The Trump administration formally informed the UN that it would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement Monday, the first day that it was possible to do so, The New York Times reported. The move comes as no surprise, since President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to set the withdrawal process in motion Oct. 23. […]
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked roads around Berlin’s Victory Column near the Brandenburg Gate early on Monday morning as the first wave of demonstrations in a day of “civil disobedience” got underway in the German capital. The climate movement delivered a series of tweets documenting proceedings in Berlin. XR said: “The sun is […]
By António Guterres On the eve of the September UN Climate Action Summit, young women and men around the world mobilized by the millions and told global leaders: “You are failing us.” They are right. Global emissions are increasing. Temperatures are rising. The consequences for oceans, forests, weather patterns, biodiversity, food production, water, jobs and, […]
By Howard LaFranchi When United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decided to hold a high-level climate summit in conjunction with this year’s General Assembly kicking off next week, he was well aware of the paradox of his initiative. In essence, he would be calling on the world’s leaders to take part in a decidedly multilateral event […]
The day before over 1,500 Amazon.com employees planned a walkout to participate in today’s global climate strike, CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a sweeping plan for the retail and media giant to be carbon neutral by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris agreement schedule. In a plan called Amazon’s “Climate Pledge,” Bezos, the world’s richest […]
By Andrea Germanos A group of Pacific island nations on Tuesday declared a climate crisis and said that developed nations, in particular Australia, have so far failed to take requisite action to avert the “grave consequences” their nations face, including the prospect of their lands being “uninhabitable as early as 2030.” The statements came in […]
When the calendar turns over to 2021, fossil fuel companies won’t have the European Investment Bank (EIB) to turn to for loans anymore. The EU’s lending arm has decided to use its money to help stop the climate crisis by no longer funding fossil fuel projects and to ramp up its investments in clean energy, […]
By Simon Evans Machines that suck CO2 directly from the air could cut the cost of meeting global climate goals, a new study finds, but they would need as much as a quarter of global energy supplies in 2100. The research, published Monday in Nature Communications, is the first to explore the use of direct […]
The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are far short of meeting their climate goals, new research says. The research paints a bleak picture, no matter how you look at it. Only one in eight of the world’s most-polluting companies are on track to meet their climate goals under the Paris agreement, as Reuters reported. […]
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