What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report
3 years, 7 months ago

What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report

NPR  

What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images The United Nations just released its landmark climate report, urging countries to urgently cut their greenhouse gas emissions or else face catastrophic consequences. "Climate change isn't something that's happening far away to someone else in some far-off future time," she says. "It's not a policy statement but just a scientific statement, that if we want to limit global warming and we want to limit those sorts of impacts that are affecting Americans right now, we need strong rapid, sustained reductions in carbon dioxide and in methane and in other greenhouse gasses," she says. Sponsor Message Crimmins says the report confirms that it's going to require "significant, sustained action" to cut down on emissions.

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EPA head urges Trump to reconsider scientific finding that underpins climate action, AP sources say
2 weeks, 3 days ago

EPA head urges Trump to reconsider scientific finding that underpins climate action, AP sources say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a potential landmark action, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change. Myron Ebell, another former Trump transition adviser who has questioned the science behind climate change, said he was “very excited” at Zeldin’s …

EPA pushes White House to ignore scientific finding that helped form current climate policy
2 weeks, 3 days ago

EPA pushes White House to ignore scientific finding that helped form current climate policy

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. “President Trump’s day one Executive Order, ‘Unleashing American Energy,’ gave the EPA Administrator a 30-day deadline to submit joint …

Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report – the latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and research. The person involved in the report told CNN they were “not sure what this means for the planned …

Donald Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment: Report
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Donald Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment: Report

India Today  

The Trump administration has halted the participation of US scientists in key UN climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, part of its broader withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation. The stop-work order affects staff members of the US Global Change Research Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who engage with …

US fossil fuel push may undo climate progress. But it will have to pause, says Teri chief
3 weeks, 5 days ago

US fossil fuel push may undo climate progress. But it will have to pause, says Teri chief

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The US' focus on drilling oil and gas, among the most polluting fossil fuels, will reverse the climate action progress and have an adverse impact on the sector, according to Vibha Dhawan, director general of The Energy and Resources Institute. “We had to convince people to take action against climate change.” Dhawan, speaking ahead of the curtain raiser …

Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change
1 month ago

Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change

LA Times  

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century” — their plans on how they will cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. Those nations account for only 16.2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions — the chief human-caused heat-trapping gas — and almost …

Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ health data from key government websites
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ health data from key government websites

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. open image in gallery A web page discussing climate change was removed from the Department of Agriculture website. Using …

Broken promises in a warming world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Broken promises in a warming world

The Hindu  

There can be no doubt that U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, which will legally come into effect in a year, is a major blow to global efforts to combat the threat posed by anthropogenic global warming. By any reckoning, climate action by the U.S. has always fallen well short of …

Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

A devastating blow to global climate efforts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A devastating blow to global climate efforts

The Hindu  

With the Republicans firmly in control of the U.S. government, a seismic shift in American climate policy is imminent, threatening to unravel years of slow but hard-earned progress in addressing the climate crisis. With president-elect Donald Trump referring to climate change as a “hoax”, the most devastating effect will be a diplomatic retreat in global negotiations, along with a possible …

As planet heads toward 2.7°C rise, tracker warns global climate action has 'flatlined'
4 months ago

As planet heads toward 2.7°C rise, tracker warns global climate action has 'flatlined'

Raw Story  

Existing policies and actions taken by world governments put the world on track for a median estimate of 2.7°C of warming by the end of the century, Climate Action Tracker revealed on Thursday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. "The combined global effect of government action on climate change has flatlined over the last three years, …

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change
4 months ago

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change

Al Jazeera  

Countries need to invest more than $6 trillion per year by 2030 to tackle the effects of climate change or risk having to pay more in the future, according to report by an independent panel of experts at a United Nations climate summit. “Investments in all areas of climate action must increase across all economies,” said the report published on …

Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?
4 months ago

Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?

The Hindu  

The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide. Wealthy countries pledged in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year to help developing nations cope with the costs of a transition to clean energy and adapting to the …

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return
4 months ago

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return

The Hindu  

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta urged governments to keep faith in the country’s promise to combat global warming, saying Donald Trump can slow, not stop, the transition from fossil fuels when he returns to office in January. The annual U.N. climate summit began on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, with many country delegations concerned Trump’s victory in U.S. presidential elections on …

US signals it will push for widening pool of climate finance contributors
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4 months ago

US signals it will push for widening pool of climate finance contributors

Hindustan Times  

The United States has signalled it will push for widening the pool of climate finance contributors at COP29, all but confirming what is feared to be turning into a major clash with developing nations over funding responsibilities. White House Senior Advisor for Clean Energy and International Climate Policy, John Podesta, holds a press conference during the United Nations climate change …

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

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump
4 months, 1 week ago

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump

The Hindu  

Many goals related to climate change and public health have important deadlines by 2030: reducing carbon emissions, financing poorer countries’ climate mitigation and adaptation plans, protecting biodiversity, anticipating future pandemics, and instituting sustainable development. He also vitiated scientific collaborations by raising the bogeyman of “hidden” political agendas and, after his appointees to the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, weakened …

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Earth is becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable,’ scientists warn
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth is becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable,’ scientists warn

