Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed
1 year, 3 months ago

Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed

BBC  

Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed Getty Images The US's Inflation Reduction Act has released huge sums of support for clean energy, jobs and technologies In a tumultuous year, the positive milestones for the climate and nature might well have gone under your radar. It was quickly welcomed as the largest climate investment in US history, although it isn't at all obvious from the legislation's name – perhaps making it the definition of a "quiet" climate win. "It doesn't sound as if it's dealing with climate change, but it does," says Sir David King, the UK's former climate envoy who worked with his US counterpart John Kerry on negotiations including the Paris Agreement. It's a welcome milestone that doesn't just look good on paper – it's an important positive tipping point for climate change, according to the authors who made the prediction in April.

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US gas-fired power boom reveals key emissions payoff in 2024: Maguire
2 months, 1 week ago

US gas-fired power boom reveals key emissions payoff in 2024: Maguire

Live Mint  

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Jan 8 - For the first time, over 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide was discharged from U.S. gas-fired power stations in a single year during 2024, marking a new pollution threshold for the world's largest gas producer and consumer. And as U.S. coal plants discharge 77% more CO2 per unit of electricity than …

Renewable surge in 2023 fails to curb worldwide emissions: Report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Renewable surge in 2023 fails to curb worldwide emissions: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The world witnessed rapid progress in the renewable energy sector in 2023, but the slow speed of reductions in global emissions rendered it ineffective, a new report released at COP29 in Baku has highlighted. India ranked 10th, a drop from seventh last year, in the analysis — Climate Change Performance Index co-authored by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute, and CAN …

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says
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4 months ago

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says

Hindustan Times  

* Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says Emissions from fossil fuels to rise nearly 1% to 37.4 bln T * Severe wildfires fuel 13.5% surge in land-use emissions * Emissions decrease in rich nations, rise in emerging economies * Without urgent action, global climate goals out of reach By Kate Abnett BAKU, - Global carbon …

The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline

ABC  

For decades now, there's one fact that's a buzzkill for anyone who cares about climate change: despite all the talk and action, global emissions have not stopped increasing. "Our analysis from last year found that if wind and solar continue to accelerate at the pace that they have been, consistent with historical trends, then there's a 70 per cent chance …

Renewables provide record 30% of global electricity in 2023
10 months, 1 week ago

Renewables provide record 30% of global electricity in 2023

China Daily  

A Zoom screenshot from the fifth annual Global Electricity Review of Ember shows a range of experts discussing the global shift to clean electricity in late May 8. CHINA DAILY Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by …

The world just passed a major clean energy milestone
10 months, 1 week ago

The world just passed a major clean energy milestone

CNN  

CNN — The world has passed a clean energy milestone, as a boom in wind and solar meant a record-breaking 30% of the world’s electricity was produced by renewables last year, new data shows. The planet is reaching “a crucial turning point” toward clean energy, according to the Global Electricity Review published Wednesday by climate think tank Ember. It’s a …

Renewable energy overtakes gas in the UK, analysis shows
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Renewable energy overtakes gas in the UK, analysis shows

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than gas in the UK this winter, …

Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023: International Energy Agency
1 year ago

Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023: International Energy Agency

The Hindu  

“Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts hampered hydropower production,” International Energy Agency said on February 29. “Far from falling rapidly — as is required to meet the global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement — CO2 emissions reached a new record …

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
1 year, 1 month ago

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think

Wired  

Every November, the Global Carbon Project publishes the year’s global CO 2 emissions. In 2022, the International Energy Agency said it expected global energy emissions to hit their peak by 2025. Unsurprisingly, when we actually reach peak emissions will depend a lot on the world’s largest emitter, China. China’s solar and wind output is already enough to cover the total …

Significant renewable energy gains in 2023 put global goal within reach
1 year, 2 months ago

Significant renewable energy gains in 2023 put global goal 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. Read our privacy policy The world added 50 per cent more renewable energy in 2023 than 2022 – putting …

The greenhouse gas breakthrough that should give us hope
1 year, 3 months ago

The greenhouse gas breakthrough that should give us hope

The Independent  

Cop28 has been mired in controversy over comments by its host, Sultan al-Jaber, about whether it’s necessary to phase out fossil fuels to limit global warming. “The signs coming from the Cop28 are all positive to that end, with a lot of progress being made on reducing methane emissions, as well as the pledge to triple renewables by 2030, which …

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report
1 year, 4 months ago

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Even if nations meet all of their current climate commitments, submitted as nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the 1.5 degrees C global warming threshold will be breached, a new UN report said on Tuesday. FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates The report flagged that …

