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2/3 of Tropical Rainforests Destroyed or Damaged by Logging, Farming
New research concludes that roughly 64% of the world’s original tropical rainforest has been either degraded or destroyed by the hunger for commodities like ... -
BrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyEuropeIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
Global Carbon Emissions Set to Push Past Pre-Pandemic Levels, IEA Warns
Greenhouse gas emissions from energy production are just months away from blowing past the level they hit before the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily reduced demand, ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSmall Island StatesUnited States
‘Red Alert for Planet’ as UN Report Projects Only 0.5% Emissions Cut by 2030
An initial snapshot of countries’ latest carbon reduction promises, released Friday by the United Nations climate secretariat, shows global greenhouse gas emissions on track ... -
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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 ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAsiaBrazilClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsOceansRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSolarSouth & Central America
Too Much Sahara Solar Development Could Bring Regional, Global Climate Impacts
The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power—the most abundant and clean source of energy we ... -
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‘Now Fix the Future’: UN Climate Ambition Summit Delivers Progress, Leaves More Ground to Cover
Leaders and diplomats from 75 countries closed out the Climate Ambition Summit Saturday with solid progress in the road to stabilizing average global warming ... -
AustraliaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSmall Island StatesUnited States
U.S. Takes Colossal (Dis)Honours in Special Five-Year Fossil Awards
The United States won the highly-coveted Colossal Fossil of Five Years, as well as a second award for stinginess on climate finance, while Brazil ... -
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BREAKING: Canada Places Dead Last on Energy Use, Fourth-Last Overall in Global Climate Change Performance Index
Canada posts the fourth-worst climate performance in the world, ahead only of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, and no country is consistent ... -
BrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Brazilian State Fossil Petrobras Expands Production, Writes Off Net-Zero as ‘Fad’
Brazilian state fossil Petrobras is writing off the drive to net-zero carbon as a “fad”, after undertaking to reduce its own emissions 25% by ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
Deforestation, Degradation in Brazilian Amazon Hit 12-Year High
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has rocketed to levels not seen since 2008, thanks to the pro-development/anti-regulation regime of President Jair Bolsonaro. Further endangering ... -
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Researchers See Carbon Reduction Potential in Producing Bioenergy from Switchgrass
The right approach to bioenergy production using the right kind of feedstock can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that ... -
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BREAKING: New Assessment Declares Canada’s Climate Plan ‘Insufficient’ as Throne Speech Day Dawns
With the Trudeau government just hours away from tabling its long-awaited Speech from the Throne, the international Climate Action Tracker is branding the country’s ... -
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Countries Miss All 20 Targets Under UN Biodiversity Convention
A decade after adopting a set of biodiversity restoration goals under a United Nations treaty, countries have missed every single milestone in the effort ... -
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Renewables in Latin America Set to Grow 250%, to 123 Gigawatts, by 2025
Renewable energy capacity in Latin America is set to grow 2½ times, from 49 gigawatts today to 123 gigawatts in 2025, with Brazil, Mexico, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAustraliaBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
Pandemic Brings Scant Reduction as Atmospheric GHGs Continue to Rise
The temporary greenhouse gas emission reductions during the COVID-19 lockdowns have done little to slow down the increase in atmospheric GHGs, and the world ...