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. “It will, however, amplify climate warming, and can also strengthen precipitation change and extreme events in many regions.” This …

China and US push forward climate actions
6 months ago

China and US push forward climate actions

China Daily  

China and the United States will make joint efforts to ensure a successful United Nations climate change conference in November, a key task of which will be to set a new financial target for supporting developing countries in their climate actions. While reaffirming their intention to jointly host a summit on methane and other non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases at the …

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do
9 months, 2 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 …

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

UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.N. weather agency …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at …

4 in 5 people around the world support "whatever it takes" to limit climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

4 in 5 people around the world support "whatever it takes" to limit climate change

Salon  

More than 70,000 delegates from around the world are gathering at the U.N. climate talks in Dubai this week to negotiate how to tackle the climate crisis. Some 78 percent of those polled agree that it’s essential to do “whatever it takes” to limit the effects of climate change, according to the survey released on Thursday by Potential Energy, the …

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai
1 year, 3 months ago

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw heads of state and diplomats from roughly 200 nations and the Vatican. The White House said it was sending a climate team, including Special Envoy John Kerry, climate adviser Ali Zaidi and clean energy adviser John Podesta. …

Editorial: On climate change, world leaders are saying one thing and doing another
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: On climate change, world leaders are saying one thing and doing another

LA Times  

World leaders will gather for the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai starting Thursday. A U.N.-backed report released earlier this month found that despite their promises, the world’s governments still plan to produce and consume more than twice as much coal, oil and gas in 2030 as they should to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a gap …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 3 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 …

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report
1 year, 4 months ago

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Even if nations meet all of their current climate commitments, submitted as nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the 1.5 degrees C global warming threshold will be breached, a new UN report said on Tuesday. FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates The report flagged that …

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 …

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action
1 year, 4 months ago

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action

Associated Press  

Countries’ climate action plans are still far behind what’s needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found Tuesday. The U.N. climate chief, Simon Stiell, urged that upcoming international climate talks in Dubai become a …

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows
1 year, 4 months ago

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows

Associated Press  

Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says. With heat waves, drought, wildfire and heavy downpours, “we are seeing an acceleration of the impacts of climate change in the United States,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech …

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows
1 year, 4 months ago

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows

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. Read our privacy policy Revved-up climate change now permeates …

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report

LA Times  

The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report. Efforts to adapt to climate change and curb the burning of fossil fuels have expanded since the last assessment was issued in 2018, the report says, …

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 …

Trump praises Rishi Sunak for climate rollbacks as British PM’s popularity plummets
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump praises Rishi Sunak for climate rollbacks as British PM’s popularity plummets

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 Rishi Sunak has earned the approval of former US president Donald Trump after the British …

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals
1 year, 6 months ago

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals

The Hindu  

The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis. "The Paris Agreement has driven near-universal climate action by setting goals and sending signals to the world regarding the urgency of responding to …

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  

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Editorial: Hoping fossil fuel giants will see the light on climate hasn’t worked. Change only comes with mandates and force
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Hoping fossil fuel giants will see the light on climate hasn’t worked. Change only comes with mandates and force

LA Times  

One of the most demoralizing things about the world’s response to the climate crisis is the fossil fuel industry’s continued success in blocking the pollution-cutting actions that are in the interest of all of humanity. It’s a little late for powerful voices from older generations to come to the realization that fossil fuel companies aren’t operating in good faith and …

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks called Thursday for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago. “We need to attack all emissions, everywhere: one, two …

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?
1 year, 11 months ago

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?

Al Jazeera  

Climate scientists are warning yet again that we are off target on climate action; COP28 can offer an opportunity to change that. But COP28 has the potential to achieve even more than that; it can become a watershed where COP meetings transition from multilateral negotiations to bold decision-making to advance climate action. While being a bona fide climate pioneer and …

IPCC climate scientists issue 'a survival guide for humanity', warning window closing to reduce emissions
1 year, 11 months ago

IPCC climate scientists issue 'a survival guide for humanity', warning window closing to reduce emissions

ABC  

The world's climate scientists have issued what one expert says is a "final warning" before global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius. Key points: The IPCC says it's "unequivocal" that climate is changing as a result of human activity At present, between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people are living in places "highly vulnerable" to climate change Meanwhile, the UN has called …

Nations approve key U.N. science report on climate change
1 year, 11 months ago

Nations approve key U.N. science report on climate change

The Hindu  

Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. The report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change caps a series that digests vast amounts of research on global warming compiled …

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning
1 year, 11 months ago

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning

LA Times  

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. After 1.5 degrees “the risks are starting to pile on,” said report co-author Francis X. Johnson, a climate, land and policy scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute. If current consumption and production patterns …

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report
1 year, 11 months 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 …

Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says
1 year, 11 months ago

Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says

Salon  

Current and future risks from climate change are far worse than previously estimated, but urgent action is still possible to "secure a liveable future for all." Drawing on the IPCC's previous publications, the report says global temperatures have risen 1.1 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times, and that this warming has "unequivocally" been caused by human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels. …

Nations approve key UN science report on climate change
1 year, 11 months ago

Nations approve key UN science report on climate change

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. The report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change caps a series that digests vast amounts of research on global …

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