Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed
BBCSeven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed Alamy Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year. Getty Images The UK stopped burning coal for power in 2024 …and a global surge in green power The International Energy Agency expects the world to add 5,500 GW of renewable energy capacity between now and 2030 and to grow global renewable capacity 2.7 times compared to 2022, slightly falling short of a UN goal to triple capacity by 2030. "Legal personhood provides the understanding that nature and living non-human beings should be understood as subjects – with intrinsic value and interests and needs of their own," she says. Getty Images Granting animals and other parts of nature legal personhood can lead to stronger protections New ocean protections for the Azores The North Atlantic saw a new marine protected area announced by the Azores. Today, 2.86 million of the antelope roam the Golden Steppe, and it has been moved from "critically endangered" to "near threatened" status on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.
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