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23 02 2020 | 15:56

Oceans could be unviable for coral reefs by 2100 due to warmer, more acidic waters.

''At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for.''  Warmer and more acidic oceans could destroy nearly all of today’s coral reefs by the end of the…

21 02 2020 | 06:03

It's Happening now!

Right at the start of the year, we evaluated how many carbon offsetting measures were carried out on myclimate’s web calculators in 2019. Never before have so many people, small businesses and…

20 02 2020 | 07:01

Delta Air Lines invests $1 billion in cutting carbon emissions.

Delta will commit $1 billion over the next ten years to mitigate all emissions from its global businesses going forward. From March 2020, the airline will invest in driving innovation, advancing…

17 02 2020 | 10:35

UK power emissions falling 'faster than anywhere else in the world'.

The UK's power sector CO2 has fallen by around two thirds over the past decade, a study by Imperial College London finds The UK's continuing shift towards renewable sources of electricity is helping…

14 02 2020 | 08:42

Amazon Rainforest - Carbon sink or carbon source?

For decades, scientists have warned of an ‘Amazon tipping-point’: the point at which the forest loses its ability to renew itself and begins to emit more carbon than it absorbs.

14 02 2020 | 06:02

Global Energy CO2 Emissions Stabilised In 2019: IEA.

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stabilised last year according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA hopes it’s not just another pause in growth.

12 02 2020 | 06:12

Airlines want you to think they’re serious about the climate crisis. They’re not.

An offer to plant trees to offset carbon emissions isn’t a solution – it’s a licence to continue with business as usual

12 02 2020 | 06:12

US government sees renewables passing natural gas in 20 years.

....but renewables' prices seem to make the report's projections obsolete already.

04 02 2020 | 16:21

Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks.

Just beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a coal-burning power plant, part of a buildup of coal power that is unheard-of…

03 02 2020 | 09:44

BMW Group pushes low-emission transport logistics.

BMW Group joins “Getting to Zero Coalition”. The objective: decarbonisation of international maritime shipping.

01 02 2020 | 10:56

Lawyers challenge government over gas plant.

Lawyers challenge UK Government approval of Europe’s largest gas plant. ClientEarth has launched a High Court challenge against a UK decision to greenlight what would be Europe’s largest new gas…

29 01 2020 | 17:08

Researchers predict near-record annual increase in atmospheric CO2.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are on track for one of their largest annual increases since record-keeping began in 1958, driven in part by the bushfire calamity sweeping Australia, the UK…

27 01 2020 | 07:57

2020 Could Be the Year Carbon Removal Takes Off.

Global greenhouse gas emissions are on track to rise once again to their highest level in history. Our time isshrinking to reduce climate-warming emissions enough to limit global temperature rise to…

22 01 2020 | 09:07

UN finds that prospects for economic growth in 2020 hinge on reducing trade disputes and uncertainty.

1 in 5 countries will see per capita incomes stagnate or decline this year.

13 01 2020 | 07:53

What’s Behind Big Oil’s Promises of Emissions Cuts? Lots of Wiggle Room.

Here’s what the major fossil fuel companies are committing to do on climate change, and how that falls far short of what’s needed. The oil and gas industry seems to have entered a state of cognitive…

11 01 2020 | 14:18

When it comes to emissions, the 'too small to matter' argument is absurd, reckless and morally bankrupt.

Shortsighted, illogical and dishonest arguments are holding Australia back – and condemning us to more brutal summers. Australia’s unforgiving, unrelenting and unprecedented fires have demonstrated…

11 01 2020 | 13:40

Pleading for Leniency, Eskom Wants to Slash Emissions by 2035.

Power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s biggest polluter, said it will slash emissions of three major pollutants by 2035 while it asks for exemptions to incoming standards to avoid as…

09 01 2020 | 09:16

Equinor aims to cut emissions in Norway towards near zero in 2050.

Equinor has committed to slash greenhouse gas emissions in Norway. Equinor has launched a new climate ambition to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operated offshore fields and…

07 01 2020 | 10:44

Global Carbon Emissions Growth Slows, but Hits Record High.

The runaway train that is climate change is about to blow past another milestone: global fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions will reach yet another record high. Driven by rising natural gas and oil…

23 12 2019 | 07:16

UK’s first zero-emissions street to be trialled in London.

The City of London Corporation (CLC) has announced that the capital will get its first zero-emissions street. Beech Street, much of which runs under the Barbican Estate, will now be restricted to…