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Last week, I joined my colleagues at COP28 in Dubai , as negotiators and civil society push for a fossilfuel phaseout to meet climate goals. The industry is pushing a narrative that misleadingly calls out emissions , not fossilfuels as the problem. Source: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
Fossilfuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.
According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossilfuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossilfuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.
Under the 2015 ParisAgreement, the United States voluntarily pledged to reduce its global warming emissions at least 50 percent below their 2005 levels by the end of this decade and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossilfuels.
The dangerous impacts of a warming, fossil-fuel dependent world span from wildfires capable of destroying entire towns to cancer-causing air pollution that afflicts the next generation. The UNFCC ParisAgreement , for example, proposed that the global community would work together to limit the Earth’s temperature warming by 1.5°C
It’s also an essential consideration as countries plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Parisagreement. In the Parisagreement rich countries said they would contribute $100 billion annually. Money promised, however, does not always translate into money delivered.
Trading in disinformation In its climate lobbying report, ExxonMobil deemed 52 associations “aligned” for acknowledging the risks of climate change, publicly backing the ParisAgreement goal of limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.
Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the ParisAgreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.
But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Parisagreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. The promise from many nations is to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 (or earlier) and interim targets are essential.
In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossilfuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. This has since changed many times.
Japan’s dependency on fossilfuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossilfuels.
According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. The rate of emissions growth year on year slowed between 2010-2019 in comparison to the previous decade.
Despite its stated commitment to pursuing a safe climate and its ratification of the ParisAgreement, the Indonesian government’s national carbon reduction targets under that Agreement are grossly inadequate, allowing Indonesia to increase emissions when it should be making deep cuts. The human rights complaint.
Thermal coal is the world’s dirtiest fossilfuel and increases global carbon pollution putting all countries at risk from the disastrous impacts of climate change. . Coal power generation must be reduced to 80 per cent below 2010 levels by 2030 and be phased out before 2040 in order to meet targets set out by the ParisAgreement. .
A 2010 US study showed that stopping burning coal could be done by 2030 with renewables and energy efficiency. More recently, another study showed it had to be done in OECD nations to comply with the ParisAgreement targets. Ending fossilfuels subsidies and divesting away from coal will put the final nails in the coffin.
Fossilfuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. degrees, but data suggests emissions have instead increased instead by 16% since 2010. Anything short of that is rich countries exploiting the situation even further.
by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the ParisAgreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. Overall, since 2010, when the NPCC was regulated, Brazil increased emissions by 23.2%, and therefore did not alter its emissions trajectory.
Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossilfuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.
Before Gary Gensler was officially sworn in as SEC Chair, then-Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee, on March 15, 2021, solicited public input from investors, registrants and other market participants on climate-related disclosures.
Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Parisagreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Parisagreement?
The Oregon Supreme Court agreed with a petitioner that the Attorney General should modify the text of a ballot title that, if adopted by voters, would amend an Oregon statute to require that greenhouse gas emissions from industry and fossilfuel sources be reduced by 100% below 1990 levels by 2050. Food & Water Watch v.
The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossilfuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.
Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; FossilFuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on February 5, 2020 in the appeals in California local governments’ climate change cases against fossilfuel companies.
Whatever the reason, Bush quickly withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol, zealously supported fossilfuel production, and rejected EPA jurisdiction over greenhouse gases. Republican victories in the 2010 off-year election ended any chance of legislation. He personally intervened to help negotiate the ParisAgreement.
The Trump Watch confidently predicts that Big Oil and Gas are about to receive an unimaginable return on their investments with the FossilFuel Dream Team. Coupled with the FossilFuel Dream Team Mr. Ebell’s appointment does not bode well for the serious, engaged and continued involvement of the U.S.
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