tackle Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario: . Reduce Ontario’s GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, targets consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most ambitious aspects of the Paris Agreement. Did not answer the question.