President Joe Biden’s administration is targeting one of the tougher sources of climate-warming greenhouse gases with a plan that calls for the U.S. aviation sector to reach net-zero emissions by Continue Reading
First draft awaited of COP ‘cover decision’ CAT says pledges to 2030 allow world to warm 2.4C Concerns of no deal emerging on carbon market EU’s climate chief says “we’re Continue Reading
New net-zero pledges made at United Nations climate talks have created a slim but viable hope that the world could avoid a crucial redline for climate catastrophe, according to a Continue Reading
After nine days of grand pronouncements, pledges and plans, scientists delivered a rude awakening to a COP26 summit that has been called “the last, best hope” for climate action: Earth Continue Reading
Over the past 40 years, as climate change leaped into global awareness, exposure to extreme heat jumped by close to 200 percent in more than 10,000 of the world’s biggest Continue Reading
For years climate scientists have warned about the ferocious wildfires and hurricanes that are now overwhelming many communities. Today alarms are ringing about a related financial danger: risks lurking within Continue Reading
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new ultra-white paint that reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight and can keep surfaces up to 19 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings. Continue Reading
Global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food production have risen by 17 percent over the past 30 years, according to UN data, underscoring their importance in limiting climate change. Continue Reading
Everyone gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference is aware that the world is heating up and human activity is responsible—but how much of an individual weather event can Continue Reading
Water and mud landslides overran houses and roads in Germany this month, killing more than 160 people and leaving hundreds missing. Deadly weather as far apart as China, Germany and Continue Reading
The seasons are strange now in Beverly Longid’s home of Cordillera, in the Philippines. The crops don’t ripen at the usual times. The sun beats down hotter than ever before. Continue Reading
The morning sun shines through a forest outside Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested, and authorities Continue Reading
Malaysia’s latest catalogue of its greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations reads like a report from a parallel universe. The 285-page document suggests that Malaysia’s trees are absorbing carbon four times Continue Reading
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the Continue Reading
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and dozens of members of Congress will converge on Glasgow this week, as COP26 enters its final few days, without any prospect of the US passing Continue Reading
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is due to speak at COP26 in Glasgow on Monday as the climate meeting enters its second week. Beyond the big name participants, delegations will Continue Reading
After a week of climate talks here at the COP26 summit, negotiators are grappling with a fundamental math problem: The commitments governments have collectively made to slash greenhouse gas emissions don’t Continue Reading
Joe Biden’s final speech at COP26 focused on methane emissions and the Global Methane Pledge, a pledge which was endorsed by multiple emerging economies There are multiple technologies and practices Continue Reading
As COP26 draws to an end, observers should be watching closely for any policies or regulations designed to increase hydrogen demand The recent awarding of a Nobel Prize related to Continue Reading
Protesters take part in a rally organised by the Cop26 Coalition in Glasgow, Nov. 6. Organizers said more than 100,000 people took to the streets of Glasgow to call on Continue Reading
The parade of announcements this week from world leaders, finance figures and climate diplomats at the COP26 summit culminated in a weekend parade of protesters through Glasgow, Scotland. The message Continue Reading
“ Disappointing .” “ A shadow on the global climate effort .” Even before the global climate summit in Glasgow got underway last week, environmental advocates were quick to point Continue Reading
The UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Indonesia are among the 40 countries that signed a pledge to phase out coal. That seems a positive development for the climate. But Continue Reading
Cautious optimism has emerged that COP26 in Glasgow can clinch a global carbon market deal unlocking trillions of dollars of green investment, with even hold-out nation Brazil signaling a desire Continue Reading
The international climate conference’s “energy day” dawned with fresh efforts to block the flow of money to fossil fuel companies, as activists brushed aside arguments from corporate leaders of coal, Continue Reading
Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the global economy’s addiction to fossil fuels with a raft of new pledges Continue Reading
Indonesia, Poland, Vietnam and other nations pledged on Thursday to phase out use of coal-fired power and stop building plants, in a deal at the COP26 climate summit that failed Continue Reading
In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps Thursday to wean themselves — at times slowly — off of the heavily polluting fossil fuel. The Continue Reading
IEA says COP26 pledges would slow warming to 1.8°C . Small print gives Indonesia a way out of coal deal . On the Ground By Jess Shankleman After a parade Continue Reading
The 100-nation pledge to end deforestation at COP26 has several shortcomings, which means it won’t have much impact on global agricultural production, according to Fitch Solutions. The commitment to halt Continue Reading
The US and China have shunned the UK’s flagship coal pact, dealing a severe blow to the COP26 climate summit and drawing a warning from the world’s leading energy body, Continue Reading
More than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, in a deal announced Thursday at the United Nations climate summit that prompted Alok Sharma, the head Continue Reading
Indonesia signed up to a pledge aimed at ending coal use at COP26. But a closer look at the terms shows it will be able to continue building coal plants Continue Reading
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden gesture during the World Leaders’ Summit “Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment” session during the COP26 Climate Conference at the Continue Reading
Greta Thunberg chose the day that finance chiefs rallied trillions of dollars to deploy in the fight against climate change to make her presence felt at COP26. Thunberg and other Continue Reading
As leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, thrash out how to rein in catastrophic levels of global warming, one of the most important deals is taking Continue Reading
As leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, thrash out how to rein in catastrophic levels of global warming, one of the most important deals is taking Continue Reading
Climate negotiators have made progress toward a deal aimed at establishing the foundation of an international carbon-trading system, according to people familiar with those talks, putting within reach a long-stalled Continue Reading
Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the global economy’s addiction to fossil fuels with a raft of new pledges Continue Reading
Global carbon dioxide pollution returned to a pre-pandemic level this year, according to an early estimate by the research group Global Carbon Project prepared for the COP26 talks occurring in Continue Reading
The world has entered the decisive decade for confronting the climate crisis. This week’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, has already helped summon more ambition to face this emergency than the Continue Reading
The US House is poised to vote on the most significant clean energy and infrastructure package in the history of Congress as soon as Nov. 4, Representative Kathy Castor said Continue Reading
People who were forced to abandon their homes in the San Pedro Sula Valley due to floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta take refuge in a makeshift camp underneath Continue Reading
The most noticeable theme to have come from COP26 so far has been the division between the Global North and the Global South and between energy producers and energy consumers. Continue Reading
The COP26 summit turned its attention to the finance industry’s contribution to the fight against climate change, with announcements overnight revealing that banks, asset managers and insurers representing more than Continue Reading
Wang Yuetang’s sneakers sink into the mud of what was once his thriving corn and peanut farm as he surveys the damage done by an unstable climate. Three months after Continue Reading
A new campaign asserts, incorrectly, that cows in the U.S. “may not be contributing much at all to global warming.” Scientists with the world’s top climate organization made reducing meat Continue Reading
The United States on Tuesday unveiled a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations as part of its strategy to crack down on Continue Reading
COP26 has already caused plenty of confusion, with countries pledging to limit the rise of global temperatures while also calling for more oil and gas production The recent energy crunch Continue Reading
The Global Methane Pledge, a commitment to cut emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases by 30% by the end of the decade, has now signed up around Continue Reading
