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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

This is a very important result, and one that underlies the recent pledges to achieve net-zero by 2030/2040/2050 etc. Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. These relationships implies that once cumulative emissions stop (i.e. net-zero is reached), the eventual warming is set. Article 4, section 1.

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Investors Need to Know the Full Scope of Corporate Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chevron’s board of directors said that “reducing Chevron’s absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions is not in stockholders’ interests, nor should it be Chevron’s responsibility.” For many companies and sectors, a greenhouse gas inventory that omits Scope 3 would be materially misleading to investors,” the letter states.

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Three International Climate Priorities for UNGA and NYC Climate Week

Union of Concerned Scientists

committed to cutting its emissions 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. A range of state and federal policies—including the Inflation Reduction Act—currently puts it on track to cut emissions about 32-43% below 2005 levels by 2030. In its last NDC, back in 2021, the U.S. For the next round of NDCs, the U.S. Article 2.1(c)

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Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030

PA Environment Daily

By Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State News Amid the frequent bad news about climate change, some potentially good news has emerged: Existing technologies, diligently applied, could enable the world to meet the target set for reducing agricultural methane emissions by 2030. degrees Fahrenheit.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing. F) of warming in the 21st century.

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Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

A Greener Life

That’s because, of the 41 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity expected to come online in the country by 2030, 14-16GW is due to come from coal. In 2015, Indonesia set itself the target of reducing emissions by up to 41% by 2030 with international assistance. Air pollution and emissions from coal are problems across Indonesia.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

Accordingly, the Taxonomy accounts for maritime vessels that are aligned with the International Maritime Organisation’s 2023 strategy for greenhouse gas reduction. In developed economies, the CFPP is retired at the latest by 2030 and in all other countries by 2040.