China Pledges To End Financing Of Coal Power Plants In Other Countries
China has pledged to end financing for foreign coal generating stations.
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Climate Week NYC 2021: What Networks Can Accomplish Together
“This is your problem, not your successor’s,” Helen Clarkson, CEO of the Climate Group, said during her opening remarks at Climate Week. “And as exhausting as all of this sounds, I still think we can be optimistic about our ability to get it done.”
Biden Brings World Leaders Together At Climate Summit
The world’s industrialized nations — the biggest polluters — are very far from achieving the necessary reductions to meet Paris Agreement goals.
6 Global Banks Come Together to Decarbonize Steel
Originally published on RMI.org. Leading lenders to the global steel industry — Citi, Goldman Sachs, ING, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, and UniCredit — are working together to develop a climate-aligned finance agreement to support steel sector decarbonization. Several top lenders to the steel sector — Citi, Goldman Sachs, ING, Societe Generale, … [continued]
“A Moral Imperative” — Joe Biden Commits To Halving US Emissions
Hiding behind the coattails of Big Oil is no longer the stance of the US. Instead, President Joe Biden told 40 world leaders that the US would halve its global warming emissions by the end of the decade. “This is a moral imperative, an economic imperative,” Biden exclaimed. “A moment … [continued]
US Should Pledge To Cut Heat-Trapping Emissions At Least 50% Below 2005 Levels by 2030
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Rachel Cleetus President Biden has brought the US back into the Paris Agreement and has announced a Leaders’ Climate Summit, now set for April 22 — Earth Day. The administration has said it will develop and submit its nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement ahead … [continued]
Scotland Banks On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trains For Zero Emission Railway By 2035
Scotland is on track to roll hydrogen fuel cell trains into its railway system, hopefully with green H2 to grease the decarbonization wheels.
Rising To The Challenge 5 Years After Paris Climate Agreement
On the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement — December 12th, 2020—countries are coming together for the “Climate Ambition Summit 2020” to commit to new and more aggressive climate actions as required under the Paris Agreement.
Trump Blows Offshore Wind War Bigly, On Top Of Electoral College & Popular Vote Losses
Scotland aims to power UK and Europe with offshore wind turbines and new undersea cables, leaving US behind in the dust (for now).
Air Pollution Levels Are Falling, Falling | COVID-19 Self-Quarantines Have A Good Side
But are the lower levels of carbon emissions here to stay?
