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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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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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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.

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Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the core of the debate was whether the IPCC should aim to publish its main reports before the UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST) in 2028, a key moment in global climate policy. The arguments were divided into two main camps.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

CARB projects total diesel consumption at 3 billion gallons or more until 2035, so actual consumption could be more than 50 percent higher than CARB’s projection if bio-based diesel fully replaces fossil diesel, as a recent study from UC Davis found was 50 percent likely by 2028. billion gallons by 2028 and then hover between 1.5

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.15.24

PA Environment Daily

Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It [PaEN] -- Illegal Wastewater Dumping Continues, Even On Mothers Day, Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners’ Campaign Of Intimidation Of Senate Witness; Now Dumping Before It Rains, On Paved Roads [PaEN] -- National Energy Technology Lab, University Of Pittsburgh Say Oil & Gas Wastewater Can Be Major Source (..)