Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

This is drawing bio-based diesel fuel out of other states and putting California and federal fuel policies into a vicious cycle that is contributing to ever more unsustainable and expensive fuel policies. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Guest Commentary: Indonesian Human Rights Commission’s first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change. Indonesia’s climate change context. Climate change is already causing widespread environmental impacts in Indonesia. C, for example, by continuing to approve new fossil fuel projects.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For nearly three decades the United Nations has been bringing together almost every country on Earth for global climate summits known as the “Conference of the Parties”. In that time climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. C above pre-industrial levels within the next two decades.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. There are many possible emergency actions.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. Next time: ending deforestation.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. There are many possible emergency actions.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee during the unveiling of the report: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) yet again warned us about the climate impacts hurtling toward us at breakneck speed. Photo credit: IPCC / Mark Speight.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What matter most is ending fossil fuels , and breaking the power of the corporations that keep us addicted to them. Never shy of an unpopular opinion, the book dismisses a whole host of pet ideas and argues for a laser-like focus on fossil fuels and corporate power. “We Sometimes this leads to a contradiction.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2018

Years ago, when I discovered the threat of climate change and the opportunities presented by solar photovoltaic energy, I thought this was pretty straightforward. Since that fateful English class in April 2004, a lot has changed and I have spent thousands of hours reading and writing about climate change.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. How green are renewables?

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental Defence experts on climate change, climate finance, Just Transition, clean transportation and, safeguarding freshwater react to the Federal 2023 budget, released today.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2023

President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources. By 2026 it wants to reforest an area of 750,000 hectares.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

A figure from the recent OECD report Climate Tipping Points , showing how an AMOC shutdown after 2.5 °C C global warming would change temperature (left) and precipitation (right) around the world. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 They aren’t trying to end fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. But for those who did manage to absorb the findings of the latest publication from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the news was grim. .

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The deforestation accord is especially encouraging because it has so many side benefits. Will countries agree to make serious new cuts in their carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning? countries agreeing to limit fossil fuel CO2 emissions) are obviously absolutely critical to staving off climate disaster for the planet.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula. Image by Charles Echer from Pixabay.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 13, 2021

My daughter Sofie was born in April 2021, in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic and in a decade in which climate change is increasingly high on the global agenda. By Anders Lorenzen. Sofie and I in a nearby park. Will Sofie face obstacles that we don’t face today? Sofie will certainly live in a different world to now.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

We’re already experiencing the impact of climate change across the world; now an update from the IPCC suggests weather extremes could become the norm in the near future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 14, 2020

Apocalypse Never contains chapters on climate change, deforestation, species extinction, plastic waste, meat, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels, poverty, and much more. Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that on June 30, HarperCollins will publish my new book, Apocalypse Never.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Just months be fore the crucial UN climate summit, COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, UK in November the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued one of its starkest reports stating that governments have taken too long to take action and we are now paying the price. Unprecedented.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. from last year as the economic recovery from the pandemic ignites demand for fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Fridays for Future march during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). In addition, there have also been concerns expressed that NGO’s and civil society were being sidelined during the talks, while the fossil fuel industry was given crucial access. Photo credit: REUTERS / Dylan Martinez. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 11, 2023

According to Reuters : Last month was the hottest June globally on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. Countries have declared climate emergency for seven years now but keep on heavily subsidizing fossil fuels use.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

societies – will have to change to truly become carbon neutral in the next two decades. Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it. Books such as Climate of Hope or Regeneration are explicitely showing this.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. o C global warming scenario.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

When the history of the global shift toward a clean energy economy and a sustainable future gets written decades from now, it may well be that the COP26 Climate Change Conference will be seen as a watershed moment. Posted on January 18, 2022 by Daniel C.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth synthesis report was released on March 20th (available online as a PDF ). There is a recording of the IPCC Press Conference – Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report for those who are interested in watching an awkward release of the report.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It’s pretty clear that neither the innermost nor outermost circle has yet achieved much concrete advance in dealing with climate change. The Paris Agreement is organized around NDCs: statements of what each nation plans to do to contribute to resolving climate change. Then things move on. But it’s not nothing either.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency. But climate change is different. trillion or 6.8

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite the worldwide mobilisation towards the adoption of renewable energy, the Brazilian government continues to promote the use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. The UN’s climate conference, COP26 , has seen more than 70 countries commit to putting an end to energy sources such as coal by mid-century.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. Ending fossil fuel subsidies and making renewable energy the future.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

This week, Circle of Blue looks at a major new climate report, which finds that a warming planet is accelerating the water cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, has released its sixth assessment report. The report, while grim, does offer hope.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The increasing concentration of these gases is undoubtedly due to human activities, including the combustion of fossil fuels, industrial processes, deforestation, and destructive agricultural practices. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are already causing severe climate change, and the worst is yet to come.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 13, 2023

Reduce methane emissions Methane essentially comes from the decay of vegetation, animals’ digestion and the exploitation of fossil fuels, methane is a greenhouse gas with a massive footprint, 80+ times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years. Cutting this would help limit global warming by a huge half a degree.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After an extra year’s delay and a summer of climate change-induced disasters , the 26 th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) entered its second week on Monday. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. by Korey Silverman-Roati.

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