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Explained: How Methane Emissions Threaten Climate Goals
Fast-rising methane emissions could undermine efforts to limit global warming by mid-century, prompting scientists and policymakers to urge aggressive action to curb output of the potent greenhouse gas.
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Get Ready For Longer Flights: Scientists Call For Slower Planes To Cut Emissions
The research emphasizes the urgent need for action to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, outlining specific goals for the industry.
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NITI Aayog Invites Applications From Skilled Professionals For Key Roles
NITI Aayog Recruitment 2024: Available sectors include Agriculture, Climate Change, Data Analysis, Infrastructure, Health, Planning, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Transport, Urbanisation, and more.
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COP29 Leaders Announce New Climate Funding And Energy Storage Goals
Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with how to raise ambitions for a new financing target.
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Greenhouse Gas is Rising Rapidly in Atmosphere Due to Human Activities, Highlights New Report
Methane levels, which are 80 times more potent than CO2 in the short term, are rising at an unprecedented rate. Human activities, such as agriculture and fossil fuel extraction, contribute significantly to this surge. Despite global efforts, including the 2021 Global Methane Pledge, methane emissions continue to climb. This trend threatens climate ...
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Much Of South Korea's Climate Goals "Unconstitutional", Rules Court
South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the court steps.
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G20 Nations Couldn't Do, India Did, Met Paris Accord Target Before Time: PM
Prime Minister Modi has hailed India's contribution in the world's fight against climate change and global warming, declaring that India is the only G20 nation to have met - before the deadline - climate goals committed at the Paris climate meet.
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World Way Off Track On Most Sustainable Development Goals, Says UN Report
The world is way off track on most of the sustainable development targets agreed in 2015, such as tackling poverty and hunger, says a United Nations report which cites funding shortfalls, geopolitical tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World Resource Extraction Could Surge 60% By 2060, Warns UN
Extraction of Earth's natural resources could surge 60 percent by 2060, imperilling climate goals and economic prosperity, the UN said Friday, calling for dramatic changes in energy, food, transport and housing.
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Breaching 2-Degree Goal Could Melt Massive Ice Sheet On Earth: Study
Breaching the Paris Agreement's temperature goal of two degrees Celsius could significantly melt the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the second largest ice sheet on Earth, and could substantially contribute to raising global sea levels.
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Rich Nations 'Likely' Met $100 Billion Climate Finance Goal: OECD
Developed nations may have achieved their overdue promise of $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change in 2022, the OECD said on Thursday, an estimate that may muster some political goodwill on the eve of the COP28 summit.
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Global Emissions Set to Fall Only 2% By 2030 Instead Of 43% Goal: UN
The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade.
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"Relationship We Have With India Is So Valuable...": UK's Indian-Origin MP
Britain's newest Indian-origin Cabinet minister, Claire Coutinho, has spoken of the shared energy and climate change goals between the two countries in her first major community speech as UK Secretary of State for Energy and Net Zero.
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World Way Off Track To Meet Paris Climate Goals, Says UN Report
While progress has been made in combating climate change, the world is far from being on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, says a technical report on the first-ever Global Stocktake (GST) published on Friday.
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World Hits Record Land, Sea Temperatures As Climate Change Fuels Extremes
The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea.
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Explained: How Methane Emissions Threaten Climate Goals
Fast-rising methane emissions could undermine efforts to limit global warming by mid-century, prompting scientists and policymakers to urge aggressive action to curb output of the potent greenhouse gas.
-
Get Ready For Longer Flights: Scientists Call For Slower Planes To Cut Emissions
The research emphasizes the urgent need for action to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, outlining specific goals for the industry.
-
NITI Aayog Invites Applications From Skilled Professionals For Key Roles
NITI Aayog Recruitment 2024: Available sectors include Agriculture, Climate Change, Data Analysis, Infrastructure, Health, Planning, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Transport, Urbanisation, and more.
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COP29 Leaders Announce New Climate Funding And Energy Storage Goals
Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with how to raise ambitions for a new financing target.
-
Greenhouse Gas is Rising Rapidly in Atmosphere Due to Human Activities, Highlights New Report
Methane levels, which are 80 times more potent than CO2 in the short term, are rising at an unprecedented rate. Human activities, such as agriculture and fossil fuel extraction, contribute significantly to this surge. Despite global efforts, including the 2021 Global Methane Pledge, methane emissions continue to climb. This trend threatens climate ...
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Much Of South Korea's Climate Goals "Unconstitutional", Rules Court
South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the court steps.
-
G20 Nations Couldn't Do, India Did, Met Paris Accord Target Before Time: PM
Prime Minister Modi has hailed India's contribution in the world's fight against climate change and global warming, declaring that India is the only G20 nation to have met - before the deadline - climate goals committed at the Paris climate meet.
-
World Way Off Track On Most Sustainable Development Goals, Says UN Report
The world is way off track on most of the sustainable development targets agreed in 2015, such as tackling poverty and hunger, says a United Nations report which cites funding shortfalls, geopolitical tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World Resource Extraction Could Surge 60% By 2060, Warns UN
Extraction of Earth's natural resources could surge 60 percent by 2060, imperilling climate goals and economic prosperity, the UN said Friday, calling for dramatic changes in energy, food, transport and housing.
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Breaching 2-Degree Goal Could Melt Massive Ice Sheet On Earth: Study
Breaching the Paris Agreement's temperature goal of two degrees Celsius could significantly melt the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the second largest ice sheet on Earth, and could substantially contribute to raising global sea levels.
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Rich Nations 'Likely' Met $100 Billion Climate Finance Goal: OECD
Developed nations may have achieved their overdue promise of $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change in 2022, the OECD said on Thursday, an estimate that may muster some political goodwill on the eve of the COP28 summit.
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Global Emissions Set to Fall Only 2% By 2030 Instead Of 43% Goal: UN
The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade.
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"Relationship We Have With India Is So Valuable...": UK's Indian-Origin MP
Britain's newest Indian-origin Cabinet minister, Claire Coutinho, has spoken of the shared energy and climate change goals between the two countries in her first major community speech as UK Secretary of State for Energy and Net Zero.
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World Way Off Track To Meet Paris Climate Goals, Says UN Report
While progress has been made in combating climate change, the world is far from being on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, says a technical report on the first-ever Global Stocktake (GST) published on Friday.
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World Hits Record Land, Sea Temperatures As Climate Change Fuels Extremes
The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea.
