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Why it’s so hard to tell which climate policies actually work
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Why it’s so hard to tell which climate policies actually work

Live Mint  

NATIONAL CLIMATE policies are a relatively recent invention. In August, an international research group published the first global evaluation of climate policies in Science, a journal. It is partly the result of the field’s traditional focus on modelling science, rather than policy, explains Jan Minx, who leads the Applied Sustainability Science working group at the Mercator Research Institute in Berlin. …

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Why ‘Maladaptation’ is a Key Word in COP29
1 month ago

Why ‘Maladaptation’ is a Key Word in COP29

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 18, 2024 16:04 IST - 6 MINS READ Finance is the top agenda at COP29, underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Developing countries also raised clarity issues with the term “transformational adaptation” at IPCC-61. At COP29 as well, developing country parties opposed references to “transformational adaptation” with the African group saying the term is a non-starter. “The scope for …

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At COP29, Brazil pledges to reduce carbon emissions by 67% by 2035
1 month, 1 week ago

At COP29, Brazil pledges to reduce carbon emissions by 67% by 2035

India Today  

At the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, Brazil made a significant climate pledge, announcing its goal to reduce carbon emissions by up to 67 per cent by 2035. An analysis by Talanoa Institute, an independent Brazilian think tank, states that although Brazil has signalled its commitment to the COP28 outcome by outlining efforts to phase out fossil fuel across sectors …

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Developing countries reject draft text on climate finance
1 month, 1 week ago

Developing countries reject draft text on climate finance

Hindustan Times  

Negotiations at COP29 summit in Baku hit a roadblock on Tuesday, after a delayed start to talks on the first day of the two-weeks-long summit on Monday, with developing countries unanimously rejecting a draft of the new collective quantified goal and seeking a new text to be drawn up. “G77 plus China and the Like Minded Developing Countries want the …

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World close to 1.5C warming limit according to new pre-industrial temperature estimate
1 month, 1 week ago

World close to 1.5C warming limit according to new pre-industrial temperature estimate

ABC  

The world has already warmed 1.49 degrees Celsius because of humans compared to pre-industrial levels, according to a new study of carbon dioxide content in Antarctic ice cores. "We know that there's warming baked into the 1850 to 1900 estimate, simply because that is not the beginning of the Industrial Revolution," he said "Significant things had already happened by that …

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The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change
1 month, 1 week ago

The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change

Daily Mail  

Time may be running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned - as new data reveals that the critical 1.5°C threshold has already been reached. Scientists say that a new method for attributing human-caused climate change shows that the 1.5°C limit laid out in the Paris Agreement has already been passed This comes after scientists from the Copernicus Climate …

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Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa

Raw Story  

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. Torrential rains and severe flooding have affected around 6.9 million people in West and Central Africa so far in 2024, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. - 'Very, very bad' - Residents and …

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Watch: The Paris Agreement: countdown to 1.5°C
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: The Paris Agreement: countdown to 1.5°C

The Hindu  

“Tipping Point” is a weekly series where we dive into climate change events and the trends shaping our future. In 2015, world leaders gathered in Paris for the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP21. At the end of this conference, they adopted a legally binding agreement to limit global warming …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Roxy Mathew Koll: Mapping climate change
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Roxy Mathew Koll: Mapping climate change

Hindustan Times  

Roxy Mathew Koll, winner of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Earth Scientist, is a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and a leading expert in this field. Roxy Mathew Koll, winner of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Earth Scientist What I do My work is focused on climate change …

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July 22, 2024, Was Hottest Day On Record, NASA Report Matches Copernicus Analysis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

July 22, 2024, Was Hottest Day On Record, NASA Report Matches Copernicus Analysis

ABP News  

Hottest Day In History: NASA's latest analysis of global daily temperature data reveals that July 22, 2024, was the hottest day ever recorded. FACT CHECK | 2024 Is Not Hotter Than 2020 Because Of The Sun Nearing A Solar Maximum Copernicus Report On Hot July The NASA report on record-breaking heat comes days after an independent analysis by the Copernicus …

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Researchers at IIT-Madras come up with climate model for Indian regions
5 months ago

Researchers at IIT-Madras come up with climate model for Indian regions

The Hindu  

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have suggested the use of a multimodal approach to quantify climate model uncertainty. The approach offers reliable climate change estimates and quantifies uncertainty among models crucial for informed climate planning and management. The REA model is used to address critical challenges in climate modelling in monsoon-prone regions such as India, offering valuable insights …

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How climate change is rewriting the rules of extreme storms
5 months, 1 week ago

How climate change is rewriting the rules of extreme storms

BBC  

How climate change is rewriting the rules of extreme storms Nasa/Matthew Dominick Hurricane Beryl was the first category five storm to form in June at the start of the Atlantic hurricane season The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. As climate change increases temperatures, that extra moisture makes a difference – but the effect is small compared …

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The value of attributing extreme events to climate change | Explained
7 months ago

The value of attributing extreme events to climate change | Explained

The Hindu  

Just a couple of decades ago, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change argued that individual weather events could not be attributed to climate change. The science has since evolved, albeit with all its attendant uncertainties, and now we regularly hear of researchers having been able to attribute some individual extreme events to climate change. Economically developing countries, in particular …

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77% of top climate scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming—and they're horrified
7 months, 2 weeks ago

77% of top climate scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming—and they're horrified

Raw Story  

Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a survey published Wednesday by The Guardian revealed. "I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," …

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IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained
10 months, 2 weeks ago

IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained

The Hindu  

Established in 1988, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been bringing out climate change assessment reports on a periodic basis. The second GST is due in 2028 and submissions so far from member countries have requested the IPCC to publish its AR7 assessment reports before the stocktake. The full assessment reports – which nearly all the member countries …

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Moments of hope and resilience from the climate frontlines
1 year ago

Moments of hope and resilience from the climate frontlines

BBC  

Moments of hope and resilience from the climate frontlines Riikka Morottaja Anna Morottaja in Lapland is just one of those getting used to life on the frontlines of climate change From newborns saved by clean local power to the welcome return of an iconic lizard, our global reporters take stock of their most powerful moments in climate change of 2023. …

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Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking point
1 year ago

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking point

Deccan Chronicle  

Another global summit on climate change has concluded last week in Dubai. If the “deal” concluded in Dubai was hailed as “historic” and a “breakthrough”, it was merely because all the participating nations, for the first time, admitted that fossil fuels were a problem and a major contributor to global greenhouse gases which were pushing the planet’s temperature limits off …

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COP28: Adaptation draft misses key issue of climate finance
1 year ago

COP28: Adaptation draft misses key issue of climate finance

Hindustan Times  

A new text on the Global Goal on Adaptation released on Wednesday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai lists seven targets, including significantly reducing climate-induced water scarcity, for implementation by and beyond 2030, but it doesn’t provide for adequate climate finance to put these adaptation measures in place. The text urges parties to take on seven adaptation measures …

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The legal battles changing the course of climate change
1 year ago

The legal battles changing the course of climate change

BBC  

The legal battles changing the course of climate change Getty Images The number of climate lawsuits globally has surged in recent years Governments, fossil fuel firms and airlines are increasingly being met with climate lawsuits. Climate inaction and human rights In a landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland was violating the human rights of its …

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Science-wise: COP28 Begins, Can First-Ever Global Stocktake Be Decisive Moment for Climate Action?
1 year ago

Science-wise: COP28 Begins, Can First-Ever Global Stocktake Be Decisive Moment for Climate Action?

News 18  

In 2015, 196 nations signed on a landmark agreement in Paris committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the climate crisis from spiraling out of control. This is significant especially after India’s G20 Presidency succeeded in securing a commitment from the big economies to pursue efforts to triple renewable energy goals by 2030 – a key target of COP28. …

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每日一词|关于加强合作应对气候危机的阳光之乡声明 The Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis
1 year, 1 month ago

每日一词|关于加强合作应对气候危机的阳光之乡声明 The Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis

China Daily  

中国气候变化事务特使解振华和美国总统气候问题特使约翰·克里于2023年7月16—19日在北京、11月4—7日在加利福尼亚阳光之乡举行会谈，并发表了中美关于加强合作应对气候危机的阳光之乡声明。 China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met in Beijing from July 16 to 19 and at Sunnylands, California from Nov. 4 to 7, and released "The Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis". 图片来源：视觉中国 【知识点】 11月15日，生态环境部公布了中美关于加强合作应对气候危机的阳光之乡声明。 声明指出，中美两国认识到，气候危机对世界各国的影响日益显著。面对政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）第六次评估报告等现有最佳科学发现的警示，两国致力于有效实施联合国气候变化框架公约和巴黎协定，体现公平以及共同但有区别的责任和各自能力的原则，考虑不同国情，根据巴黎协定第二条所述将全球平均气温上升控制在低于2℃之内并努力限制在1.5℃之内，包括努力保持1.5℃可实现，达成该协定的目的。 声明称，中美两国致力于有效实施巴黎协定及其决定，包括格拉斯哥气候协议和沙姆沙伊赫实施计划。两国强调，公约第28次缔约方大会（COP28）对于在这关键十年及其后有意义地应对气候危机至关重要。两国认识到，两国无论是在国内应对措施还是共同合作行动方面对于落实巴黎协定各项目标、推动多边主义均具有重要作用。为了人类今世后代，两国将合作并与公约和巴黎协定其他缔约方一道直面当今世界最为严峻的挑战之一。 根据声明，中美两国决定启动“21世纪20年代强化气候行动工作组”，开展对话与合作，以加速21世纪20年代的具体气候行动。工作组将聚焦联合声明和联合宣言中确定的合作领域，包括能源转型、甲烷、循环经济和资源利用效率、低碳可持续省/州和城市、毁林以及双方同意的其他主题。工作组将就控制和减少排放的政策、措施和技术进行信息交流，分享各自经验，识别和实施合作项目，并评估联合声明、联合宣言和本次声明的实施情况。工作组由两国气候变化特使共同领导，两国相关部委和政府机构的官员以适当方式参加。 【重要讲话】 中美在绿色发展、应对气候变化等领域合作潜力巨大，双方完全可以加强这方面合作，将其打造成中美关系发展新亮点。 China and the United …

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Scorching October puts 2023 on track to be hottest year in 125,000 years
1 year, 1 month ago

Scorching October puts 2023 on track to be hottest year in 125,000 years

Al Jazeera  

Scientists say climate change is driving heatwaves across the planet, toppling previous records with alarming frequency. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU’s climate monitor, said on Wednesday that October was 0.4 degrees Celsius hotter than the previous record for the month, set in 2019. As climate change, driven by greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, heats …

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Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’
1 year, 1 month ago

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The carbon budget for stopping the Earth heating 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could run out …

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Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks
1 year, 2 months ago

Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks

The Hindu  

Top scientists have launched a yearly report series to plug knowledge gaps ahead of crunch climate talks, with their global warming "countdown clock" vying for the attention of world leaders and ordinary citizens alike. "We cannot afford to wait" for the next IPCC assessment report in this "decade of action", said Peter Thorne, a professor of physical geography at Maynooth …

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