‘Rapid stop’ to CO2 emissions needed to limit global warming to 1.5C, says Met Office
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Rapid stop’ to CO2 emissions needed to limit global warming to 1.5C, says Met Office

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 Human-induced CO2 emissions need to come “rapidly to a complete stop” if the world is to meet its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C, according to an annual forecast by the Met Office. The forecast said the amount of CO2 added to the atmosphere each year would need to drop immediately and be 20 per cent lower each year until 2027. The Met Office said net-zero is not the same as an end to an annual rise in CO2 levels and could come several years later. The Met Office said this year's rate of increase was expected to be slower than recent years' due to natural conditions that would support carbon capture.

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Earth is 'off-track' to limit global warming to 1.5°C, scientists warn - as satellites show a 'very large rise' in CO2 across the globe
2 months ago

Earth is 'off-track' to limit global warming to 1.5°C, scientists warn - as satellites show a 'very large rise' in CO2 across the globe

Daily Mail  

Global warming is quickly spiralling out of control, the Met Office has warned. Last year, measurements taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, revealed the fastest annual rise in carbon dioxide since records began back in 1958. Last year, measurements taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, revealed the fastest annual rise in carbon dioxide since records began back in 1958 The study comes …

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak
4 months, 1 week ago

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak

Live Mint  

Has there ever been a grimmer backdrop to the world’s most concerted attempt to avert global warming? We’ve only got 7 years left of current-rate pollution to retain an even chance of keeping global warming below 1.5° Celsius. The main reason Kyoto failed to rein in global emissions was that it didn’t cover emerging nations, something remedied in the 2015 …

World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling
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4 months, 1 week ago

World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The world will exhaust in about six years, the remaining carbon budget before the 1.5 degrees C warming threshold is breached consistently, the Global Carbon Project’s science team has projected. The carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that will result in limiting global warming to a given level, in this case, the Paris accord’s target …

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

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

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
4 months, 3 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, …

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study
5 months, 1 week ago

Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study

ABC  

Temporarily overshooting the world's current target for limiting global warming could still result in dire climate outcomes, such as rising sea levels, which are irreversible on human timescales, according to new research. Imperial College London climate scientist and study co-author Joeri Rogelj said an additional 0.1C in overshoot scenarios might sound manageable, but this was only a median figure. Many …

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say
7 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 …

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
10 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 …

Britain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts warn
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts warn

The Telegraph  

Britain must invest £30bn in a network of massive air cleansing systems designed to strip CO2 from the atmosphere if it is to reach net zero, a government-funded report has warned. The “direct air carbon capture systems” would remove up to 48 million tonnes of CO2 from the air each year and then pump it into disused oil and gas …

Britain to miss net zero target despite billions of investment, warn analysts
1 year, 1 month ago

Britain to miss net zero target despite billions of investment, warn analysts

The Telegraph  

Britain will still depend on oil and gas for a third of its energy in its net zero target year of 2050 despite billions of pounds of investment, according to a report from leading energy analysts. The UK is massively behind schedule with its plans for offshore wind farms, nuclear power stations, solar farms and other low carbon energy sources …

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period
1 year, 1 month 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 …

What will happen to the world once we reach net-zero?
1 year, 3 months ago

What will happen to the world once we reach net-zero?

The Hindu  

Humanity’s emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000 years. To avoid reaching unsafe global temperatures, climate scientists have concluded we can’t prevent continued global warming without reaching a state of net zero CO₂ emissions. The urgency of reaching net zero CO₂ emissions has sparked the use of state-of-the-art …

Global emissions at record highs as world continues to overspend on 'carbon budget'
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 4 months ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 4 months ago

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN warns world ‘out of road’ for limiting warming to 1.5C ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai. The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C this century, the United Nations has warned. Time to ‘step up’ The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree …

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge
1 year, 4 months ago

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

Associated Press  

Earth is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed-upon international climate threshold, a United Nations report calculated. The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, which has $375 billion in spending on clean energy, by 2030 would reduce yearly emissions of carbon dioxide by about 1 billion metric tons, …

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.
1 year, 4 months ago

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.

The Hindu  

The world is “failing to get a grip” on climate change, the U.N. warned on November 14, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade. In a report released just weeks before high-stakes climate negotiations, the United Nations climate change organisation said the world was failing to act with sufficient urgency to …

The world is planning to blow the fossil fuels production limit that would keep a lid on global heating, report says
1 year, 4 months ago

The world is planning to blow the fossil fuels production limit that would keep a lid on global heating, report says

CNN  

CNN — Global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the levels that are deemed consistent with meeting climate goals set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday. The United Nations Environment Programme’s report, assessing the gap in fossil fuel production cuts and what’s needed to meet climate …

Window to avoid 1.5 degrees of warming will close before 2030: Study
1 year, 4 months ago

Window to avoid 1.5 degrees of warming will close before 2030: Study

Live Mint  

By early 2029, the world is likely to breach a key tipping point, an increase in 1.5 degrees of warming, the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming, if fossil fuels continue to burn at their current rate, a new study says. The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, provides the latest comprehensive analysis of the world’s carbon budget, …

In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate
1 year, 4 months ago

In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate

Associated Press  

In a little more than five years – sometime in early 2029 – the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate, a new study says. The study in Monday’s journal Nature Climate Change calculates what’s referred to as the remaining …

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’
1 year, 4 months ago

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’

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 carbon budget for stopping the Earth heating 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could run out …

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight

LA Times  

Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels. A national adaptation and resilience strategy would help states, in addition to the federal government, set goals for the right spending to ensure effective adaptation while also aggressively cutting emissions. For example, because the climate can change in unexpected …

