Watered-down hope: Experts wanted more from COP26 climate pact
3 years, 4 months ago

Watered-down hope: Experts wanted more from COP26 climate pact

Live Mint  

While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at. “In the bigger picture I think, yes, we have a good plan to keep the 1.5-degree goal within our possibilities,” United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa told The Associated Press, referring to the overarching global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. “The 1.5C goal was already on life support before Glasgow and now it’s about time to declare it dead,” Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheim told The Associated Press in an email Sunday. “‘Lessening’ will do less to slow the harmful effects of climate change than ‘eliminating,’” former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati, who runs environmental research at the University of Colorado, said in an email. “For the first time, I can really see a potential path forward to limiting warming to 1.5C,” Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann said in an email.

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Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'

Raw Story  

Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned climatologist James Hansen, the paper appears in the journal "Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development" and concludes that Earth's climate is more sensitive to rising …

US climate envoy says COP28 'last' chance to keep 1.5C target alive
1 year, 3 months ago

US climate envoy says COP28 'last' chance to keep 1.5C target alive

Hindustan Times  

US envoy John Kerry warned Tuesday that the UN's COP28 climate summit in Dubai was the world's "last" chance to keep its target for limiting global warming alive. US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Kerry issued his warning hours after COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber proposed a draft deal that did not include a phase-out of fossil fuels, …

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end

Firstpost  

The draft text expresses concern over the gap between the money needed for adaptation and how much countries are getting, but it doesn’t say exactly how much money is needed for the world to adapt to climate change Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as …

Warnings About Humanity’s Future Don’t Get More Dire Than This
2 years ago

Warnings About Humanity’s Future Don’t Get More Dire Than This

Wired  

Today, the plummeting price of renewables is helping humanity decarbonize: Wind energy prices dropped by 55 percent in the 2010s, the new report notes, while solar power and lithium ion batteries got 85 percent cheaper—much cheaper than researchers had anticipated. The report “makes it clear that the world has made some progress on climate change—there is some good news,” says …

Cop27 deal leaves 1.5C global heating pledge ‘on life support’, says Alok Sharma
2 years, 4 months ago

Cop27 deal leaves 1.5C global heating pledge ‘on life support’, says Alok Sharma

The Independent  

Alok Sharma has said the ambition to limit global heating to 1.5C is “on life support” after a deal was struck in the early hours of Sunday morning at the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. “Unfortunately, it remains on life support.” The Cop26 president, who shepherded through the Glasgow Climate Pact last year, welcomed what he described as “historic” progress …

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal
2 years, 4 months ago

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal

Daily Mail  

This includes those on phasing out fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions However, some attendees were 'disappointed' by other 'weakened' pledges This will give financial aid to poorer countries more vulnerable to climate change The planet remains 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after a deal was struck at the end of the COP27 summit yesterday, according to climate experts. …

The Latest | UN Climate Summit
2 years, 4 months ago

The Latest | UN Climate Summit

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The European Union’s climate chief criticized the outcomes of the meeting Sharm el-Sheikh, saying it was “not enough of a step forward for people and planet” and did “not address the yawning gap between climate science and our climate policies.” Frans Timmermans said the 27-nation bloc had supported the deal in order to ensure the creation …

COP27: No climate deal better than a bad one, EU says
2 years, 4 months ago

COP27: No climate deal better than a bad one, EU says

Al Jazeera  

Fears of backsliding on 1.5C target and funding for poorer countries hit by climate disasters appear to be sticking points at UN climate talks in Egypt. “We’d rather have no decision than a bad decision.” ‘Entirely unsatisfactory’ Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, told the nearly 200 nations gathered in Egypt to “rise to the occasion” as the …

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation
2 years, 4 months ago

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation

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. Other key takeaways from the Cop27 draft include: - Reaffirms resolution to pursue 1.5C global average temperature limit as …

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day

Al Jazeera  

Crucial climate talks in Egypt to run past deadline as key issues including funds to help victim nations remain pending. EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said the bloc’s proposal on funding for loss and damage and mitigation was “a final offer” that sought to “find a compromise” between countries. But I hope we can avoid that.” ‘No money in the …

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?
2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?

