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Congress’ ‘biggest fight’ over climate? It’s the farm bill.
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Forget electric vehicles, wind turbines or pipelines. Congress’ most consequential climate battles this year are more likely to revolve around dirt and cows.
‘Inconsistent with human survival’: UN chief slams fossil fuel industry expansion in Davos speech
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The UN Secretary General has accused fossil fuel producers and their financial backers of “racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival.”
Federal Government’s $20 Billion Embrace of ‘Climate Smart’ Farming
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The techniques are a cornerstone of the Agriculture Department’s approach to addressing a warming planet, but it is unclear whether more widespread deployment of such methods can truly reverse the effects of climate change.
She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable?
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Eugenia Kargbo remembers when Sierra Leone’s capital was greener and cooler, and is now trying to help the city combat rising temperatures.
With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate Goals
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As billions in government subsidies were at stake, the electric utility industry shed its opposition to clean-air regulation and put its lobbying muscle behind passing President Biden’s climate bill.
Subscriber Carbon Costs Now Included in French Telecom Charges
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In the climate crisis, vulnerable countries bear the least responsibility
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In Pivotal Climate Case, UN Panel Says Australia Violated Islanders’ Human Rights
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Committee asks the Canberra government to compensate Torres Strait Islanders for harm from rising seas and to take steps to protect them.
Denmark becomes first country to pledge ‘loss and damage’ finance
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Climate Change Is Speeding Toward Catastrophe. The Next Decade Is Crucial, U.N. Panel Says.
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A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.
BürgerBegehren Klimaschutz
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The Single Best Guide to Decarbonization I’ve Heard
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The energy expert Jesse Jenkins walks me through the path to our climate goals.
Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas
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It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
Greta Is Right: Study Shows Individual Lifestyle Change Boosts Systemic Climate Action
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Luisa Neubauer | Rede auf dem Parteitag in Bonn
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Luisa Neubauer, co-founder of the Fridays for Future movement in Germany, speaks at the 48th Federal Delegates Conference of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN.
European Union to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
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The law is part of the E.U.’s ambitious plans to make the 27-member bloc carbon neutral by 2050.
Switzerland Is Paying Poorer Nations to Cut Emissions on Its Behalf
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The agreements raise concerns that other countries will follow suit, delaying more difficult cuts of greenhouse gas emissions in wealthier nations.
Senate Ratifies Pact to Curb a Broad Category of Potent Greenhouse Gases
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In a bipartisan vote, lawmakers voted to join an international agreement to phase out the hydrofluorocarbons commonly found in refrigerators and air-conditioners.
Entrepreneurs for Future
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We are entrepreneurs who are already advancing climate protection today and are committed to ensuring that the business community advances faster climate protection with innovative products, technologies, services and business models. Our initiative represents more than 5,000 companies, 300,000 jobs and more than EUR 42 billion in annual sales. By signing the statement, we are showing: Business wants more climate protection!
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Potential Updates to its ‘Green Guides’ for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is seeking public comment on potential updates and changes to the Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Claims. The Commission’s Green Guides help marketers avoid making environmental marketing claims that are unfair or deceptive under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Commission seeks to update the guides based on increasing consumer interest in buying environmentally friendly products.
The World Is Falling Short of Its Climate Goals. Four Big Emitters Show Why.
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How the Inflation Reduction Act can help you save cash and energy
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From new solar panels to EVs, your 2023 sustainability goals might be a little easier to achieve with IRA tax credits.
Fossil Free Berlin
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We stand up for climate justice and divestment
He Sold a Message of Climate Doom. He Has Regrets.
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For Justin Trudeau’s climate minister, changing tactics has come at a price.
Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.
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LNG export boom runs up against climate goals
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The U.S. is about to become the global leader in exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG. What does that mean for the climate?
Cooperation on Climate Is Emerging in the Middle East
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After the Abraham Accords, partnerships between companies in Israel and Arab countries have led to the kinds of initiatives that will be on the Davos agenda.
The Power Atlas: Climate
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Countries around the world will have to engage in a wholesale transformation of their economies and infrastructure if they are to meet their environmental targets. Climate is rapidly becoming inextricable from the more conventional forms of political and material power.