Renewable energy record signals ‘end to the fossil age’
1 year, 11 months ago

Renewable energy record signals ‘end to the fossil age’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Figures from UK-based energy think tank Ember, published on Wednesday, found that wind and solar supplied a …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
2 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

Carbon emissions from fossil fuels ‘climb to new highs’ and still rising
2 years, 4 months ago

Carbon emissions from fossil fuels ‘climb to new highs’ and still rising

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. Professor Pierre Friedlingstein, from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute, who led the study said: “This year we …

UN report: Climate pollution reductions ‘highly inadequate’
2 years, 4 months ago

UN report: Climate pollution reductions ‘highly inadequate’

Associated Press  

The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough -- not even promising to do enough -- to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said. “The report confirms the utterly glacial pace of climate action, despite the looming precipice of climate tipping points we’re approaching,” said …

Global emissions will peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency
2 years, 4 months ago

Global emissions will peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency

Deccan Chronicle  

Paris: The International Energy Agency on Thursday released its World Energy Outlook 2022 report, which stated that global emissions will peak in 2025. "In the Announced Pledges Scenario, the commitments in the Nationally Determined Contributions bring about a faster reduction in emissions: global emissions peak before 2025 and fall to 31.5 Gt CO2 in 2030, which is around 15per cent …

Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly
2 years, 4 months ago

Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that it expects carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to rise again this year, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars. Last year saw a strong rebound in carbon dioxide emissions — the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming …

Key climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021: UN report
2 years, 9 months ago

Key climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021: UN report

Al Jazeera  

Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year. Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations has said, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe and calling for an urgent transition to renewable energy. Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, …

‘Must be credible’: Energy giants challenged over climate action
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Must be credible’: Energy giants challenged over climate action

Al Jazeera  

Countries have less than three years to reduce the rise of planet-heating carbon emissions and less than a decade to cut them almost in half to ensure a ‘liveable future’. The non-profit think tank that researches the effect of climate change on financial markets noted on Thursday that despite a spate of new targets set by the top 15 global …

Technology Can Fix the Climate Mess—but Not Without Help
55 years, 2 months ago

Technology Can Fix the Climate Mess—but Not Without Help

Wired  

This morning, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped its most contentious report yet. It is a file of shame cataloging the empty pledges that put us firmly on track toward an unlivable world.” He invoked climate catastrophes—“unprecedented heat waves, terrifying storms, widespread water shortages, the extinction of a million species of plants and animals”—and warned against those who …

‘A future full of risks’: What’s next for climate crisis conversations in 2022?
3 years, 1 month ago

‘A future full of risks’: What’s next for climate crisis conversations in 2022?

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. “Therefore we need to enable all countries to do that, to transition to an economy that’s not based on …

Five good-news environmental stories from 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

Five good-news environmental stories from 2021

Al Jazeera  

From new protected areas to ozone layer gains, this year saw some positive trends, even as myriad problems persist. And change is happening, according to a recent study by the US National Center for Atmospheric Research : Because of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, a global deal to regulate nearly 100 man-made chemicals that deplete the ozone layer, 443 million Americans …

CO2 emissions to rebound in 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

CO2 emissions to rebound in 2022

Hindustan Times  

Global CO2 emissions are set to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next year, according to an assessment published on Thursday as countries signed up to fossil-fuel cutting pledges criticised as too vague by campaigners. The grim emissions assessment was billed as a “reality check” for nations gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, seen as a last chance to halt catastrophic …

Global power sector emissions rise to pre-pandemic levels, finds review
3 years, 6 months ago

Global power sector emissions rise to pre-pandemic levels, finds review

Hindustan Times  

Rising global electricity demand in the first half of 2021 outpaced growth in clean electricity leading to an increase in emissions-intensive coal power. Global electricity demand also rose by 5% in the first half of 2021 as compared to pre-pandemic levels, which was mostly met by wind and solar power but also an increase in coal power. Even as many …

Clean tech: The last green energy boom turned to bust. Will this time be any different?
3 years, 10 months ago

Clean tech: The last green energy boom turned to bust. Will this time be any different?

