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Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Stop New Coal Plants by 2020, Cut Fossil Subsidies, UN Secretary General Urges
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on countries to stop new coal plant construction by 2020, accelerate the shutdown of existing facilities, ... -
Bank of Canada Review Declares Climate Risk to Financial System, Wider Economy
The Bank of Canada cites climate change as a risk “to both the economy and the financial system” in its 2019 Financial System Review ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Ice Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Research & DevelopmentSupply Chains & Consumption
Pressure Mounts for Emission Cuts, Speed Reductions in International Shipping
With a key International Maritime Organization (IMO) committee meeting in London this week to address pollution and greenhouse gas emissions on the high seas, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5International Agencies & StudiesIPCC Report
Atmospheric CO2 Hits 415.26 PPM, Highest Level Since Humans Evolved
Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide were measured at 415.26 parts per million (ppm) on Saturday, believed to be the highest level since humans first ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
EU Posts 2.5% Emissions Cut in 2018
While global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.7% in 2018, driven largely by China, India, and the United States, the European Union fared better, ... -
AfricaAsiaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
China, Japan, South Korea Fund Coal Plants Elsewhere, But Not in Their Own Back Yards
China, Japan, and South Korea are financing dozens of new coal plants in the developing countries of southeast Asia and Africa, while more than ... -
BrazilClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsNational Plans & Responses
Bolsonaro Axes Head of Brazil Forum for Climate Change
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the self-described “militant environmentalist” at the helm of his country’s Forum for Climate Change, after the group began ... -
DrawdownDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityMethanePathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Food Waste Composting Would Save 2.28 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Normalizing and intensifying the composting of food waste ranks #60 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon by 2.28 gigatons by 2050. -
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Carbon Farming Could Sequester Billions of Tonnes of CO2, with U.S. Pilot Project as One First Step
A concerted, well-supported effort by the world’s farmers to restore and protect soil health could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by as much as 65 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5National Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Ireland Declares Climate Emergency
Ireland has become the second country, after the United Kingdom, to declare a climate emergency, with Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton warning that “things ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5EuropeForests & DeforestationNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
‘Rewilding’ Natural Habitats Restores Biodiversity, Boosts Carbon Storage to Address Climate Change
Restoration of natural habitats through “rewilding” is a key component of a rapid ecological transition, as both a “vital defence” against climate breakdown and ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneUnited States
Rapid Warming Devastates Alaska Ecosystems, Destroys Ways of Life
Record-high sea surface temperatures, record-low Bering Sea ice, and the early disappearance of river ice in Alaska this winter are among the red flags ... -
Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityInternationalMethaneNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
New Zealand Promises Net Zero by 2050 for All Greenhouse Gases Except Methane
New Zealand will cut net emissions to zero for all greenhouse gases except methane by 2050, under a draft law sent to parliament on ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Extinction Threat Calls for ‘Paris Moment for Nature’: McKenna
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is calling for a “Paris Agreement moment for nature” after an alarming UN commission report found nature ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited StatesWind
Solar, Wind Displace 35 Times as Much CO2 Per Year as CCS Has Ever Sequestered
Solar and wind energy displace roughly 35 times as much carbon dioxide each year as carbon capture and storage (CCS) has sequestered in its ...
