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, by DOOLEY Kate
The new system may essentially give countries and companies permission to keep polluting.
Negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Baku have struck a landmark agreement on rules governing the global trade of carbon credits, bringing to a close almost a decade of debate over the (…)
, by BARNES Jonathan
In Baku, Azerbaijan, the so-called “finance-Cop” was a disappointment. Now, the UN’s framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) is facing a credibility crisis.
A key failure in Baku was about how much money developing nations will be paid for adaptation projects that help communities and (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024
There is “no sign” of the transition away from burning fossil fuels that was pledged by the world’s nations a year ago, with 2024 on track to set another new record for global carbon (…)
, by WATTS Jonathan
The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away
People clean the streets on the aftermath of last week’s floods in Valencia, Spain. Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
Move on. Nothing to see here. Just another ordinary, (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
Some of these come from half- or quarter-truths while others are based on fake news, lies and mystifications. Many are full of good will and good intentions, but would take us in the wrong direction.
If we continue with these slogans — even if painted green — we will find ourselves in a blind (…)
, by WESTON Phoebe
Just designating key areas will not meet 30x30 target on nature loss, study says, pointing to oil drilling in parks
A protest against oil and gas extraction at the Cop16 summit in Cali, Colombia. At least 250,000 sq km of ‘protected’ areas also allow oil and gas exploration. Photograph: (…)
, by PLESTER Jeremy
Even temporarily passing the Paris 2015 limit will mean severe storms, heatwaves and floods
In 2015, world leaders in Paris put great hope in keeping the rise in average global temperatures at or below 1.5C. But global temperatures continue rising relentlessly. The world is now on the brink (…)
, by GREENFIELD Patrick
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores
Tiina Sanila-Aikio cannot remember a summer this warm. The months of midnight sun around Inari, in Finnish Lapland, (…)
, by GREENFIELD Patrick
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating
Phytoplankton in the Barents Sea. Melting sea ice exposes algae-eating zooplankton to more sunlight, which could cut the amount of carbon stored on the seabed. Photograph: (…)
, by HANDLOS Zachary, SARHADI Ali
Hurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record as it went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than a day on a path across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
With sustained winds that reached 180 mph on Oct. 7, 2024, and very low (…)
, by DYKE James, KNORR Wolfgang, WATSON Robert
Record breaking fossil fuel production, all time high greenhouse gas emissions and extreme temperatures. Like the proverbial frog in the heating pan of water, we refuse to respond to the climate and ecological crisis with any sense of urgency. Under such circumstances, claims from some that (…)
, by DOVE Lilian
A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals.
Several species of seals live around and on Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next (…)
, by WATTS Jonathan
If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert
Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El Niño-related hangover rather than a symptom of (…)
, by Fourth International
The leadership of the Fourth International has approved, as a first draft, an Ecosocialist Manifesto, which will be discussed at our next World Congress in February 2025 (see below).
This document is based in our belief that an ecosocialist society, liberated from class, gender, race or (…)
, by GRAIN
The annual UN climate talks are supposed to be spaces where an international response to the most pressing issue of our time, the climate crisis, can be hammered out. But for many attendees at the last Conference of the Parties (COP), held in Dubai in December 2023, it was more of a trade show. (…)
, by MILMAN Oliver
Documents show industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm climate change would wreak
‘They were omnipresent in this space,’ said Carroll Muffett, chief executive of the Center for International Environmental Law. Composite: The Guardian/Special Collections & (…)
, by GOODACRE Sara
Spiders have evolved creative strategies to allow them to thrive in habitats across the globe. The one thing that seems to elude them though, is the ability to charm the humans that they encounter.
But what about the spider’s perspective of humans when they find a new home near us? It’s not (…)
, by WATTS Jonathan
Disastrous events included flash flooding in Africa and wildfires in Europe and North America
The hottest year in recorded history casts doubts on humanity’s ability to deal with a climate crisis of its own making, senior scientists have said.
As historically high temperatures continued to (…)
, by MOUTINHO Paulo, REID John W
The smokescreen generated by recent carbon-offset setbacks should not blind us to the simple truth that we must protect our intact forests and bring back those we have lost
Some have recently questioned whether forests really are the climate solution they have long been held to be. This is (…)
, by SABIDO Pascoe
To make the COP28 outcome truly “historic”, we need to free the talks — and our political and economic systems — from the oily grip of the fossil fuel industry. This op-ed was first published in Euronews.
COP28 was historic. To stand any chance of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5oc, (…)
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