Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action

Live Mint  

The fight to battle climate change and global heating has always been one led by narrative. Despite decades of irrefutable scientific work that has shown the extent to which we are skirting with global disaster, the reality of climate change and its reason—our energy dependence on fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas—needed to overcome the denial and obfuscation of the fossil fuel industry as the dominant narrative for the historic UN Paris Agreement of 2016 to come to pass. A new study prepared by two English policy thinktanks—Chatham House and the Institute for Public Policy Research —makes a much-needed appraisal of the state of the current climate narrative. The report also suggests that this new narrative may be the result of fact that actual climate action is progressing at a snail’s pace, and people are jaded by mainstream messaging around climate change. The report’s authors state that in order to counter policy paralysis, an urgent re-evaluation of the narrative of climate action is the need of the hour.

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Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%
4 days, 16 hours ago

Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to undo much of Biden’s climate work when he takes office next month. “And I believe that with this new 2035 target as their …

Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?
1 week, 6 days ago

Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?

Salon  

Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly. Kopp said that the emphasis on climate tipping points might have made sense as a call to action 20 years ago, when the consequences of climate change weren’t so obvious. “Most importantly, tipping points are …

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP

Live Mint  

To subscribe to this fortnightly newsletter and get it in your inbox, Dear Reader, Welcome to the second issue of Mint’s fortnightly newsletter, Climate Change and You. The first dispatch, written by my colleague Bibek Bhattacharya, was a backgrounder on the state of global climate, the consequences of global average temperatures overshooting the 1.5 degrees Celsius target and India’s progress …

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?

Salon  

Earlier last month, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that Earth’s average temperature in 2024 had been on average 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. “For too long now, scientific and media communications have presented the subject of climate change in ways that have failed to trigger an adequate threat warning among readers and viewers, and have also …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

The Fossil Fuels Conversation Needs a Hard Reset
3 weeks, 6 days ago

The Fossil Fuels Conversation Needs a Hard Reset

Wired  

In 2025, we will see a fundamental transformation in the language of climate politics. We’re going to hear a lot less about “reducing emissions” from scientists and policymakers and a lot more about “phasing out fossil fuels” or “ending coal, oil, and methane gas.” This is a good thing. The 28th Conference of the Parties—the annual conference of the world’s …

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is

LA Times  

To the editor: Climate change is the biggest threat facing us? Soon, that list may include the leaders of North Korea and Iran — and who knows how many others as the nuclear genie multiplies throughout the world? It is long past time for thought leaders to wake up to the world’s most urgent threat and get a real conversation …

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals
1 month ago

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals

India Today  

In a landmark announcement at the COP29 summit in Baku, a coalition of nations representing 30% of global GDP and 15% of greenhouse gas emissions committed to strengthening their Nationally Determined Contributions to align with the 1.5°C global warming threshold. The United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates led the charge with ambitious NDC targets for 2035, signaling their …

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C
1 month ago

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Every country’s next round of nationally determined contributions must contain unambiguous, absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, and align fossil fuel production and consumption plan to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday at the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This assumes significance, as negotiations for …

Global solidarity badly needed in fight against climate change
1 month, 1 week ago

Global solidarity badly needed in fight against climate change

China Daily  

A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 31, 2024. Speaking at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: "We are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees …

World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions
1 month, 1 week ago

World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. As global leaders convene for the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, an NGO has warned of increasing climate-driven disasters that are disproportionately affecting Africa. In a statement published on Monday, the IRC said …

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on

Firstpost  

As COP29 unfolds amid another record-breaking year of high global temperatures, new research highlights accelerating climate impacts – from breached warming thresholds to intensified wildfires, and potential disruption of ocean currents Participating world leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. AFP This year’s U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is …

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku
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1 month, 1 week ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today  

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

COP29: Report reveals significant gaps in climate action among G20 nations
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: Report reveals significant gaps in climate action among G20 nations

India Today  

As world leaders gather for COP29 in Baku, a new study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water reveals significant gaps in climate action among G20 nations. The study also highlights the need for better data on loss and damage, with 65% of reported climate events lacking economic damage data, particularly in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing …

UN asks developed world to help developing countries in climate fight
1 month, 1 week ago

UN asks developed world to help developing countries in climate fight

China Daily  

Participants walk past the hashtag COP29 logo on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Warning of a grim global warming situation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed high expectation to see developed countries beef up their support for developing economies, who disproportionately suffer the consequences of the climate crisis. Climate …

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?
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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?