LA Times  

Following a year of horrific and deadly heat waves, floods, droughts and storms, global leaders will converge this week on Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. It’s worth a reminder that the goal of the original convention, first signed in 1992 and ratified by enough nations to hold the first COP in …

High hopes for COP27, but warnings of disappointment
2 years, 4 months ago

High hopes for COP27, but warnings of disappointment

Al Jazeera  

Since 1992, when world leaders first came together to address global warming, humanity has spewed more than one trillion tonnes of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from fossil fuels into the air. Each year there are high hopes for the two-week United Nations climate gathering and, almost inevitably, disappointment when it does not deliver another landmark pact such as the one agreed …

Climate pledges still nowhere near enough for 1.5C, says UN
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate pledges still nowhere near enough for 1.5C, says UN

Live Mint  

The world's current climate pledges are far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius and will steer a world already wracked by increasing floods, heatwaves and storms towards "catastrophic" warming, the UN said Wednesday. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius …

Climate pledges still 'nowhere near' enough for 1.5°C, says UN
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate pledges still 'nowhere near' enough for 1.5°C, says UN

The Hindu  

International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C, according to a UN report released on Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5°C world," Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of …

UN climate chief: Don’t give in to despair on global warming
2 years, 9 months ago

UN climate chief: Don’t give in to despair on global warming

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Nations must keep up hope and focus on tackling global warming despite the many obstacles now to international cooperation — including the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, food shortages and rising energy costs, the U.N. climate chief urged Monday. Look at what we have accomplished in the last six years.” Many of the key issues delegates gathered …

There’s a 50:50 chance the planet will pass the 1.5C warming threshold in the next 5 years
2 years, 10 months ago

There’s a 50:50 chance the planet will pass the 1.5C warming threshold in the next 5 years

CNN  

CNN — There’s now a 50:50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the next five years, a new World Meteorological Organization report shows, warning of heating that could have devastating impacts on systems like coral reefs as well as Arctic ice. “This study shows – with a high level …

To prevent climate catastrophe, abandon the idea we can limit overheating to 1.5C
3 years ago

To prevent climate catastrophe, abandon the idea we can limit overheating to 1.5C

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. According to the IPCC last year, “Human-induced warming reached approximately 1C above pre-industrial levels in 2017.” That was five …

The climate crisis report card for 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

The climate crisis report card for 2021

Salon  

While COVID-19 was the most conspicuous science story of 2021, it may not have been the one with the most significant long-term consequences. Unfortunately, an August report in the journal Nature Climate Change described how global warming has led to "an almost complete loss of stability over the last century" within those currents. It was never going to be easy …

‘Watered-down hope': Experts wanted more from climate pact
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Watered-down hope': Experts wanted more from climate pact

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at. “In the bigger picture I think, yes, we have a good plan to keep the 1.5-degree goal within our possibilities,” United Nations climate chief …

Was Cop26 a success?
3 years, 4 months ago

Was Cop26 a success?

The Independent  

Does it go far enough to limit warming to 1.5C? Whether the pact goes far enough to meet the crucial target of limiting warming to no more than 1.5C compared with pre-industrial levels is far from certain. Glasgow had been billed as a key moment in the process of keeping 1.5C within reach - coming after the Paris Agreement, which …

COP26 pledges could keep rise below 2°C: Key studies
3 years, 4 months ago

COP26 pledges could keep rise below 2°C: Key studies

Hindustan Times  

The recent pledges to rein in emissions made by countries at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has for the first time given the world a shot at keeping global warming to under 2°C, according to three new analyses that also stress on the need for countries to still strive for the 1.5°C goal. “For the first time in history, …

COP26 Summit: UK to increase climate finance by £1 bn by 2025
3 years, 4 months ago

COP26 Summit: UK to increase climate finance by £1 bn by 2025

Firstpost  

The UK lists its climate action targets as one of the “most ambitious”, to cut emissions by at 68 percent by 2030 as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution Glasgow: The world must move from aspiration to action to limit rising global temperatures, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on …

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?
3 years, 4 months ago

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?

