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

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Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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How Do ‘Future Climate Scenarios’ Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy? 

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The use of radiative forcing to understand emissions trajectories was then paired with varied political pathways to generate Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). The five shared socioeconomic pathways are: SSP1: Taking the green road A world focused on sustainable development, global cooperation, and green technology adoption.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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Three International Climate Priorities for UNGA and NYC Climate Week

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should commit to cutting its heat-trapping emissions at least 70% below 2005 levels by 2035, a level that UCS modeling shows is possible, but that will require political will and significant new policies to achieve. For the next round of NDCs, the U.S. Congress, too, must step up since it holds the power of the purse.

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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals

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The political dimension is a huge part of the solution to the water crisis,” said Federico Properzi, chief technical adviser of UN-Water. He said that game changers will be those supported by money or political power, or those that can be applied at scale, across multiple areas.

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Great Lakes Take Global Stage

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The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the global challenges of too much water, too little water, and water that is too polluted. This year is the midpoint for these Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.

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The Climate Overshoot Commission Releases its Report

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General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. The Climate Overshoot Commission recently completed its work, releasing its report at the United Nations last Thursday, September 14.