The new 2030 target on direct greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to a 2017 base year has been certified in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global initiative…
First documented evidence of large-scale release of potent greenhouse gas from region may have ‘serious climate consequences’
Scientists have found alarming new evidence that large quantities of…
Green groups say agreement will allow emissions to continue to rise in the next decade.
Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new…
Thirty of the world’s largest investors with $5 trillion assets under management have collectively agreed on concrete portfolio decarbonization targets that follow the Intergovernmental Panel on…
The first eight months of the year saw global methane emissions rise by 32 percent, according to Paris-based data firm Karryos, as Reuters reported.
The rise in the harmful greenhouse gas is notable…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the power of governments to address urgent challenges. Across the world, countries have implemented unprecedented fiscal measures in response to the crisis. This shows…
Backing for law demanding 60% reduction from 1990 levels puts capitals under pressure.
EU capitals have been put under pressure to agree to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared…
Methane is a shorter-lived greenhouse gas - why do we average it out over 100 years? By doing so, do we risk emitting so much in the upcoming decades that we reach climate tipping points?
The…
Copernicus Sentinel-5P’s high revisit rate combined with GHGSat’s high-resolution commercial imagery can give landfill operators and regulators the information they need to reduce methane emissions…
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), air pollution now contributes to one in eight deaths in…
By early June, emissions had mostly returned to the levels of the same period in 2019, a UN report found.
The Covid-19 pandemic will deliver an unprecedented annual drop in global greenhouse gas…
Angus Taylor introduces bill to give Clean Energy Finance Corporation $1bn for ‘grid reliability fund’.
The Morrison government has been accused of planning to open up the taxpayer-owned green bank…
Government under fire after major companies again given green light to lift carbon emissions without penalty.
Industry and environment groups have questioned the point of the Coalitiongovernment’s “…
In the coming days, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to use its power to roll back yet another Obama-era environmental protection meant to curb air pollution and slow the …
Human activity behind half atmosphere’s load of methane, a gas 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat.
Animal farming and fossil fuels have driven global emissions of the potent greenhouse…
G20 countries aim their pandemic bailout spending at fossil fuel industries, leaving Paris climate change targets in doubt.
Governments are spending vastly more in support of fossil fuels than on…
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five years, and a 70% chance that at least one month will exceed that…
"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero."
New climate models unveiled by French researchers Tuesday showed…
Exclusive: IEA chief warns rebound in emissions would be missed economic opportunity.
The US is to join with other major powers including China, India and the EU in formulating plans for a global…
MOST European Union countries are at risk of missing their targets for reducing health-damaging air pollution for both 2020 and 2030, the European Commission said on Friday.
In its first report on…
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