In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations
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After 30 years of deadlock, a new U.N. climate agreement aims to pay developing countries for loss and damage caused by global warming. But huge questions remain about how it would work.
Inside Climate News
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Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet.
For better or worse, billionaires now guide climate policy
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Bill Gates and other ultra-wealthy businessmen are steering the energy transition toward their worldview and favored technologies
How China, the world’s top polluter, avoids paying for climate damage
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United Nations still considers China, now the world’s second-largest economy and biggest annual polluter, a developing country
How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress
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A handful of powerful world leaders rallied around Russia and undercut global cooperation.
SEC Charges Goldman Sachs Asset Management for Failing to Follow its Policies and Procedures Involving ESG Investments
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (GSAM) for policies and procedures failures involving two mutual funds and one separately managed account strategy marketed as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments. To settle the charges, GSAM agreed to pay a $4 million penalty.
The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule.
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The commission gave initial approval to a much-anticipated rule that would require public companies to report the climate-related impact of their businesses.
Europe Reaches Deal for Carbon Tax Law on Imports
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If approved, as expected, the plan would impose tariffs on countries that fail to take strict steps to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.
South Africa approves $8.5bn energy transition investment plan
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Insiders say less than 3% of the money rich countries promised is earmarked as grants, raising concerns about fairness and South Africa’s debt burden
Explainer: How can climate finance be increased from ‘billions to trillions’?
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From the moment in the early 1990s when nations began grappling with the threat posed by climate change, money has been at the heart of discussions.
Bill McKibben on the Power That Could Save the Planet
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The climate activist discusses the ‘new era’ the climate movement is entering — and the urgent need to take action.
1-Year Later: China’s Ban on Overseas Coal Power Projects and Its Global Climate Impacts
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U.N. Climate Talks End With a Deal to Pay Poor Nations for Damage
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Nations reached a landmark deal to compensate developing nations for climate harm. But some leaders said the summit didn’t go far enough in addressing the root causes of global warming.
Global Footprint Scenario Tool
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Use our global Footprint scenario tool to design possible futures by choosing key parameters that shape overshoot.
Klimaneustart Berlin
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Stockholm Environment Institute
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We are an international non-profit research and policy organization that tackles environment and development challenges.
Here’s Where the U.S. Is Testing a New Response to Rising Seas
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Native American tribes are competing for the first federal grants designed to help move communities away from high water and other dangers posed by climate change.
For a livable climate: Net-zero commitments must be backed by credible action
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DEUTSCHLAND KLIMANEUTRAL BIS 2035
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We are working for a world, a world in which future generations can live a good life. That means limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. To achieve this, we are making Germany climate-neutral by 2035.
Meet the ‘Closer’ Who Finds the Right Words When Climate Talks Hit a Wall
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Sue Biniaz is considered one of the most innovative American legal minds when it comes to climate negotiations. She once rescued a collapsing deal by using quotation marks.
This Guide Can Help You Save Money and Fight Climate Change
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The new climate and tax law can bring big savings for anyone looking to buy an electric car or make their home more energy efficient.
Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing?
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At last year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to halt deforestation, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and offer up more climate aid. Following through has been tough.
G7 states establish "climate club
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At the suggestion of Chancellor Scholz, the G7 group has agreed to establish a "climate club". The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions in industry. Other countries are also invited to join the club.
Climate Advocacy Lab
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U.S. Proposes Green Steel Club That Would Levy Tariffs On Outliers
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A concept paper sent to the European Union suggests a new trade approach to tax metal made with higher carbon emissions in countries like China.
The Roads to Decoupling: 21 Countries Are Reducing Carbon Emissions While Growing GDP
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New law forces French operators to disclose carbon footprint to public
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The French Senate has passed a law that aims to reduce the environmental footprint of digital technology, which includes an obligation for French telecoms operators to disclose to the public what they are doing to this end.
Why the midterms have made climate activists hopeful for the future
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Even with Republicans controlling the House, Democrats retained enough control at the federal level to defend the Inflation Reduction Act while making inroads in crucial local elections.
