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COP29 Must Increase Climate Finance and Stand Up to the Fossil Fuel Industry 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Communities and civil society organizations to remain united, resilient, and committed to advancing climate justice and sustainable development in the Niger Delta.” “Oil companies to honor their responsibility for environmental restoration and compensation before exiting the region.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The main objectives included: Approving and adopting outlines for the three major working group reports and an additional methodology report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). During the Hangzhou plenary, governments had the opportunity to review and adjust the draft outlines developed at earlier expert meetings.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The main objectives included: Approving and adopting outlines for the three major working group reports and an additional methodology report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). During the Hangzhou plenary, governments had the opportunity to review and adjust the draft outlines developed at earlier expert meetings.

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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6). Article 4, section 1.

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Carbon-Dioxide Capture Strategies from Industrial Flue Gas by Algae

Environmental News Bits

Carbon-Dioxide Capture Strategies from Industrial Flue Gas by Algae. link] Summary It is critical to address the climate change challenges caused by global warming to meet some of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Banerjee, S., & Das, D. In Algae Mediated Bioremediation eds G.A. Ravishankar, A.R.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year. Maximilian Auffhammer, professor of International Sustainable Development at the University of California Berkeley, has reviewed it and is impressed.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

The IPCC report acknowledges and encourages the adoption of digital technologies like environmental intelligence which contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals whilst simultaneously supporting climate change mitigation and resilience in our communities. Image originally featured on eia.gov.