Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. 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.) A bit more on those reasons later. degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030.
Capaccio
JANUARY 11, 2024
The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. COP28 is the first time that a final COP agreement has called upon countries to reduce their fossil fuel usage in some way.
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Enviromental Defense
APRIL 28, 2023
The joint statement from the recent G7 environment and energy ministers’ conference in Japan suggests there is ambition for action in some areas – on climate-related finance and investments and on eliminating toxic chemicals, for example – but less on eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and very little on eliminating plastic pollution.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Canada coming up so short is one of the reasons why rich, industrialized countries continue to fail to deliver on the $100 billion per year in assistance for developing countries to address climate change, a commitment first made 12 years ago and reiterated in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Finally F-words: fossil fuels.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 22, 2024
Bill C-50 is a necessary tool to set Canadian workers up for success in a low-carbon economy Countries around the world are choosing to ditch fossil fuels, like oil, gas and coal, to use renewable energy and increase the energy efficiency of homes, cars and factories. Fossil fuel workers are also far from the only ones impacted.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Despite the softening of the wording in the latter stages of negotiations, analysts and commentators noted that it was the first time a COP agreement had directly mentioned fossil fuels – even though they are the main contributor to climate change – and cited this as definite progress. Phase-down and not out.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 17, 2021
This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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