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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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IPCC reporting hiatus could imperil political action on climate change

New Scientist

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change isn't due to produce its next report until 2028, which could allow political focus to move away from global warming, campaigners have warned

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Union of Concerned Scientists

Reform utility political contribution and lobbying regulations. Landmark DTE Energy settlement In July, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a momentous sett l e m ent agreement regarding the electric utility DTE Energy’s plan to provide electricity to its 2.3 million customers for the next 20 years.

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IPCC Must Include More Global South Scientists, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Holders

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Istanbul meeting saw a prolonged, and ultimately unresolved debate about whether the IPCC’s main reports could, or should, be produced in time to help inform the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) second global stocktake (GST2), to be completed in 2028, in which nations will again assess their collective progress (..)

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Morocco: Energy and chemical giants sign important clean energy and infrastructure deal

A Greener Life

The partnership between the two companies and countries was sealed during French President Emmanuel Macron ‘s visit to the influential Moroccan city of Rabat, where several business agreements were signed to improve political ties between the two countries. By 2040, it aims to be fully carbon neutral.

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HotSpots H2O: Farmer-Herder Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Persists, a Consequence of Drought and Climate Change

Circle of Blue

Will widespread reserves be ready by 2028, the date put forth by the plan? . There’s a political dimension. In Nasarawa, where seven reserves are planned, the questions of cultural change and feasibility persist. Will herders easily accept a fundamental shift in their practice? There’s a religious dimension.