Korean Solar Company Plans to Build $2.5 Billion Plant in Georgia
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Hanwha Qcells expects to make solar panels and their components in the United States to take advantage of President Biden’s climate policies.
New Skyscraper, Built to Be an Environmental Marvel, Is Already Dated
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One Vanderbilt, in the heart of New York City, is built to be especially climate friendly. But the design landscape and city rules have changed quickly.
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What the impact of "green inflation" will be
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The high inflation rate is also linked to climate protection. Investments in the energy turnaround and the rising CO2 tax are helping to drive up prices. Experts warn of "green inflation".
The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule.
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The commission gave initial approval to a much-anticipated rule that would require public companies to report the climate-related impact of their businesses.
Russian climate gets warmer 2.5 times faster than world average — diplomat
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Russia has been implementing a set of measures to slow down the climate change
A Deal to Help South Africa Is a Breakthrough for the World
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The United States has committed more than $1 billion as part of an $8.5 billion international aid package to catalyze South Africa’s shift to renewable energy, and, after two years of talks about the details, the government in Pretoria is to deliver a plan in February for carrying it out.
A Clash Over Degrees: How Hot Should Nations Allow the Earth to Get?
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The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding.
Who Pays the Bill for Climate Change?
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A plan led by Barbados could remake the way the world of finance deals with the climate crisis.
Climate Change form A to Z
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The stories we tell ourselves about the future.
Climate Change May Usher in a New Era of Trade Wars
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Countries are pursuing new solutions to try to mitigate climate change. More trade fights are likely to come hand in hand.
France wants to reduce the ecological impact of digital technology
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Europe Met a Climate Target. But Is It Burning Less Carbon?
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The European Union promised to reduce its emissions 20 percent by 2020. Did it happen?
White House Aims to Reflect the Environment in Economic Data
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The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions.
U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022
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Emissions ticked up 1.3 percent last year, even as renewables surpassed coal.
Timeline: The struggle over ‘loss and damage’ in UN climate talks
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Carbon Pulse
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News and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy
Funds Hit Brakes as Reclassifications Take Toll: ESG Regulations
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Asset managers grappling with continuous ESG regulatory updates in the European Union may soon opt to fight back, rather than try to adapt to a moving target.
How to Hand Out Billions in Climate Subsidies? Very Carefully.
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John Podesta, the White House aide overseeing new tax credits, said rules were expected to be in place within months. Avoiding waste and fraud is a priority.
Data Centres and Data Transmission Networks
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Demand for digital services is growing rapidly. Since 2010, the number of internet users worldwide has more than doubled, while global internet traffic has expanded 20-fold. Rapid improvements in energy efficiency have, however, helped moderate growth in energy demand from data centres and data transmission networks, which each account for 1-1.5% of global electricity use. Significant additional government and industry efforts on energy efficiency, RD&D, and decarbonising electricity supply and supply chains are necessary to curb energy demand and reduce emissions rapidly over the coming decade to align with the Net Zero by 2050 Scenario.
Solar Power Europe
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SolarPower Europe is the award-winning link between policymakers and the solar PV value chain with the mission of ensuring solar becomes Europe’s leading energy source by 2030.
UN sees climate targets a long way off
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According to UN calculations, the world is still a long way from achieving the Paris climate targets. Ahead of the next world climate conference in Egypt, there are now discussions about compensation for countries that have been particularly affected.
In Australia’s Outback, a controversial cash crop is booming: Carbon
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A few years ago, during a severe drought, Godfrey and her husband Lindsay, the former mayor of Cunnamulla, had almost been forced to sell this sprawling family farm in the south of the state of Queensland. But then they turned to carbon farming. Last year, carbon credits earned them half a million dollars.
Climate Change Performance Index
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The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an instrument to enable transparency in national and international climate politics. The CCPI uses a standardized framework to compare the climate performance of 59 countries and the EU, which together account for 92% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The climate protection performance is assessed in four categories: GHG Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use and Climate Policy.
Five Climate Books to Read for COP27
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Carnegie climate experts share their recommended reads on the global warming crisis.