Aptly called, “Earth’s lungs,” the planet’s two largest swaths of rainforest, in Amazonia and Africa, suck up 15 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions produced by humans. These ecosystems are essential for carbon sequestration and therefore curbing climate change, and while the Amazon rainforest has been the subject of mountains of research, scientists are just […]
By Brett Wilkins As world leaders prepare for this November’s United Nations Climate Conference in Scotland, a new report from the Cambridge Sustainability Commission reveals that the world’s wealthiest 5% were responsible for well over a third of all global emissions growth between 1990 and 2015. The report, Changing Our Ways: Behavior Change and the […]
By Kenny Stancil The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide surged past 420 parts per million for the first time in recorded history this past weekend, according to a measurement taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii. When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research station “began collecting CO2 measurements […]
By Jessica Corbett While scientists and campaigners continue calling on world leaders to pursue more ambitious policies to cut planet-heating emissions based on moral arguments and physical dangers, a U.S. think tank released survey results on Tuesday that make a clear economic case for sweeping climate action. The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York […]
By Gero Rueter Proven technologies for a net-zero energy system already largely exist today, according to a report published Tuesday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The report predicts that renewable power, green hydrogen and modern bioenergy will shape the way we power the world in 2050. Adopting such solutions would set world leaders […]
By Kenny Stancil For the Biden Administration to meet its long-term target of net-zero emissions by 2050, the United States must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 60% below 2005 levels by 2030, according to a new report released Thursday. In its analysis, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) found that in order for the U.S. […]
If governments fail to keep global temperatures within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels, much of the world’s population could live in “lethal” levels of heat and humidity, new research finds. Home to more than three billion people, the planet’s tropical band, which includes most of South and East Asia, Central America and Central Africa, […]
Lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic had the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by around seven percent, or 2.6 billion metric tons, in 2020. This is the largest emissions reduction that has ever been recorded. But to reach the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below […]
The world’s oceans and coastal ecosystems can store remarkable amounts of carbon dioxide. But if they’re damaged, they can also release massive amounts of emissions back into the atmosphere. Highlighting their need for conservation, the UNESCO published a report assessing these ecosystems’ critical role in mitigating climate change. The report was the first of its […]
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