Updated NDCs set world on track for 2.7 degrees of warming by 2100 – Landscape News
For the latest climate change science, join the Global Landscapes Forum at COP 26 for GLF Climate (5-7 November, 2021). As the world gets ready for the most important climate conference of the year, COP26, governments’ climate targets remain far from sufficient….
In the Arctic’s, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world – Firstpost
Agence France-PresseOct 27, 2021 16:14:17 IST Sheltered by snow-spattered mountains, the Stordalen mire is a flat, marshy plateau, pockmarked with muddy puddles. A whiff of rotten eggs wafts through the fresh air. Here in the Arctic in Sweden’s far north,…
Amplifying feedbacks from land and ocean may render emission reductions insufficient
by Andrew Glikson Figure 1. Comparison of atmospheric samples contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements, provides evidence that atmospheric CO₂ has increased since the Industrial Revolution. (Credit: NASA, data: Luthi, D., et al. 2008; Etheridge, D.M., et…
Latest National Climate Plans Still Fall Far Short, U.N. Report Warns
If those targets are met, the U.N. report found, that could nudge down expected future emissions further, though the world would remain sharply off track from its Paris agreement goals. Environmentalists have called on China to do far more to…
Australia at COP26 diary
Design for a Billboard at COP26 Glasgow crowdfunded by Dan Ilic UN climate conference, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) is ocurring in Glasgow from Monday November 1 to Friday November 12, 2021 (but may also go overtime into…
Australia’s 2030 climate targets for COP26
Source: Climate Council: from Paris to Glasgow report, 21 October, 2021 The Nationals have now given in principle support for Net zero by 2050. But 2050 is so far in the distance it is effectively irrelevant to what commitment and…
Research shows getting tough on methane could reduce warming by 0.3 C – The Narwhal
Matt Johnson says there’s a clear starting point for governments looking to stabilize the atmosphere to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution. While decision makers often talk about the carbon dioxide emissions produced during combustion of fossil fuels, Johnson, a researcher…
Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production – NPR
In this July 29, 2020 file photo, a view of a pump jack operating in an oil field in Midland, Texas. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption toggle caption Tony Gutierrez/AP In this July 29, 2020 file photo, a view of a…
On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan on Climate Change – The New York Times
SAKHALIN ISLAND, Russia — Sixteen wind turbines are slated to go up amid the winding coast and wooded hills of this Russian island in the Pacific, creating a wind park bigger than any that currently exists in the vast reaches…
On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan for Climate Change – The New York Times
SAKHALIN ISLAND, Russia — Sixteen wind turbines are slated to go up amid the winding coast and wooded hills of this Russian island in the Pacific, creating a wind park bigger than any that currently exists in the vast reaches…
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