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Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFirst PeoplesJobsPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Massive U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Imperils Global Climate Goals, Oil Change Warns
The United States is “gearing up to unleash the largest burst of new carbon emissions in the world between now and 2050,” with an ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
Climate Deaths by 2030 Could Exceed UN Agency’s Estimate of 250,000 Per Year
The World Health Organization may have been too “conservative” with its prediction that climate change will kill 250,000 people per year between 2030 and ... -
12,500 Students in Belgium Skip Classes, Demand National Climate Action
About 12,500 students in Belgium skipped classes last Thursday, in what they hope will be a weekly protest inspired by 15-year-old Greta Thunberg’s school ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionTransitUnited StatesWalking & Biking
City Housing, Transportation Policies Can Cut Carbon…Without Intending To
Cities across the United States are beginning to adopt housing and transportation policies that also end up reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5International Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon Transition
64% Chance that Full Fossil Phaseout Would Keep Average Warming Below 1.5°C
Humanity would have a 64% chance of keeping average global warming under the crucial 1.5°C threshold if all fossil infrastructure were replaced with zero-carbon ... -
Study Shows Antarctic Ice Loss Speeding Up Six-Fold Since 1979
An influx of warm ocean water has boosted the rate of Antarctic ice loss six-fold over the last 40 years, in what the Washington ... -
ChinaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureOceansSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Oceans Warming Faster Than IPCC Estimate, China-U.S. Study Concludes
The world’s oceans are up to 50% warmer than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated in its most recent report, and the rate ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Veteran Negotiator Declares UN Climate Process a ‘Co-opted Charade’, Paralysed by ‘Groupthink’
United Nations climate negotiations are paralysed by “groupthink” and won’t deliver the speed and depth of carbon reductions that will hold off the worst ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionSouth & Central America
Chile Foresees More Wildfires Due to High Winds, Low Humidity, Plantation Forests
Chile’s government expects the area burned by wildfires to double this year, the country’s agriculture minister said last Tuesday morning, as flames continued to ... -
Pelosi Promises New Climate Bill in U.S. House
United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is vowing to table new legislation on climate change modelled on the cap-and-trade bill her caucus introduced ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
U.S. CO2 Emissions Rise 3.4% in 2018
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States grew 3.4% in 2018, their second-biggest jump in two decades, delivering what the Washington Post calls “a ... -
Drive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentHydroIndiaNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
India Plans Another 500 Gigawatts of Renewable Capacity by 2028
India has unveiled bold plans to procure an additional 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2028, including 350 GW from solar and 140 ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneNuclearPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSolarUnited StatesWalking & BikingWind
Policy Moves, Front-Line Action Could Make 2019 a ‘Breakthrough Year’ for Climate Solutions
After a bruising year of climate change news, including alarming reports of far worse in the future and an incomplete result at the United ... -
BioenergyCoalDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesHeat & TemperatureHydroNational Plans & ResponsesNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Renewables Exceed 40% of German Power Supply, Outpace Coal for the First Time
Renewable energy supplied 40.4% of Germany’s electricity last year, exceeding the output from coal for the first time, according to a report released last ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & Responses
French Climate Petition Approaches Two Million Signatures in One Week as Groups Plot Legal Action
A petition protesting France’s failure to honour its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement has collected nearly two million signatures in one week, making ...