India Today  

Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku. Country representatives meet year round to build support for new climate action proposals ahead of the COP, where they can be agreed by consensus of all countries. While each summit is meant to advance global …

Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29

Al Jazeera  

John Podesta seeks to reassure, countries agree to carbon market rules, and the Taliban is in attendance on first day of climate summit. US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying President-elect Donald Trump can slow but not stop its climate change pledges. On Monday, during the first day …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report

Hindustan Times  

The latest Nationally Determined Contributions synthesis report reveals a stark reality. NDCs are national climate action plans updated every five years by countries to align with the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C, ideally to 1.5°C. While the broad participation in the NDC process — with 168 latest NDCs representing 195 Parties and …

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, fast approaching, the world’s attention is firmly set on the urgent need for unified action against the climate crisis. With Donald Trump reclaiming the White House in 2024, the United States ’ approach to climate policy may face another major shift, one that could impact not only American environmental efforts but global …

Climate Crisis: Can COP29 Break the Cycle of Broken Promises?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Climate Crisis: Can COP29 Break the Cycle of Broken Promises?

Live Mint  

The 2024 Emissions Gap Report paints a grim picture of global climate progress, with emissions continuing to rise and the gap between climate targets and reality widening. The report emphasizes the need for immediate action on climate finance, emissions reduction, and accountability. It highlights the responsibility of wealthy nations to fulfill their financial and emissions reduction promises, particularly to support …

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. …

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

Salon  

Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. With early voting already underway and two weeks before Election Day, when voters will decide between Vice President Kamala Harris, who has called …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The Independent  

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How is the world doing on climate change? Not great
2 months ago

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

NPR  

How is the world doing on climate change? Global greenhouse gas emissions rose to a new record in 2023, and if countries do not change course, the world will see warming of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. That would blow past the targets set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement: Countries have agreed to …

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 …

Our climate change challenge
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Our climate change challenge

LA Times  

There’s no escaping the damage we’ve done to our planet. In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to try to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — above preindustrial levels as part of the Paris climate accord. “At this point, it is really difficult to see a path to keeping warming below 1.5 degrees,” …

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say
4 months ago

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say

Salon  

When almost 200 nations signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015, they pledged to keep Earth's average temperature to no greater than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The scientists learned that even within all but the most ambitious projections regarding limiting greenhouse gas emissions, humans still fail to fall below the 1.6 degrees Celsius threshold. Speaking to Salon last …

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Antonio Guterres said billions of people around the globe are experiencing “an extreme heat epidemic” fuelled by climate change. “Extreme heat is increasingly tearing through economies, widening inequalities, undermining the Sustainable Development Goals, and killing people,” the …

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it
5 months ago

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Climate change is driving extreme weather By all accounts, …

Out-of-control heat is making Earth more "weird" — and more deadly
5 months, 1 week ago

Out-of-control heat is making Earth more "weird" — and more deadly

Salon  

For the 13th consecutive month, Earth's average monthly temperature has broken all previous records, continuing a streak that began in June 2023. "We see increases in deadly heat waves and droughts, but also an increased experience of 'global weirding' — more extreme weather events producing conditions that are entirely new for communities." "It's a stark warning that we are getting …

John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be "absolutely unimaginable and destructive"
6 months ago

John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be "absolutely unimaginable and destructive"

Salon  

During a sweltering rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 9, former President Donald Trump complained to his supporters about "sweating like a dog" in the triple-digit heat. Because climate change is breaking temperature records all over the world, one might have assumed that the aspiring leader's next act would have been to express concern for the other people at …

Road to 1.5°C goal ‘steep’, need more cooperation: UN climate chief
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Road to 1.5°C goal ‘steep’, need more cooperation: UN climate chief

