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    Heavy traffic at a standstill in North Somerset, UK.

    Analysis: Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit record high in 2022

    Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.0% in 2022, new estimates suggest, hitting a new record high of 36.6...Read More

    yabet官网 | Nov 11. 2022.
    气体运输船装载液化天然气at the berth in Russia

    UNEP: Meeting global climate goals now requires ‘rapid transformation of societies’

    The world faces a “rapidly closing window” to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals, warns the latest “emissions gap” report from the UN Environ...Read More

    yabet官网 | Oct 27. 2022.
    Aerial view of Seattle business and financial district in Washington, USA

    ‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990

    Just 1% of the world’s population was responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions growth over 1990-2019, new research finds. Th...Read More

    GHGs and aerosols| Sep 29. 2022.
    Open-pit coal mining at Cottbus Nord in Germany

    Emissions from mining cause ‘up to £2.5tn’ in environmental damages each year

    Greenhouse gas emissions from global mining and resource extraction result in up to £2.5tn ($3tn) in damages worldwide every year, according to a ne...Read More

    yabet官网 | Jul 6. 2022.
    Plantation worker watches as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm fruit bunches at a collection point in Borneo

    ‘Food miles’ have larger climate impact than thought, study suggests

    Global “food miles” emissions are higher than previously thought – accounting for nearly one-fifth of total food-system emissions – new resea...Read More

    Food and farming| Jun 20. 2022.
    Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya

    Eradicating ‘extreme poverty’ would raise global emissions by less than 1%

    Lifting hundreds of millions of people out of “extreme poverty” – where they live on less than US$1.90 per day – would drive a global increas...Read More

    People| Feb 14. 2022.
    Soy plantation in Amazon rain forest, Brazil

    Global CO2 emissions have been flat for a decade, new data reveals

    Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement have rebounded by 4.9% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related...Read More

    Global emissions| Nov 4. 2021.
    Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation, North Dakota, USA

    Guest post: The Global Methane Pledge needs to go further to help limit warming to 1.5C

    At the COP26 summit in Glasgow today, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen officially launched the Global Me...Read More

    COP26 Glasgow| Nov 2. 2021.
    People wearing protective masks are seen at a busy street in Manila, March 2021

    UNEP: Current climate commitments are ‘weak promises, not yet delivered’

    Despite stronger climate policy and higher ambition in the latest national pledges, there is still a large gap between near-term commitments under th...Read More

    Global emissions| Oct 26. 2021.
    Halifax in the early 1900s

    Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?

    Historical responsibility for climate change is at the heart of debates over climate justice. History matters because the cumulative amount of car...Read More

    yabet官网 | Oct 5. 2021.
    A hot steel billet is removed from furnace as a cold billet waits in foreground

    Guest post: These 553 steel plants are responsible for 9% of global CO2 emissions

    The iron and steel industry is responsible for 11% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and will need to change rapidly to align with the world�...Read More

    Guest posts| Jun 29. 2021.
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