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Auto & Alternative VehiclesBitumen BubbleBuildingsCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOil & Gas
Morneau’s Pre-Election Budget Boosts ZEVs and Energy Retrofits, Extends New Fossil Subsidy
Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled a pre-election budget yesterday that included a 2040 deadline to phase out new internal combustion vehicle sales, major ... -
AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & Flooding
Up to 1,000 Feared Dead in Mozambique, Making Tropical Cyclone Idai Africa’s Worst Ever
More than 1,000 people are believed dead, 90% of the port city of Beira has been destroyed, and 1.5 million people have been affected ... -
CoalDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Air Pollution Causes 8.8 Million Early Deaths Per Year, More Than Tobacco Smoking
Air pollution, most of it from fossil fuel burning, led to 8.8 million premature deaths world-wide and nearly 800,000 in Europe in 2015, almost ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5EuropeIndiaMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
1.4 Million Students in 128 Countries Make March 15 #schoolstrike a Global Phenomenon
More than 1.4 million students in more than 300 cities across 128 countries and all seven continents skipped classes to demand climate action at ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethane
Massive Arctic Warming Can Still Be Averted by Rapid GHG Cuts, Carbon Brief Concludes
Climate analysts are taking a second look at a key paragraph in a widely-reported study, published last week by the UN Environment Program, that ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
Resource Extraction Drives 53% of Carbon Emissions, 80% of Biodiversity Loss, UN Reports
Resource extraction, from fossil fuels and mining to food and biofuels, is responsible for more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions and 80% ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon Transition
Doig: International Equity is the Key to Faster, Deeper Carbon Cuts
Hitting the Paris Agreement goal of keeping average global warming well below 1.5°C will depend on a “frank and open discussion on equity” that ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Electricity GridLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesUnited States
Trump Climate Deregulation Could Boost U.S. Emissions by 200 Mt Per Year by 2025
Climate deregulation by the Trump administration could increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200 megatonnes per year by 2025, enough to "hobble ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCoalDrive to 1.5National Plans & ResponsesPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Construction Boom Drives Up China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
China's greenhouse gas emissions grew about 3% last year, despite rapid gains in clean energy production that couldn't keep pace with surging demand for ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCitiesDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTransitUnited StatesWalking & Biking
Connect Infrastructure Planning with Climate Crisis, Analysts Urge U.S. Legislators
Linking infrastructure policy with the climate crisis, introducing more low-carbon transit, and incorporating more nature in infrastructure design are all key steps in addressing ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesResearch & Development
Surging Canadian, U.S. Fossil Production Puts Paris Targets at Risk
Growing production in Canada and the United States has added the equivalent of another Russia or Saudi Arabia to global oil and gas markets ... -
Winter Rainfall Accelerates Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
Rainfall is making the Greenland ice sheet melt more quickly, even during the long Arctic winter, concludes a new study in The Cryosphere, a ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrawdownDrive to 1.5First PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural Sequestration
Forest Protection Would Save 6.2 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Forest protection places #38 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to avoid 6.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOceans
Oceans ‘Spiking a Fever’ as Heatwaves Become More Frequent and Severe
A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change says ocean heatwaves act like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest” and are ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
411.66 PPM: Scientists Alarmed by Early Rise in Atmospheric CO2
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are raising the alarm that the atmosphere has just hit a new peak in average carbon dioxide ...
