Opinion: The well-intentioned Paris climate promises don’t go nearly far enough
4 years ago

Opinion: The well-intentioned Paris climate promises don’t go nearly far enough

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor, National Geographic Explorer and MIT science journalism fellow. The Global Carbon Project, which tracks global CO2 pollution from fossil fuel industries, issued a report last week citing a “record” of an estimated 7% drop in annual fossil fuel emissions, to 34 billion tonnes – 2.4 billion tonnes less than in 2019. To achieve climate global targets the world needs to keep cutting fossil fuel emissions by 6% per year, from now until 2030, according to the Production Gap Report, a collaboration of the Stockholm Environment Institute and others. G20 countries invested more than $240 billion toward fossil fuels as part of Covid-19 recovery – and put only about $160 billion toward clean energy, according to a December 9 update from the Energy Policy Tracker, a project of several organizations, including Columbia University. They must set dates for ending fossil fuel production, as officials from Costa Rica and Denmark have done and argued for, and as Pakistan did in announcing it won’t build new coal projects.

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Developed countries spent more on fossil fuel subsidies in 2023 than new climate finance package
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Developed countries spent more on fossil fuel subsidies in 2023 than new climate finance package

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 19 Developed countries spent USD 378 billion subsidising fossil fuels in 2023, surpassing the USD 300 billion they have collectively committed to provide annually to the developing world by 2035 to tackle climate change, according to the latest data. The data revealed that 23 developed nations -- mandated under the UN climate convention to provide climate finance …

COP27: A Year On From Glasgow Climate Pact, The World Is Burning More Fossil Fuels Than Ever
2 years, 2 months ago

COP27: A Year On From Glasgow Climate Pact, The World Is Burning More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

ABP News  

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86 per cent of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. The ongoing energy crisis – and the short-term responses to it by governments around the world – have made it more difficult to meet the pact’s goals of ending the dominance of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels at COP27 US and European allies …

A year from the Glasgow climate pact, more fossil fuels is being burnt
2 years, 2 months ago

A year from the Glasgow climate pact, more fossil fuels is being burnt

The Hindu  

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. The ongoing energy crisis – and the short-term responses to it by governments around the world – have made it more difficult to meet the pact’s goals of ending the dominance of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels at COP27 US and European allies pressured developing …

Fight for fossil fuels dominates COP26 climate deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Fight for fossil fuels dominates COP26 climate deal

Al Jazeera  

Analysts question the text of COP26’s final agreement citing ‘watered down’ language on hydrocarbon eradication and missing commitments on emission cuts. However, the latest draft for a final climate change agreement in Glasgow was inserted with caveats that “watered down” hard targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, analysts said. That’s a good thing – many expected there would be strong …

Countries' fossil fuel production plans out of sync with Paris limits: UN report
3 years, 2 months ago

Countries' fossil fuel production plans out of sync with Paris limits: UN report

Hindustan Times  

The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme, finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the number of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. “However, governments continue to plan for and support levels of fossil …

World fossil fuel plans will overshoot climate goals: UN study
3 years, 2 months ago

World fossil fuel plans will overshoot climate goals: UN study

Live Mint  

The world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal, oil and gas in the coming decade to maintain a chance of keeping global warming from reaching dangerous levels, according to a UN-backed study released Wednesday. The report published by the UN Environment Program found that while governments have made ambitious pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, …

Study: Fossil fuel plans would far overshoot climate goals
3 years, 2 months ago

Study: Fossil fuel plans would far overshoot climate goals

Associated Press  

LONDON — The world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal, oil and gas in the coming decade to maintain a chance of keeping global warming from reaching dangerous levels, according to a U.N.-backed study released Wednesday. Environment Program found that while governments have made ambitious pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning …

Fossil fuel producers’ plans far exceed 1.5C climate target
3 years, 2 months ago

Fossil fuel producers’ plans far exceed 1.5C climate target

Al Jazeera  

UNEP’s Production Gap report finds countries plan to produce some 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030. The report published by the UN Environment Programme on Wednesday found that while governments have made ambitious pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning to extract double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with …

Despite climate pledges, countries are upping fossil fuel production plans, study says
3 years, 2 months ago

Despite climate pledges, countries are upping fossil fuel production plans, study says

LA Times  

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant near Emmett, Kan. Environment Program, or UNEP, found that while governments have made ambitious pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning to extract double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with the 2015 Paris climate accord’s goal of …

Opinion: Bloomberg and Timmermans: Ending global coal subsidies will save lives
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Bloomberg and Timmermans: Ending global coal subsidies will save lives

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP and served as mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. Air pollution — to which coal contributes significantly — causes 400,000 premature deaths a year in the EU alone, and 5% to 10% of all annual premature deaths in the United States. Coal plant closures have continued …

Climate change: Countries are choosing fossil fuels over clean energy, report says
4 years, 1 month ago

Climate change: Countries are choosing fossil fuels over clean energy, report says

CNN  

CNN — Governments of the world are at a “critical juncture” for shaping the climate’s future but are on course to produce too many fossil fuels in the decade ahead, a new report has found. To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius – which scientists say would avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change – countries need to …

UN climate change report: Many countries pledged to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases
5 years, 1 month ago

UN climate change report: Many countries pledged to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases

CNN  

CNN — “Keep it in the ground” has long been a favorite slogan of the environmental movement aimed at the coal, oil and gas industries, and the catchphrase is based in science. For years, scientists have warned that without shifting energy consumption from fossil fuels to renewable sources, the planet will experience potentially disastrous levels of global warming. In fact, …

Editorial: Surviving climate change means an end to burning fossil fuels. Prepare yourself for sacrifices
55 years ago

Editorial: Surviving climate change means an end to burning fossil fuels. Prepare yourself for sacrifices

LA Times  

The evidence, the expert advice, common sense — they all point to a single unavoidable conclusion: Humankind has dragged its feet for so long on the looming crisis of climate change that it is no longer looming but is upon us, and will be impossible to undo. A 2018 estimate put the annual cost to mitigate climate change if the …

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