Hindustan Times  

The Bonn Climate Change Conference opened on Monday with a dire warning from the UN climate chief: the world is headed for 2.7°C warming and the road to restrict warming to 1.5°C is extremely steep. UN climate chief Simon Stiell Addressing the opening plenary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change chief Simon Stiell stressed the importance of international cooperation, …

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do

Hindustan Times  

Aren’t we feeling smothered by the searing heat which has melted all previous records this summer? Though everyone cannot plant mini forests, there are organisations like Eco Sikhs which are assisting those desirous of planting volumes of trees. At the recent launch of advocate Jatinder ‘Jay’ Cheema’s book titled “Climate Change- The Policy, Law and Practice”, the aspect of individual …

The long road ahead in the battle against global warming
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The long road ahead in the battle against global warming

Hindustan Times  

As record-high temperatures and unprecedented heat waves sweep across Asia, the urgency of addressing global warming has never been clearer. This article explores the impacts of rising temperatures, evaluates the current efforts to combat global warming, and considers the need for enhanced adaptability. Global warming {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Countries across Asia are experiencing record-breaking temperatures and severe heat waves, …

A look at the fight against global warming
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A look at the fight against global warming

Hindustan Times  

Heatwaves pose a recurring challenge to lives across the globe, as the climate crisis intensifies and there are frequent and myriad disruptions to the global atmospheric circulation system. There is global consensus about the fact that the climate crisis is caused by human activity; and to address the challenge, countries across the globe adopted the Paris Climate Agreement at COP21 …

A look at the fight against global warming
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A look at the fight against global warming

Hindustan Times  

Heatwaves pose a recurring challenge to lives across the globe, as the climate crisis intensifies and there are frequent and myriad disruptions to the global atmospheric circulation system. There is global consensus about the fact that the climate crisis is caused by human activity; and to address the challenge, countries across the globe adopted the Paris Climate Agreement at COP21 …

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
7 months, 2 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 …

UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’
8 months, 1 week ago

UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’

Associated Press  

OXFORD, England — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said. With governments of the world facing a 2025 deadline for …

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while
10 months ago

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while

Hindustan Times  

There is no particular moment in history when the threat of a changing climate moved from academics to public consciousness. The report made claims that “turned out to be correct”, Naomi Oreskes, professor of history of science at Harvard University, said during a podcast, “Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. The report found resonance just a few years later, …

Climate change can make some people feel hopeless. Here's what can be done about it
10 months ago

Climate change can make some people feel hopeless. Here's what can be done about it

Salon  

Given the existential stakes of climate change, it makes sense to feel afraid or depressed about the future of the environment. In this case, the researchers included 57 peer reviewed studies based on whether they "investigated the effects of slow-onset climate change on a range of mental health indicators." In addition, the scientists determined that the most commonly studied mental …

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period
10 months, 2 weeks ago

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period

Al Jazeera  

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported the run of …

The best climate books of 2023 — and the titles we’re excited for in 2024
11 months, 4 weeks ago

The best climate books of 2023 — and the titles we’re excited for in 2024

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. Mr Goodell tells us how heat stroke melts your insides, killing you from the inside out; why American air-conditioning …

Big Oil just gifted us a lump of coal
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Big Oil just gifted us a lump of coal

Raw Story  

Watching Republicans ignore climate change while the planet cooks is like being trapped in the backseat of a car, windows rolled up and locked, with a chain-smoking uncle. The U.S. special envoy for climate change, John Kerry, called the pact “the most important decision since the Paris agreement.” The UN describes the agreement as “the beginning of the end of …

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

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say
1 year ago

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. “The problem is the fact that adaptation is actually the second long long-term goal of the Paris agreement,” said South …

At climate summit, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense. ‘It’s go time’ to save a planet in peril
1 year ago

At climate summit, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense. ‘It’s go time’ to save a planet in peril

LA Times  

People walk near national flags during the COP28 U.N. climate summit on Friday in Dubai. COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said he was “quite positive, hopeful and optimistic” that the summit could bring a “paradigm shift centered around and based on the science.” Members of the four pairs of high-level special teams — who will work with negotiators from nearly …

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points
1 year ago

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit. The report on so-called “tipping points” — moments when the Earth has warmed so much …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

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