Reducing carbon emissions will not harm economic growth, study finds
2 years, 8 months ago

Reducing carbon emissions will not harm economic growth, study finds

The Independent  

Net zero carbon emissions can be achieved by 2050 without harming economic growth, a new study has found. The new study published by Oxford University Press used energy system and macroeconomic models to explore how these objectives could be reached and whether achieving them is possible with continuing economic growth through to 2100. Though some scholars say that economic growth cannot be maintained while resolving the climate crisis, researchers point to the European Union’s economy - which grew by more than 50 per cent while CO2 emissions fell by 25 per cent between 1990 and 2016. open image in gallery Global carbon emissions rebounded to highest level in history in 2021. Over these 80 years, per capita growth just about halves as the growth of investment slows, largely after 2040. open image in gallery London’s mayor estimates traffic fumes account for 25 per cent of city’s carbon dioxide emissions The average annual growth rate over the period 2020-2100 consistent with an energy system that achieves a maximum rise of 1.5C in 2100 is 1.76 per cent and by 2100 the global economy is five times the size it was in 2015.

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The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
1 month, 1 week ago

The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think

The Economist  

Your browser does not support this video. Briefing | Carbon bargain The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances Video: Jiaqi Wang P eople who want to do more to fight climate change and those who want to do less tend to have one thing in common. Donald Trump, …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns
2 months ago

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns

Al Jazeera  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. The report also finds that the world faces as much as 3.1C (5.6F) of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming …

Climate change could slash global income by 19%
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change could slash global income by 19%

New Indian Express  

VIZAG: The global economy cannot avoid a reduction in its income by 2025 irrespective of how it deals with future emissions, a recent study has established. This reduction is six times larger than the costs required to limit global warming to 2°C under the Paris Climate Agreement, the study published in the journal Nature said. But it arises owing to …

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns

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. Scientists have taken the UN’s approach of assessing the “emissions gap” between national climate protection plans and what is …

Global emissions at record highs as world continues to overspend on 'carbon budget'
1 year ago

Global emissions at record highs as world continues to overspend on 'carbon budget'

ABC  

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have increased over the past year despite most of the world committing to net zero targets, according to new research. The Global Carbon Project releases its carbon budget each year, with this year's figures showing a 1.1 per cent increase in emissions across the world. CSIRO chief research scientist and executive director of the …

Absolute decoupling yet to happen between carbon emission, GDP growth globally, says RBI deputy governor
1 year, 1 month ago

Absolute decoupling yet to happen between carbon emission, GDP growth globally, says RBI deputy governor

The Hindu  

While the growing recognition of the adverse effects of climate change had led to some recent actions that were weakening the correlation between carbon emissions and GDP growth globally, an absolute decoupling was yet to happen, Michael Debabrata Patra, deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India said at the New York Fed Central Banking Seminar organised by the Federal Reserve Bank, …

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study
1 year, 1 month ago

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study

The Hindu  

In the run-up to a key global climate summit, an analysis shows that developed countries — responsible for three-fourths of existing carbon emissions in the atmosphere — will end up emitting 38% more carbon in 2030 than they have committed to, going by current trajectories, In fact, 83% of this overshoot will be caused by the United States, Russia, and …

How the UK’s net zero pledges compare to other decarbonising countries
1 year, 3 months ago

How the UK’s net zero pledges compare to other decarbonising countries

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 70 countries including the UK, US, EU and China have targets to …

More companies setting 'net-zero' climate targets, but few have credible plans, report says
1 year, 6 months ago

More companies setting 'net-zero' climate targets, but few have credible plans, report says

The Hindu  

A growing number of companies are pledging to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to "net zero" as part of global efforts to tackle climate change, but that goal is rarely supported by a credible plan, according to a report published Monday. While 149 countries have such targets, up from 124 in late 2020, the number of publicly listed corporations aiming …

Countries must be allowed to prepare own plans for Sustainable Aviation Fuel: India
1 year, 6 months ago

Countries must be allowed to prepare own plans for Sustainable Aviation Fuel: India

The Hindu  

India on May 31 asserted that global mandates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel with 2050 as the target year was “too early” and that each State must be allowed to develop its strategy as per its national plans. It also sought support from the U.N. Aviation watchdog ICAO to achieve carbon net zero goals alongside other priorities in the aviation sector …