CNN  

London CNN Business — Investors who backupstart companies are known for their optimism. “I always worry something is going to happen and it will suck the wind out of the market,” said Craig Lawrence, who led energy and clean tech investing at Silicon Valley’s Accel Partners between 2008 and 2010. “There was a sort of hubris among venture capitalists in …

Guess What? Global CO2 Emissions Have Returned to Pre-pandemic Levels
4 years ago

Guess What? Global CO2 Emissions Have Returned to Pre-pandemic Levels

News 18  

Global CO2 emissions have returned to pre-pandemic levels and then some, threatening to put climate treaty targets for capping global warming out of reach, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. “The rebound in global carbon emissions toward the end of last year is a stark warning that not enough is being done to accelerate clean energy transitions worldwide,” IEA executive …

Carbon emissions rebound, worrying International Energy Agency
4 years ago

Carbon emissions rebound, worrying International Energy Agency

Live Mint  

Global CO2 emissions have returned to pre-pandemic levels, threatening to put climate treaty targets for capping global warming out of reach, a recent report by International Energy Agency states. "The rebound in global carbon emissions toward the end of last year is a stark warning that not enough is being done to accelerate clean energy transitions worldwide," Fatih Birol, executive …

Global CO2 pollution returns to pre-COVID levels: IEA
4 years ago

Global CO2 pollution returns to pre-COVID levels: IEA

Al Jazeera  

The International Energy Agency says emissions were 2 percent higher in December than in the same month a year ago. Global carbon dioxide emissions have returned to pre-pandemic levels and then some, threatening to put climate treaty targets for capping global warming out of reach, the International Energy Agency says. “The rebound in global carbon emissions toward the end of …

2020 has been a bleak year in the climate crisis. So here’s the good news
4 years, 2 months ago

2020 has been a bleak year in the climate crisis. So here’s the good news

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. Dr John Cook is a professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University and creator …

6 Things That Happened To The Environment In 2020 That Were Actually Good
4 years, 2 months ago

6 Things That Happened To The Environment In 2020 That Were Actually Good

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The planet didn’t chalk up a lot of wins in 2020. And China’s president, Xi Jinping, said the country — the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide — would “achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.” Meeting these goals will hinge on both countries pivoting swiftly away from coal. In the United States, after four years of moving backward …

Emissions have already surged back to pre-pandemic levels, UN report finds
4 years, 6 months ago

Emissions have already surged back to pre-pandemic levels, UN report finds

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. We need science, solidarity and solutions.” The United in Science 2020 report highlights mounting and irreversible impacts of the …

Climate change: World won’t hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated
4 years, 8 months ago

Climate change: World won’t hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Solar and wind power are booming. “The message is very clear: in the absence of much faster clean energy innovation, achieving net-zero goals in 2050 will be all but impossible,” Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, said in a statement. Still, the IEA said there are “no single or simple solutions to putting the world …

Here’s why global CO2 emissions fell by the most since 1990
5 years ago

Here’s why global CO2 emissions fell by the most since 1990

Al Jazeera  

A steep drop in the use of coal to generate power led to the fall in emissions last year, a new study shows. Global carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector fell by 2 percent last year, the biggest fall since at least 1990, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, according to a study published …

The world needs to do more to deal with the climate change time bomb: IEA
5 years, 4 months ago

The world needs to do more to deal with the climate change time bomb: IEA

Firstpost  

The IEA said, “the world urgently needs to put a laser-like focus on bringing down global emissions.” The world must do much more to slash emissions if it is to defuse the climate change time bomb and deliver sustainable energy for a growing population, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. The IEA said in its World Energy Outlook 2019 report …

World on track to miss emissions ‘turning point’ for tackling climate change
6 years, 1 month ago

World on track to miss emissions ‘turning point’ for tackling climate change

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 world is not on track to meet the greenhouse gas “turning point” required to …

The revolution starts here: Why the fight against climate change needs to begin where we live
10 years, 11 months ago

The revolution starts here: Why the fight against climate change needs to begin where we live

Salon  

The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may tell it like it is, but it would be a mistake to characterize its message as all doom and gloom. Many people may not know this, but although it’s the U.S. Green Building Council, we create green building standards – that is, standards for energy-efficient, high-performing, low-carbon buildings – and they are …

Climate change: Talks jolted by surge in greenhouse gas emissions
13 years, 9 months ago

Climate change: Talks jolted by surge in greenhouse gas emissions

The Hindu  

The record leap in global greenhouse gas emissions last year has thrown the spotlight on the world’s only concerted attempt to stem the tide of global warming — the United Nations climate negotiations. “I hope these estimates provide a wake-up call to governments,” said Lord Stern, a London School of Economics professor and author of the landmark review on the …

Climate change: Rising greenshouse gas emissions trigger wake-up call
13 years, 9 months ago

Climate change: Rising greenshouse gas emissions trigger wake-up call

The Hindu  

Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency. The shock rise means the goal of preventing a temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius — which scientists …

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