International Agencies & Studies
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CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon Transition
Seize the Moment for Climate Action, MPs Urge During Emergency Commons Debate
Canadians are feeling the effects of climate change today, and the next 10 to 12 years will give the country one chance to turn ... -
AsiaBioenergyInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionWind
‘Modern Bioenergy’ Supplies Half of All Renewables, with Big Prospects for Continued Growth
Modern bioenergy was still the largest segment of renewable energy in 2017, accounting for half of all global consumption, according to the Renewables 2018 ... -
Media Still Missing the Memo on Urgency in IPCC Report
Media in the United States and the United Kingdom are getting decidedly tepid reviews for their coverage of last week’s landmark IPCC report on ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
Massive Growth of Petrochemicals, Plastics Set to Undercut Emission Reductions in Other Sectors
Greenhouse gas emissions from petrochemical and plastics production are set to rise 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2050, enough to undercut emission reductions ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
Fossil CEO Dudley Urges ‘Many Trillions’ in New Spending, Calls Climate Risk Disclosure a Danger
The oil industry will have to invest trillions of dollars in what industry newsletter Upstream calls an “aggressive Paris Climate Accord compliance scenario”, and ... -
Bitumen BubbleCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Financial Windfall Ahead for Fossils That Abandon Tar Sands/Oil Sands, ‘Re-imagine Their Business’
The world’s most colossal fossils can look forward to a financial windfall as greenhouse gas controls drive up the price of the remaining oil ... -
CoalElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
World Bank Turns Down Financing Support for 500-MW Kosovo Coal Plant
The World Bank has turned down the Kosovo government’s request for risk guarantees that would have unlocked cheaper financing for a new €1-billion (US$1.15-billion), ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5ICYMIInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & Responses
Ex-U.S. Climate Envoy Warns Against ‘Backsliding’ on Paris Implementation
When the nations of the world adopted the Paris Agreement in December 2015, they took a giant step toward establishing an operational regime to ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMethaneOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
The UN published a summary on the science of 1.5°C global warming on Monday. It’s a big deal. -
DrawdownFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
Tropical Forest Restoration Would Save 61.23 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Restoration of Tropical Forests places #5 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions, with potential to cut atmospheric carbon dioxide by 61.23 gigatons by 2050. -
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1.5°C Is Doable, but Just a Dozen Years Left to Get on a Low-Carbon Pathway
Humanity has a dozen years to hold off the accelerated risks of extreme heat waves, wildfires, flooding, drought, sea level rise, and extensive poverty ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportPost-Carbon Transition
Reaction: IPCC Report Combines Urgency and Hope, but ‘Every 0.1° is a Choice Between Life or Death’
About 40 representatives of climate, energy, international development, and other groups affiliated with Climate Action Network-International were monitoring the negotiations in Incheon, South Korea. ... -
AfricaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMiddle EastPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Abreu: ‘The Science Prevailed’ as IPCC Hands Governments a 2050 Deadline for Net Zero Emissions
Catherine Abreu is executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, and was Climate Action Network-International’s Head of Delegation for last week’s high-stakes meeting of ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5International Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastNational Plans & Responses
Saudi Arabia Made Best Efforts to Stall IPCC Science Report
It wouldn’t have been a United Nations climate negotiation without one of the world’s most profligate fossil fuel producers (and human rights abusers) trying ...