G7 urges major economies: Net zero by 2050, emissions peak by 2025
1 year, 7 months ago

G7 urges major economies: Net zero by 2050, emissions peak by 2025

Live Mint  

The G7 nations have called on major economies, such as India and China, to make a commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and reach the peak of their emissions by 2025, as reported by PTI. "We call on all Parties – especially major economies – whose 2030 NDC targets or long-term low GHG emission development Strategies are not …

What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century, According to the IEA
1 year, 8 months ago

What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century, According to the IEA

Bloomberg  

Clean energy has become so inexpensive, and climate policy aspirations so common, that together they can potentially lower projected global warming to 1.7C above pre-industrial levels in 2100, according to the International Energy Agency. Despite a temporary drop at the height of the pandemic in 2020, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to a record high of 36.8 billion metric …

Rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040: U.N. chief Antonio Guterres
1 year, 9 months ago

Rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040: U.N. chief Antonio Guterres

The Hindu  

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries on March 20, 2023 to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as possible to 2040, mostly from 2050 now, in order to “defuse the climate time bomb.” Introducing a capstone report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts and trajectory of global warming, Guterres …

Billion pound spending gap as government spends less on UK emission cuts than it raises in carbon tax
2 years ago

Billion pound spending gap as government spends less on UK emission cuts than it raises in carbon tax

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 government is spending a billion pounds less on cutting domestic emissions than it is …

World Falters in Containing Climate Crisis: Negotiators Head to Egypt for COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

World Falters in Containing Climate Crisis: Negotiators Head to Egypt for COP27

The Quint  

Although countries are slowly bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions, the efforts are woefully insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century, according to the 2022 NDC Synthesis Report published on October 26 by UN Climate Change, the agency that hosts the climate summit. “We are still nowhere near the scale …

At COP27, move the needle on climate action
2 years, 1 month ago

At COP27, move the needle on climate action

The Hindu  

India and other developing economies are justifiably worried about the damage to growth from COVID-19, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the global economy’s downturn. But these troubles pale in comparison with the climate catastrophe already resulting from the current trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, whose effects hit developing economies and the poor hardest. That is why it is imperative that …

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal
2 years, 1 month ago

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal

Al Jazeera  

Head of UN Climate Change says governments need to strengthen their climate plans and implement them in the next eight years. A new report by the United Nations has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. “We are still nowhere near …

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project
2 years, 1 month ago

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project

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. In the light of the new data, senior climate lawyer for environmental law charity Sam Hunter Jones said: “These …

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline
2 years, 2 months ago

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline

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. Australia was one of the G20 countries that significantly upped its ambition, submitting a new target of reducing greenhouse …

Developing countries need much longer, beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement by India, China, other nations
2 years, 6 months ago

Developing countries need much longer, beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement by India, China, other nations

Firstpost  

The UN has outlined that in order to keep global warming to no more than 1.5 C, as declared in the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 45 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. United Nations: India, in a strong cross-regional joint statement on behalf of 10 nations, including China, on Tuesday …

Developing countries need much longer beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement by India, China and other nations
2 years, 6 months ago

Developing countries need much longer beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement by India, China and other nations

The Hindu  

India, in a strong cross-regional joint statement on behalf of 10 nations, including China, on Tuesday asserted that developing countries need to be given an additional time frame beyond 2050 to reach net-zero emissions due to their goals of poverty eradication and development and for this developed nations should do a net-negative by middle of the century and vacate the …

Strengthening implementation of energy-related NDCs to limit global warming
2 years, 7 months ago

Strengthening implementation of energy-related NDCs to limit global warming

Hindustan Times  

The growing demand for energy due to increasing population and economic growth has come with a concern in terms of its impact on global warming. The Paris Agreement of 2015 intends to keep global warming to ‘well below’ 2°C, and preferably below 1.5°C by 2100 compared to pre-industrial levels. The World Resources Institute’s State of Climate Action 2021 reports that …

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025
2 years, 8 months ago

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025

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 Scientists working for the world’s leading authority on climate change have warned that less than …

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe: IPCC report
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe: IPCC report

