Air Pollution Climate Change Nitrogen Oxides Paris Agreement 
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
When thinking about global emissions, don’t picture an individual—point your finger at powerful corporations, specifically the 88 companies that are largely responsible for climate change. It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Many recent scientific reports—including from the IPCC , UNEP and the IEA —show that we are fast running out of time to make the steep cuts in heat-trapping emissions that would keep the Paris Agreement temperature targets within reach. Yet global fossil fuel production and use continue to expand. Particulate matter (PM2.5)
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
However, several analyses—including a recent one by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—have concluded that the IRA, even when coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure act and other federal and state climate policies, will not be enough to meet US carbon emission reduction goals. trillion in avoided climate change-related damages.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less. million deaths globally.
Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
More recently, another study showed it had to be done in OECD nations to comply with the Paris Agreement targets. It is worth remember that overall, air pollution accounts for 7 million deaths per year (WHO). Elsewhere, in China, coal is directly responsible for a staggering 366,000 premature deaths per year.
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