The Paris Agreement on climate change — a critical worldwide milestone along the road to containing climate change and implementing resilient low-carbon energy — became international law on Friday, November 4, 2016, after about 20 years of global wrangling. Exactly 30 days ago, it crossed both national and emissions thresholds needed to enter into force.
With the building sector already accounting for around 20% of climate change emissions, a new analysis published this week has warned that its energy demand is likely to double by mid-century if actions are not taken now to make buildings more sustainable.
A group of 10 leading European environmental NGOs have penned another open letter to key European leaders outlining their priorities and guidance for how the European Union should proceed in a post-Brexit world. The group, calling themselves Green 10, is unsurprisingly made up of 10 environmental NGOs including Friends of … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Central. By Bobby Magill More wind turbines and solar power plants could be coming to vast tracts of public lands in the West if the Obama administration finalizes a new rule this fall aiming to streamline how federal lands can be developed for renewable energy. But … [continued]
Joining a short list of metropolitan clean energy leaders facing climate change challenges, the San Diego city council has voted to have 100% renewable energy by 2035. Other cities taking similar steps to reduce greenhouse gases include San Francisco, Paris, and Vancouver, Canada. Following the vote, San Diego now stands as … [continued]
The latest Climate Change Performance Index has been released, and while the European Union can stand relatively tall, Australia, Japan, and Korea faired worst. Compiled by non-profit Germanwatch and Europe’s largest energy coalition Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, the Climate Change Performance Index for 2016 was published on Tuesday, with … [continued]
European coal emissions must fall three times faster than current rates if the region is to stay in line with its climate goals, according to a new report. The new study reveals the growing need for Europe to accelerate its transition away from coal and into a renewable energy future, … [continued]
Last week, analysts Kelly Levin and Taryn Fransen of the World Resources Institute munched and crunched about a dozen very recent reports that examine how far the world’s climate action commitments (intended nationally determined contributions) will combat global warming. Not far enough, it turns out, by 0.7–1.7°C. The consensus has it … [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]
The four major South American countries — Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Argentina — can all take greater climate action, according to Climate Action Tracker. The Climate Action Tracker is an independent science-based assessment of the emission commitments and actions of countries, tracking individual national pledges, targets, INDCs, and currently implemented … [continued]