Al Jazeera  

UN panel warns that policies are leading the planet to extreme temperature rises, and calls for an urgent halt to rising emissions. The 1.5C target is presently “beyond reach”, even with the most updated global climate pledges, the IPCC said, adding that to get there the world must radically reduce the fossil fuels behind the lion’s share of emissions. Read …

New climate pledges barely affect global heating: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

New climate pledges barely affect global heating: UN

The Hindu  

New emissions-cutting pledges —including a vow during COP26 by India to be carbon neutral by 2070 — are likely to have a minimal effect on temperature rises this century, an updated UN assessment said Tuesday. In its annual Emissions Gap report last month, the UN Environment Programme had said current decarbonisation plans — known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs …

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts
3 years, 1 month ago

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts

Live Mint  

New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker said on Tuesday that the promises by countries attending the U.N. summit in Glasgow to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still allow the Earth to heat up far …

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says
3 years, 1 month ago

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says

NPR  

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says Enlarge this image toggle caption Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images The current rate of greenhouse gas pollution is so high that Earth has about 11 years to rein in emissions if countries want to avoid the worst damage from climate …

India won’t hit net-zero emissions until 2070, Modi tells Cop26
3 years, 1 month ago

India won’t hit net-zero emissions until 2070, Modi tells Cop26

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 India has set out a net-zero emissions target for 2070, the country’s prime minister Narendra …

Net zero: Just patching over emissions or path to save planet?
3 years, 1 month ago

Net zero: Just patching over emissions or path to save planet?

Al Jazeera  

Over 190 nations committed to limiting global warming in an effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change. Scientists say bringing global carbon dioxide emissions to “net zero” by 2050 is the way to meet the central goal of the Paris Agreement, although it was left to individual states to work out how to achieve what they signed …

Climate crisis: The world has a long, hard climb to ‘net zero’
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate crisis: The world has a long, hard climb to ‘net zero’

Al Jazeera  

The findings in three major documents will guide the decisions of world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow in tackling runaway climate change. If the world emulates the European Union’s commitment to halving emissions by 2030 and eliminating them altogether by 2050, possibly extracting some CO2 from the atmosphere thereafter, global average temperatures by 2100 will be roughly 1.4C higher than …

Op-Ed: On the climate crisis, delay has become the new form of denial
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: On the climate crisis, delay has become the new form of denial

LA Times  

Whether it’s the apocalyptic wildfires that once again ravaged California and the West this summer, a heat dome over the Pacific Northwest that made parts of Canada feel like Phoenix on the Fourth of July or the devastating floods in my state of Pennsylvania after Hurricane Ida dumped months’ worth of rainfall in a few hours, it is clear that …

Paris Agreement: What is the importance of the global climate deal?
3 years, 1 month ago

Paris Agreement: What is the importance of the global climate deal?

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 On 12 December, 2015, for the first time in history, the world united behind a …

India & Climate Change: Implications of setting a net zero target
3 years, 1 month ago

India & Climate Change: Implications of setting a net zero target

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5 C report highlights the criticality of achieving a net zero greenhouse gas future. We present the implications of these alternative scenarios for the required sectoral transitions across the electricity, transport, building, and industrial sectors in India and provide insights into India’s climate policy. Nuclear-based electricity generation capacity must increase to 68 GW by …

Planet on track for catastrophic 2.7 degrees Celsius rise by 2100: UN report
3 years, 1 month ago

Planet on track for catastrophic 2.7 degrees Celsius rise by 2100: UN report

India Today  

Days ahead of the Conference of Parties Summit in Glasgow, a new report from the United Nations hints that the current commitments to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions are not enough and put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century. 16% RISE IN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS BY 2030 The annual "emissions gap" report …

Australia will beat 2030 goal for lower emissions: Scott Morrison
3 years, 1 month ago

Australia will beat 2030 goal for lower emissions: Scott Morrison

The Hindu  

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday the country is set to reduce emissions by 35% below 2005 levels by 2030, but he won't commit to such a target at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland. Mr. Morrison said his government would stick with Australia's current 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels. Mr. …

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high last year, UN reports ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate summit
3 years, 1 month ago

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high last year, UN reports ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate summit

ABC  

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on capping rising temperatures, the United Nations says, ahead of climate talks in Glasgow aimed at averting dangerous levels of global warming. Key points: UN seeks "dramatic increase" in climate commitments Australia is expected to formally approve a target of net zero by 2050 UK …

