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WEBCOP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate. 19 September 2024. News Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of …
Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect
WEBFeb 9, 2016 · Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect. Eunice Foote demonstrated the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide at a scientific conference in 1856, newly digitised records show. Irish physicist John Tyndall is commonly credited with discovering the greenhouse effect, which underpins …
Mapping vulnerability: why the IPCC's geography of climate risk is ...
WEBOct 3, 2022 · Mapping vulnerability: why the IPCC’s geography of climate risk is contentious. For the first time, a major scientific body has identified the number people who live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change: 3.3 to 3.6 billion people – nearly half the world’s population. The figure in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on ...
Mia Mottley: the 'fearless' leader pushing a global settlement for …
WEBNov 18, 2021 · Barbados’ prime minister Mia Amor Mottley made her mark on the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow with a rip-roaring speech telling the leaders of the world’s largest economies to “try harder” to avert catastrophic climate change. A 2C overheated world “is a death sentence,” she said. The first female leader of her country, Mottley is ...
India's farmers face big climate threats. How can we protect them?
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Its 260 million farmers depend heavily on depleting water reserves to irrigate their crops. That means they are also struggling with climate change, as about 65% of the country’s cropped area depends on rainwater. Erratic rainfall and shorter winters are harming yields, with heavy downpours causing flooding and a sudden spike in temperatures ...
Call for pitches on the renewable energy supply chain - Climate …
WEBAug 18, 2023 · Travel costs will be negotiated in advance and reimbursed subject to valid receipts. Please send your pitches with the word ‘Pitch’ in the subject line to project editor Chloé Farand by emailing [email protected]. We will commission the first three stories by late October and continue to review pitches until February 2024 for ...
China launches world’s largest carbon market for power sector
WEBJul 1, 2021 · The market will initially only cover the thermal power industry, which last year accounted for about 40% of China’s emissions. That sector alone is responsible for twice the emissions of the EU carbon market, until now the world’s biggest. A total of 2,225 entities and operators have been registered on the new carbon market.
High stakes for climate finance in 2024 - Climate Home News
WEBJan 15, 2024 · The high-level expert group on climate finance estimates that developing countries (excluding China) need $2.4 trillion annually in climate investment by 2030. Not an easy feat. Renewables are the cheapest form of electricity generation in the majority of countries. They are projected to become even more affordable, as technology advancements ...
Ireland's democratic experiment lays the ground for stronger …
WEBFeb 18, 2019 · Ireland’s democratic experiment lays the ground for stronger climate action. Ireland’s struggle with climate change cuts to the heart of people’s daily lives and reflects the country’s revival after recession: more cars on the road and thriving cattle farms. That makes it a political hot potato that Irish governments have tended to kick ...
5 burning questions about China’s carbon neutrality pledge
WEBSep 23, 2020 · China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 has been hailed as the most important milestone in global climate policy in the last five years.. If China achieves its goal by 2060, it could lower global warming projections by 0.2 to 0.3C, the single biggest reduction measured since countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, according to Climate Action Tracker (CAT).