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Time for Countries to ‘Step Up Their Game’ on Paris Commitments, 1.5°C Targets
With the urgency of the climate crisis demanding bold and immediate action, this year’s edition of the annual Climate Action Tracker (CAT) report calls ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationUnited StatesWater
Exxon, Amazon Head List of Companies that Fail to Reveal Climate Impact
ExxonMobil, Amazon, and UK grocery retailer Tesco head the list of 707 major global companies with combined value above US$15 trillion that have failed ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilChinaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Dengue Risk to Hit Two Billion More People in 2080 Unless Carbon Emissions Are Curtailed
Based on a warming scenario “roughly representative of the world’s current emissions trajectory,” more than two billion additional people will be at risk of ... -
Austria Speeds Up Coal Phaseout to 2020
Austria’s electricity system will be free of coal next year, after power utility EVN announced late last month that it will shut down its ... -
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Canada Earns Praise for Global Coal Phaseout, Falls Behind on Renewables Deployment
Canada earned its share of international praise last month in a report that highlighted the country’s leadership in the global coal phaseout, shone a ... -
AustraliaCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Beer: Climate Intensity Has Arrived, and Politicians Ignore It At Their Peril
The age of “climate intensity” is upon us, and politicians who fail to take notice are at risk of being swept aside, The Energy ... -
AfricaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Study Predicts End of Civilization by 2050 if Global Warming Hits 3.0°C
An alarming new study by Australia’s Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration is pointing to the “high likelihood of human civilization coming to an ... -
AsiaAustraliaBatteries/StorageFinance & InvestmentHydroIndiaOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolar
Renewables Investment in Asia Set to Exceed Fossil Exploration by 2020
Renewable energy investment in Asia is set to edge ahead of oil and gas exploration by next year, according to international fossil analysts at ... -
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Australia Reports Rising Emissions, Sees Strong Renewables Potential, as Adani Mine Fight Intensifies
The intensity surrounding recent national elections in Australia is rolling over into the post-campaign period, with the country’s greenhouse gas emissions still rising, its ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOceans
350 Declares ‘Time to Stand Together’ as Climate-Denying Liberal-National Coalition Wins Australia Election
Despite 29% of Australians identifying climate change as their top ballot box issue—up from just 9% in 2016—Scott Morrison’s climate-denying Liberal-National Coalition eked out ... -
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Hero or Villain? International Policy-Watchers Weigh Trudeau’s Climate Record
With many Canadians engaged in a pitched pre-election debate about whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a climate hero or villain (average of all ... -
AustraliaBatteries/StorageCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Tasmania Closes In on 100% RE as Australian Renewables Undercut Coal, Gas on Price
The state of Tasmania is on track to become the first in Australia to be powered 100% by renewable energy, just as an analyst ...