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise

Al Jazeera  

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a “catastrophic” average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said, the latest stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the UN’s Environment Programme said on Tuesday national plans to reduce …

In Glasgow, all eyes on 2030
3 years, 2 months ago

In Glasgow, all eyes on 2030

The Hindu  

The stage is set for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, starting October 31. Yet, many high-emitter countries are woefully short of the emissions reductions required by 2030 to restrict global temperature rise to “well below 2°C” or the now de facto goal of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Far from emphasising net zero alone, AR6 …

How India can achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070
3 years, 2 months ago

How India can achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070

Live Mint  

India is one of many countries that haven’t announced a net-zero target year. There has been some debate about whether India should announce a net zero target before the beginning of crunch climate talks in Glasgow next year. On 12 October, the Delhi-based climate policy organisation Council on Energy, Environment and Water published a report that looks at the policy …

Why the developed world must be net-negative by 2050
3 years, 2 months ago

Why the developed world must be net-negative by 2050

Hindustan Times  

The 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties is now barely three weeks away, and the temperature for the negotiations is heating up. The developed world, led by the United States and the United Kingdom, is pushing to secure commitments of net-zero greenhouse gases emissions by 2050 from all nations, individually. If the developed world has bowled a googly …

Key airline group targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
3 years, 2 months ago

Key airline group targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The world’s largest association of airlines said Monday that it is aiming for the air transport industry to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, while acknowledging it will be a “huge challenge.” The International Air Transport Association, which has key offices in Geneva, said its general meeting in Boston had agreed on the target, a commitment that …

Watch | What is net zero and why is it difficult for India to achieve it?
3 years, 3 months ago

Watch | What is net zero and why is it difficult for India to achieve it?

The Hindu  

India is currently at the risk of becoming an outcast on matters related to climate action. The Paris Agreement underlines the need for net zero, requiring states to ‘achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century’. China is the world's largest carbon emitter and has announced …

US, China, India, Europe Need to Do Maximum to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Without Waiting for Others: UN
3 years, 3 months ago

US, China, India, Europe Need to Do Maximum to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Without Waiting for Others: UN

News 18  

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday asserted that both developing and developed nations must do their job to reach the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, expressing hope that countries such as the US, China, India, Europe will understand they need to do the maximum without waiting for what the others are doing. To limit temperature rise to …

India can achieve net zero in greenhouse gases emission by 2065-70, says Montek
3 years, 3 months ago

India can achieve net zero in greenhouse gases emission by 2065-70, says Montek

Hindustan Times  

India can achieve net zero for carbon emissions by 2065-2070 with country’s greenhouse gases peaking by 2035 and country capping coal usage in the next 10 years, said a new study co-authored by former planning commission vice-chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. “While public announcements of 2050 as a net zero target date helps to focus public attention on the need to …

‘A huge cause for concern’: Countries’ latest climate pledges not enough to meet Paris goals, says UN
3 years, 3 months ago

‘A huge cause for concern’: Countries’ latest climate pledges not enough to meet Paris goals, says UN

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 review finds that countries’ current climate commitments would see global greenhouse gas emissions increase by 16 per cent …

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing
3 years, 3 months ago

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing

NPR  

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing Enlarge this image toggle caption ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The United Nations is warning that most countries have failed to uphold promises to make deep cuts to greenhouse gas pollution, in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Under …

India must commit to net zero emissions
3 years, 3 months ago

India must commit to net zero emissions

The Hindu  

India is at the risk of being cast globally as an outlier on climate action, with a negative fallout. The business world is too, not just to protect themselves against the risks of climate change but also to take advantage of the massive opportunities arising as the global economy shifts to net zero emissions. It is squarely focused on supercharging …

Mid-century target for net zero emission inadequate, says India
3 years, 5 months ago

Mid-century target for net zero emission inadequate, says India

The Hindu  

At the conclusion of the G20 climate meet, India on Saturday, said that pledges by some countries to achieve Net Zero GHG emissions or ‘carbon neutrality’ by mid-century were inadequate, when considering the rights of developing countries to economic growth. “We have noted the pledges made by some countries to achieve Net Zero GHG emissions or carbon Neutrality by or …

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