India Today  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is underway with world leaders reaching Glasgow in the United Kingdom to discuss how to check global warming and slow down the phenomenon of climate change. “We are extremely grateful to the government of the United Kingdom for hosting this crucially important conference in these unprecedented times and for making every effort to keep …

UN chief disappointed as G20 didn't meet his climate hopes, target year for net-zero emissions
3 years, 4 months ago

UN chief disappointed as G20 didn't meet his climate hopes, target year for net-zero emissions

India TV News  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is giving a mixed verdict on the climate change agreements reached at the Group of 20 summit, saying he hopes for more ambitious commitments to be made at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow. G-20 leaders agreed during their two-day meeting in Rome on ending financing for new overseas coal plants but did not set …

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster
3 years, 4 months ago

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster

Al Jazeera  

COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C, amid warnings of disastrous climate catastrophe. COP26 president Alok Sharma opened the two-week summit saying the talks were “last, best hope” to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in …

What needs to be achieved at Cop26, according to climate scientists
3 years, 4 months ago

What needs to be achieved at Cop26, according to climate scientists

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. Cop26 will be a success if we leave with commitments that give us at least a 66 per cent …

Cop26: What does the 1.5C target mean and why does it matter?
3 years, 4 months ago

Cop26: What does the 1.5C target mean and why does it matter?

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. As a result countries pledged to keep global temperature rises to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursue …

EU chief calls for leadership at climate ‘moment of truth’
3 years, 4 months ago

EU chief calls for leadership at climate ‘moment of truth’

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s chief executive called Thursday for a show of climate leadership ahead of two major international meetings focused on curbing global warming, warning that world leaders face “a moment of truth.” “What we need is, first of all, leadership,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before she heads to a weekend summit in Rome …

Nations nowhere close to halting ‘catastrophic’ climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Nations nowhere close to halting ‘catastrophic’ climate change

Al Jazeera  

New report shows current pledges to cut greenhouse gases will not prevent global warming to extremely dangerous levels. Will Steffen, a climate expert at the Australian National University, said the IEA report makes it clear that the current goal of “net zero emissions” by 2050 – as many countries are committing to – is simply too little, too late. We …

IPCC report 2021: World’s 1.5C temperature goal slipping beyond reach without urgent action, warn hundreds of scientists
3 years, 7 months ago

IPCC report 2021: World’s 1.5C temperature goal slipping beyond reach without urgent action, warn hundreds of scientists

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. The group of 234 scientists from 66 countries found “it is more likely than not” that the world will …

IPCC report: UK calls for all countries to produce tougher climate plans to keep 1.5C goal in reach
3 years, 7 months ago

IPCC report: UK calls for all countries to produce tougher climate plans to keep 1.5C goal in reach

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 All countries must produce tougher climate plans to keep the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting …

1.5°C warming in next 10-20 years, world fails to meet key climate goal: IPCC
3 years, 7 months ago

1.5°C warming in next 10-20 years, world fails to meet key climate goal: IPCC

Hindustan Times  

The world may have lost the opportunity to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The 1.5°C global warming threshold is likely to be breached in the next 10 to 20 years in all emission scenarios, including the one where carbon dioxide emissions decline rapidly to net zero around 2050, the intergovernmental panel on climate change said …

Climate science report ‘critical for success’ of COP26: UN
3 years, 7 months ago

Climate science report ‘critical for success’ of COP26: UN

The Hindu  

Nearly 200 nations started online negotiations on Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale. Another milestone since the last IPCC tome: the Paris Agreement has been adopted, with a collective promise to cap the planet’s rising surface temperature at “well below” two degrees Celsius above late-19th …

COP26 offers a chance to revise zero-emission targets
3 years, 8 months ago

COP26 offers a chance to revise zero-emission targets

Live Mint  

The United Kingdom will be hosting the 26th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in early November, 2021. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the organization that provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts, future risks and options for adaptation and mitigation. The Special Report concludes that limiting …

Climate crisis: Greenhouse gases already emitted will warm Earth beyond limits in Paris agreement, research suggests
4 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis: Greenhouse gases already emitted will warm Earth beyond limits in Paris agreement, research suggests

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 amount of greenhouse gases already released into the atmosphere by humans will likely warm …

‘1.5C to stay alive’: Is the Paris Agreement’s most optimistic climate target still within reach?
4 years, 3 months ago

‘1.5C to stay alive’: Is the Paris Agreement’s most optimistic climate target still within reach?