Putting off decarbonisation makes achieving net zero harder, says IPCC chief
1 year, 5 months ago

Putting off decarbonisation makes achieving net zero harder, says IPCC chief

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The path by which you get to net zero matters - if you put it …

What Sunak’s net zero U-turn means for the UK’s climate goals
1 year, 6 months ago

What Sunak’s net zero U-turn means for the UK’s climate goals

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. He said these measures imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people, a claim climate experts strongly refute, and said the …

I’m finally saying what I’ve been told not to say about climate change
1 year, 6 months ago

I’m finally saying what I’ve been told not to say about climate change

The Independent  

For more than three decades I have asked environmentalists if they are optimistic about tackling these vast problems: climate change, ocean acidification, nutrification of the seas, persistent chemicals, plastic waste, biodiversity, antibiotic resistance. The UN’s Antonio Guterres has warned that rich nations such as the UK should aim for net zero by 2040 rather than 2050, and many scientists say …

How the UK’s net zero pledges compare to other decarbonising countries
1 year, 6 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 …

Rate of decarbonisation ‘falling dangerously short of rate needed for 1.5C’
1 year, 6 months ago

Rate of decarbonisation ‘falling dangerously short of rate needed for 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. To achieve our global ambition, and starting this year, it is time to embrace a bold, commercial and disruptive …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 6 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

Associated Press  

With the world far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming, a new United Nations report central to upcoming climate negotiations details how quickly and deeply energy and financial systems must change to get back on a safer path. To get there, the report said, “the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels is required,” using a phrase international …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 6 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

The Independent  

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10 Facts That Prove the World Is in a Climate Emergency
55 years, 2 months ago

10 Facts That Prove the World Is in a Climate Emergency

Wired  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does not mince its words when describing the disastrous effect that humans are having on the planet. Without very significant reductions in greenhouse gases—beginning immediately—it is very likely that global surface temperatures will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. There’s more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere than …

World unlikely to limit temperature rise to 2C, warns climate scientist
1 year, 8 months ago

World unlikely to limit temperature rise to 2C, warns climate scientist

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 A leading climate scientist has said he is “very pessimistic” about the world reducing emissions …

More companies setting 'net-zero' climate targets, but few have credible plans, report says
1 year, 9 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 …

More companies setting ‘net-zero’ climate targets, but few have credible plans, report says
1 year, 9 months ago

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

Associated Press  

BONN, Germany — 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. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority last week censured Spanish oil and gas company Repsol for …

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn
1 year, 9 months ago

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn

Hindustan Times  

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update. From 2013 to 2022, "human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade," they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers. World leaders will be …

What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century, According to the IEA
1 year, 11 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 …

Temperature rising by 1.5C likely in near term unless world acts now, UN says
2 years ago

Temperature rising by 1.5C likely in near term unless world acts now, UN says

Live Mint  

The report published today by the world’s leading climate science body, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, summarizes the panel’s output over the past five years, amounting to some 10,000 pages of dense scientific prose. “This report is a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe,” said UN Secretary …

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

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report
2 years ago

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

NPR  

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report Enlarge this image toggle caption Thoko Chikondi/AP Thoko Chikondi/AP The planet is on track for catastrophic warming, but world leaders already have many options to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and protect people, according to a major new climate change report from the United Nations. A cheat-sheet for …

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Groups ask EU to drop carbon removal from climate plans
2 years, 3 months ago

Groups ask EU to drop carbon removal from climate plans

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Scores of environmental groups issued a joint appeal Monday for the European Union to drop carbon removal methods from its climate plans, arguing that some of them rely on untested technology while others may not absorb as many greenhouse gas emissions as claimed. The EU’s executive Commission has proposed creating a system for certifying so-called offsets — carbon …

Climate Change: Planet-heating CO2 emissions rise in 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate Change: Planet-heating CO2 emissions rise in 2022

Live Mint  

A new climate science report, released today, states that in 2022, planet-heating CO2 emissions are set to rise by 1% over last year’s emissions. The annual study, prepared by Global Carbon Project, an international research project, shows that instead of decreasing, CO2 emissions are continuing to rise. The UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has repeatedly stated that in order …

CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high this year
2 years, 4 months ago

CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high this year

Al Jazeera  

Aviation industry identified as a leading contributor to the rise in emissions as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high, according to scientists. Global CO2 emissions from all sources, including deforestation, will reach 40.6 billion …

What’s been achieved since Cop26 and what hasn’t?
2 years, 4 months ago

What’s been achieved since Cop26 and what hasn’t?

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 downward trend in emissions expected by 2030 shows that nations have made some progress this year,” said Simon …

World Falters in Containing Climate Crisis: Negotiators Head to Egypt for COP27
2 years, 4 months 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 …

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Global average temperatures have risen and weather extremes have already seen an uptick, so the short answer to whether it’s too late to stop climate change is: yes. At the time of the report’s release, Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College of London, said achieving the 1.5-degree goal “is still possible from a physical science …

‘No credible’ path in place to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C
2 years, 4 months ago

‘No credible’ path in place to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C

The Independent  

There is “no credible” pathway in place to rein in global temperature rise to 1.5C degrees, the United Nations warned today, adding that only “root and branch” transformation can save the planet from disaster. “Under current policies, the world is headed for 2.8 degrees of global heating by the end of the century,” said UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, outlining the …

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 …

UN: World faces 2.5C of warming as climate action ‘nowhere near’ levels needed
2 years, 4 months ago

UN: World faces 2.5C of warming as climate action ‘nowhere near’ levels needed

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 Pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gases will see the world warming by around 2.5C …

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