International Agencies & Studies
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Rejoining Paris Deal Must Include U.S. Commitment to Climate Finance: Athanasiou
With the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement, the country must look beyond faster, deeper carbon cuts at home and step up with a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
UN Report Urges End to ‘Suicidal’ War on Nature
A landmark UN report has delivered a shattering synopsis of the three intertwined emergencies facing humanity—the climate crisis, a devastated natural world, and catastrophic ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
Tree Programs Should Favour Natural Regeneration Over Commercial Plantations
The oil company Shell recently miscalculated the extent of its reserves on a pretty massive scale. The mistake meant its new scenario for meeting ... -
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Key Passage in IPCC’s 1.5°C Report Cited as ‘Most Important Sentence Ever Written’
The key passage in the 2018 UN agency report that set countries on a path to a 1.5°C limit on average global warming is ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceansSoil & Natural Sequestration
Giant Whales, and Their Giant Poop, Serve as Natural Carbon Sinks
The Earth’s great whales are magnificent, intelligent, and peaceful. But new research shows that they also help keep the planet cool—in life, and in ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyCoalCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind
Bitcoin Draws as Much Electricity as Argentina as Consumption Quadruples in Four Years
With the computing power that drives the popular cryptocurrency bitcoin now consuming nearly as much energy as Argentina, analysts are warning the renegade technology’s ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Deliver Real Protections for Climate Migrants, Refugee Group Urges Biden Administration
As work begins on a new climate change and migration report commissioned by the Biden administration, Refugees International is urging the White House to ... -
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Shareholders Squirm, Climate Analysts Pounce as Shell Releases ‘Grotesque’, ‘Delusional’ Climate Plan
Colossal fossil Royal Dutch Shell is taking criticism from all sides for its latest attempt at a decarbonization strategy, with fossil-friendly investors driving its ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Science ‘Translators’ Needed to Help Investors Avoid Climate Greenwashing
Investors and their advisors may be making a dangerous mistake if they allow climate modelling to give them a false sense of certainty over ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOceans
Kolbert’s Geoengineering Review Contrasts Bright Ideas with More Controversial Schemes
An enthusiastic—if imperfect—command of our technological powers has made humanity the dominant force on Earth, and we human beings are unlikely to stop monkeying ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsInternational Agencies & Studies
Countries Must Cut Emissions 80% Beyond Paris Pledges, but Study Author Sees Glimmers of Hope
The countries that signed on to the Paris Agreement will have to increase their 2015 carbon reduction promised by 80% to avoid the worst ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsWater
From Aquifers to Tree Canopies, New Research Flags Shrinking Fresh Water Supplies
Courtesy of climate change, the many and diverse parts of the Earth that hold fresh water are drying up, putting 66% of the land ... -
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Peruvian Study Connects Flood Risk to Climate Change, Boosts Litigation Hopes
A landmark study of a Peruvian glacier has concluded that climate change caused by human activity is the key factor in the dangerous phenomenon ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar
Floating Solar Could Boost African Hydropower Output by 50%
Covering just 1% of Africa’s hydroelectric reservoirs with floating solar panels could double the continent’s hydro capacity while increasing dams’ output by 50%, delivering ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisShale & Fracking
EXCLUSIVE: UNESCO Partnership Helps Global Gas Exporters ‘Boost Legitimacy’, Undercuts UN Climate Goals, Analysts Say
The United Nations agency responsible for science, education, culture, and protected areas is undercutting global action on the climate emergency, analysts and campaigners warn, ...