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. I can tell you, a 2C hotter world is a death sentence for countries like mine.” Five years ago …

US undermining ‘last chance’ climate talks, experts charge
6 years, 3 months ago

US undermining ‘last chance’ climate talks, experts charge

CNN  

Katowice, Poland CNN — The American delegation came to promote coal. The US promotion of fossil fuel interests makes COP24 feel more like a “trade show” than a climate negotiation, said Jesse Bragg, spokesman for the nonprofit group Corporate Accountability. “They should be saying, ‘we’re terrified by this, and we’re being spurred into action.’ “ “The United States was willing …

IPCC concludes Paris accord is not enough to limit global warming
6 years, 5 months ago

IPCC concludes Paris accord is not enough to limit global warming

Al Jazeera  

Little has been done to counter man’s release of global warming gases. However, maybe the most telling comment of the report is found on page 24: The ambitions stated by worldwide governments in the Paris accord of 2015 are no longer enough to limit global warming to 1.5C. A complete stop to CO2 emissions now would probably keep global warming …

IPCC concludes Paris accord is not enough to limit global warming
6 years, 5 months ago

IPCC concludes Paris accord is not enough to limit global warming

Al Jazeera  

Little has been done to counter man’s release of global warming gases. However, maybe the most telling comment of the report is found on page 24: The ambitions stated by worldwide governments in the Paris accord of 2015 are no longer enough to limit global warming to 1.5C. A complete stop to CO2 emissions now would probably keep global warming …

UN report on 'mission impossible' climate target is scarier than your inner demons
6 years, 5 months ago

UN report on 'mission impossible' climate target is scarier than your inner demons

India Today  

An executive summary of the UN special report on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be vetted in South Korea this week, line-by-line, by diplomats under the 195-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The difference that half-a-degree has made When the 195 nations who endorsed the 2015 Paris Agreement said the world should 'pursue efforts' to cap warming …

Only ‘rapid and far-reaching’ changes will stop global warming exceeding 1.5C target by 2040, leaked UN report reveals
6 years, 9 months ago

Only ‘rapid and far-reaching’ changes will stop global warming exceeding 1.5C target by 2040, leaked UN report reveals

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 Global warming will likely exceed the most ambitious target set by the Paris climate agreement …

Global warming set to exceed Paris agreement’s 1.5C limit by 2040s, according to draft UN report
7 years, 2 months ago

Global warming set to exceed Paris agreement’s 1.5C limit by 2040s, according to draft UN report

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 There is a “very high risk” that the most ambitious global warming limit set in …

The half degree that will change Earth
8 years, 11 months ago

The half degree that will change Earth

Live Mint  

New York: Something not so funny happened on the road to the United Nations climate summit in Paris last year. That’s why, according to the new study’s authors, “a comprehensive overview of the difference in climate impacts at these levels is still missing.” The difference between the two worlds will be the difference between living at the upper end of …

COP21: Support grows for limiting warming to 1.5C amid claims 2C 'is not safe'
9 years, 3 months ago

COP21: Support grows for limiting warming to 1.5C amid claims 2C 'is not safe'

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. The idea is rapidly gaining momentum at the UN climate change summit in Paris this week as ministers from …

Climate change: 48-page document could save the planet
9 years, 3 months ago

Climate change: 48-page document could save the planet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN Opinion columnist John D. Sutter is reporting on a tiny number – 2 degrees – that may have a huge effect on the future. So instead of settling that, the agreed-upon draft text instead says “###.” Morgan told me she’s heard negotiators reading that as, “hashtag, hashtag, hashtag.” “I was like, ‘What are they talking about! In …

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