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Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

Union of Concerned Scientists

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. percent; natural gas, 38.3

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The IPCC Should Just Say 1.5 C is Dead

Legal Planet

Several scientists, including authors of the IPCC report, told the Associated Press that the world is locked into exceeding the 1.5° We are pretty much locked into 1.5,” said report co-author Malte Meinshausen, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia. mark soon. “We These kinds of comments are not new.

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The Stream, April 5, 2023: Vanuatu Takes World’s Climate Inaction to International Court

Circle of Blue

Vanuatu , vulnerable to the effects of climate change and global warming, brings the question of other governments’ climate inaction to the world’s highest court. Unseasonal snow throughout the western Balkans is elevating the risk of floods, electricity shutoffs, and traffic accidents. billion natural gas project.

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War in Ukraine and the Climate Crisis Are Connected: Our Future Depends on Solutions that Address Both

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. According to the IPCC, global emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and IEA research shows it can be done.

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IPCC: Limiting warning to 1.5°C is almost beyond reach?

A Greener Life

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C The report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of climate change looked at a variety of pathways for increased climate actions.

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Opinion: In the worst April heatwave in history, South Asia must demand these urgent climate actions

A Greener Life

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

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New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For

PA Environment Daily

This is the text of the EC announcement-- On March 8, the European Commission proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, starting with gas, in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They want energy jobs in the EU. Click Here for the complete announcement.