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WEBCOP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate. 19 September 2024. News Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of electric grids, among other initiatives.
Lululemon, Canada's Olympics kit provider, accused of greenwashing
WEBJul 25, 2024 · But the company’s latest impact report shows that emissions from Lululemon’s full supply chain – known as Scope 3 – nearly doubled to 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide between the campaign’s launch and 2022. That’s equivalent to powering 300,000 gasoline cars for a year. Stand.earth’s complaint said Lululemon’s emissions are set to grow even further as it tries to hit a goal ...
Nigeria to end gas flaring by 2030, under national climate plan
WEBAug 13, 2021 · The Nigerian government has pledged to end the burning of gas as a by-product of oil production by 2030, under its latest climate plan submitted to the UN. Fossil fuel companies’ gas flaring account for a huge part of Nigeria’s emissions. At 75 million tonnes of Co2 equivalent a year, they outstrip the emissions from all 200 million ...
Mia Mottley: the 'fearless' leader pushing a global settlement for …
WEBNov 18, 2021 · Barbados’ prime minister Mia Amor Mottley made her mark on the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow with a rip-roaring speech telling the leaders of the world’s largest economies to “try harder” to avert catastrophic climate change. A 2C overheated world “is a death sentence,” she said. The first female leader of her country, Mottley is ...
Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect
WEBFeb 9, 2016 · Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect. Eunice Foote demonstrated the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide at a scientific conference in 1856, newly digitised records show. Irish physicist John Tyndall is commonly credited with discovering the greenhouse effect, which underpins …
Seen from space: Extreme drought dries up rivers across the globe
WEBAug 26, 2022 · One of the main problems of extreme drought in freshwater ecosystems are the impacts to biodiversity, explained Colvin. With lower water levels, pollutants become more concentrated, increasing their toxicity to wildlife. Combined with extreme temperatures, “anything living in those rivers is really struggling to survive,” she said.
How the Glasgow Dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the …
WEBDec 20, 2021 · Instead, the “Glasgow Dialogue” was established to explore ways to fund loss and damage. The process will run through 2024, so those in urgent need may still not get any help for several years. Yet this is the first time the need for dedicated loss and damage finance has been recognised in a Cop decision. It is important to seize this ...
Which countries have a net zero carbon goal? - Climate Home News
WEBJun 14, 2019 · Chile. Target date: 2050 Status: Policy position Notes: President Sebastian Piñera announced the country’s intention to go carbon neutral in June 2019.Santiago was due to host UN climate talks later that year, but cancelled at the last minute due to civil unrest. In April 2020 the government reiterated its long term goal as it submitted a strengthened medium term pledge to the UN.
EU sued over green labelling of aviation and shipping investments
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The green groups claim the EU acted unlawfully in late 2023 when it introduced “loose” rules allowing a green label to be put on fossil fuel-powered planes and ships if they meet “weak” efficiency standards. “The aviation and shipping criteria send completely the wrong signal to investors – directing investments to planes and ships ...
Climate Home News wins online media award
WEBMay 23, 2018 · Climate Home News was named best specialist and local news site at The Drum Online Media Awards on Tuesday night. Also nominated were comparably massive sites like Pink News, BBC East of England, the Belfast Telegraph and the Trinity Mirror. But a heavyweight panel of judges rewarded CHN’s keen global reportage and mission to spread it around ...