Originally published on the World Resources Institute blog. By Kelly Levin and Taryn Fransen On Friday, the UNEP Emissions Gap Report joined a series of studies released over the past few weeks assessing how much countries’ recent climate change announcements, or intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs),contribute to combating warming. Collectively, the … [continued]
As November begins, promises from individual countries to the United Nations have addressed nearly 90% of the world’s current greenhouse gas emissions. The world consensus aims to reduce and stabilize them in order to keep earth’s temperatures from climbing higher than two degrees Celsius by 2100. Since the preindustrial 18th century, temps have … [continued]
Azerbaijan has reported progress on a landmark offshore wind energy project it announced earlier this year. Plans for a 200 MW offshore wind energy project in the Caspian Sea have been submitted for approval to the Azerbaijan government. The project is expected to entail an investment of $428.5 million. Several … [continued]
The United Arab Emirates has announced a target to significantly increase its share of low-carbon energy over the next few years. Through its submission to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its target to achieve 24% of low-carbon by 2021. The … [continued]
Friday marked the end of the week-long October international climate meeting (11th part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) in Bonn, a runup to the first global climate change agreement in 18 years this December. As at previous meetings, … [continued]
A statement signed by 154 religious and faith leaders from around the world has called for “a fair, ambitious, and binding global deal” on climate at the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris. The statement was handed over to Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on … [continued]
Okay. So the UNFCCC/ADP (international group in charge of climate mitigation and adaptation) is meeting again this week in Bonn. As always, at the climate talks they’re trying to cobble together a treaty that will unite the world to forestall the grimmest of possible calamities for the human race. And … [continued]
As we move closer towards the Paris climate talks, something interesting is happening. Ever more stakeholders seem to be ready to be part of the solution. Negotiations that were earlier bogged down in zero-sum confrontations suddenly have a new fluidity and a ring of can-do optimism about them. Why? … … [continued]
In case you missed the Democratic presidential candidates debating in the US last night, here’s a quick rundown on what they said about climate change. Note that four of the five brought up the subject before any climate questions were asked! (Jim Webb, former Virginia Senator, was the exception.) Suzanne … [continued]
About a week back, India submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The date of the announcement was chosen to coincide with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi — an ardent environmentalist himself. The 38-page document goes on to quote Gandhi on … [continued]
