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Rich Countries Provide No Haven From Climate Doom, Study Finds
Not one country is on track for a 1.5C future based on 2030 national pledges for cutting emissions, according to the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks Project.
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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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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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World Heading For 2.4 Degrees Warming After Latest Climate Pledges: Report
New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict.
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Can AI-Based Solutions Help Mitigate the Climate Change Crisis?
The latest edition of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, which began in Glasgow on October 31, has put the conversation around the global climate change crisis back in the spotlight. We took a look at how AI has been utilised by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), a New Delhi-based NGO and major tech firms incl...
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Over 100 World Leaders Commit $19 Billion To End Deforestation By 2030
More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.
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UN COP26 Summit Begins In UK's Glasgow Amid Growing Climate Change Threat
With the UK hosts warning that "lights are flashing red on the climate change dashboard", the COP26 UN climate summit kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, marked by pointed warnings of growing threats as emissions-cutting pledges still fail to add up.
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G20 Falls Short On Key Climate Target Ahead Of COP26 Climate Summit
The G20 major economies committed on Sunday to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but disappointed leaders warned more was needed to make a success of UN climate talks beginning in Glasgow.
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Carbon Emission Calculation Is Hard and Expensive, but Tech Firms Think They Have a Solution
As global companies prepare pledges to help stop climate change, one of the first problems they face is quantifying their emissions. The second is understanding if their solutions work.
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"6 Out Of 10": Britain's Boris Johnson Pegs Chances Of Fulfilling UN Climate Goals
Forcing wealthy nations to honour their UN climate fund pledges this week will "be a stretch", British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted ahead of a Monday meeting with global leaders aiming to do just that.
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Infosys Joins Amazon-Backed Climate Pledge. "Big Thanks," Says Jeff Bezos
Infosys has joined The Climate Pledge and committed to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced today.
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Humanity Must Rescue Oceans To Rescue Itself, UN Warns
Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.
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At G20 Meet, Trump Reiterates Decision To Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement
US President Donald Trump, ahead of a tariffs showdown with China, diverged with G20 partners at summit talks Saturday in refusing to back global action on climate change and by watering down past pledges to fight trade protectionism.
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Rich Nations Spend $100 Billion On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Pledges
The world's major industrial democracies spend at least $100 billion each year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption, despite vows to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, a report said on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada.
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Donald Trump Likely To Exit Climate Accord, PM Modi's Stand Reportedly Unchanged
President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change, just as he pledged in his campaign, an unnamed White House official has told local media and news agencies.
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Rich Countries Provide No Haven From Climate Doom, Study Finds
Not one country is on track for a 1.5C future based on 2030 national pledges for cutting emissions, according to the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks Project.
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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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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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World Heading For 2.4 Degrees Warming After Latest Climate Pledges: Report
New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict.
-
Can AI-Based Solutions Help Mitigate the Climate Change Crisis?
The latest edition of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, which began in Glasgow on October 31, has put the conversation around the global climate change crisis back in the spotlight. We took a look at how AI has been utilised by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), a New Delhi-based NGO and major tech firms incl...
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Over 100 World Leaders Commit $19 Billion To End Deforestation By 2030
More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.
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UN COP26 Summit Begins In UK's Glasgow Amid Growing Climate Change Threat
With the UK hosts warning that "lights are flashing red on the climate change dashboard", the COP26 UN climate summit kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, marked by pointed warnings of growing threats as emissions-cutting pledges still fail to add up.
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G20 Falls Short On Key Climate Target Ahead Of COP26 Climate Summit
The G20 major economies committed on Sunday to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but disappointed leaders warned more was needed to make a success of UN climate talks beginning in Glasgow.
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Carbon Emission Calculation Is Hard and Expensive, but Tech Firms Think They Have a Solution
As global companies prepare pledges to help stop climate change, one of the first problems they face is quantifying their emissions. The second is understanding if their solutions work.
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"6 Out Of 10": Britain's Boris Johnson Pegs Chances Of Fulfilling UN Climate Goals
Forcing wealthy nations to honour their UN climate fund pledges this week will "be a stretch", British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted ahead of a Monday meeting with global leaders aiming to do just that.
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Infosys Joins Amazon-Backed Climate Pledge. "Big Thanks," Says Jeff Bezos
Infosys has joined The Climate Pledge and committed to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced today.
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Humanity Must Rescue Oceans To Rescue Itself, UN Warns
Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.
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At G20 Meet, Trump Reiterates Decision To Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement
US President Donald Trump, ahead of a tariffs showdown with China, diverged with G20 partners at summit talks Saturday in refusing to back global action on climate change and by watering down past pledges to fight trade protectionism.
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Rich Nations Spend $100 Billion On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Pledges
The world's major industrial democracies spend at least $100 billion each year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption, despite vows to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, a report said on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada.
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Donald Trump Likely To Exit Climate Accord, PM Modi's Stand Reportedly Unchanged
President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change, just as he pledged in his campaign, an unnamed White House official has told local media and news agencies.
