The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the world’s highest-emitting systems, highlighting where recent progress made in reducing GHG emissions, scaling up carbon removal, and increasing climate finance must accelerate over the next decade to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit warming to... Continue Reading →
Key Points The analysis comes ahead of next month's COP27 climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The shadow of 2015's Paris Agreement will loom large over the talks in Egypt. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world,"... Continue Reading →
Emissions reductions pledges ‘nowhere near’ what’s needed, UN says
Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels . Meat consumption should be reduced to the equivalent of about two burgers a week in the developed world, and public transport expanded about six times faster than its current rate, if the world is... Continue Reading →
Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests
Many countries, particularly in the West, have long taken reliable food supplies for granted. But climate change, conflict and population growth are challenging such certainties. How can we ensure food security for everyone in the future? The vertical farm run by Anders Riemann in Copenhagen aims to get the maximum yield from the smallest area... Continue Reading →
Food security – A growing dilemma | DW Documentary
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international coalition of researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.” The report, “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022,” published in the journal BioScience, notes that 16 of 35 planetary vital signs... Continue Reading →
Report by OSU, international scientists says Earth is ‘unequivocally’ in midst of climate emergency
Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News. Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt. "There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back burner," he said. "If we are not able to... Continue Reading →
COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief
Scientists warn world ‘is heading in wrong direction’ amid rise in nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane . Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”. The WMO found there was... Continue Reading →
Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high
Nuanced News on Elections and Energy! Proceed at Your Own Risk!: ‘BradCast’ 10/25/2022
Some good news, some bad news, and the most difficult news of all for talk radio: nuanced news on today's BradCast. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Among the many stories covered on today's program... Texas has finally figured out that home solar panels and battery storage can help save the... Continue Reading →
Extreme weather events have intensified in Brazil in recent years, claiming hundreds of lives and taking a massive toll on the environment. A study documents more than 50,000 natural disasters, mostly caused by severe climate events, between 2013 and 2022, causing losses of $64 billion. Experts attribute the toll to the government repeatedly ignoring warnings... Continue Reading →
As climate risks intensify in Brazil, election rivals offer few solutions
Small country, big ambitions Despite its modest size, Denmark has set one of the world’s most ambitious climate goals: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) and reach net zero emissions in 2050 at the latest. Denmark’s own contribution to reducing CO2e may be a drop in... Continue Reading →
The Danish Government’s Climate Partnerships 2030
As they become more exposed to the grim realities of climate change, today’s teens and people in their 20s — an entire generation — are experiencing increased anxiety, grief, fear or guilt about the planet’s future as well as their own. For teachers of environmental studies, softening the scientific evidence about what lies ahead —... Continue Reading →
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