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Dec 23, 2024 · 2. Germany uses funding to pressure climate groups on Israel-Gaza war. Many climate activists continued to speak out against the Israeli government’s role in the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza but came under pressure to stay quiet on the issue from one of the Israeli government’s biggest political backers – Germany.

Climate change helped turn LA into dry tinderbox before fires, scientists find 28 January 2025. Unusually dry winter weather meant fires had lots of fuel to burn through, just as strong winds were blowing to spread the flames

Nov 11, 2024 · The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) titled this year’s Adaptation Gap Report “Come hell and high water”, underscoring the need to step up efforts to make economies and societies more resilient to climate change impacts. It also highlights the devastating consequences the world could face at the 2.6-3.1 degrees Celsius of warming projected this century without larger cuts to greenhouse ...

Jan 10, 2025 · On the edge of 1.5C. Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which runs Copernicus, said the global temperature over the past two years – averaging 1.54C above pre-industrial times – had surpassed the internationally agreed warming goal of 1.5C as …

“Pathetic”: New Zealand plans to barely cut emissions between 2030 and 2035. The government aims to reduce emissions by 51-55% between 2005 and 2035, promising additional cuts of just 1% from its previous 2030 goal

Jan 31, 2025 · One of the agreements between Hefei Luyu and Shell. But on September 11 last year – less than two weeks after Verra’s compensation order – Hefei Luyu and Shell ended their agreement, enabling the fossil fuel multinational to abruptly abandon the projects.. Verra told Climate Home that “any business arrangements between the representative and the project proponent fall outside Verra’s ...

Dec 27, 2024 · At the end of the first year in which global average temperatures are almost certain to top the key threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have sounded the alarm about the extremes of climate and weather we’re already experiencing – and are warning things could get even more serious.. At the same time, they say it’s not too late both to limit the damage by phasing out ...

Jan 31, 2025 · By 2030, the SouthH2 Corridor will have capacity to import 4 million tonnes of hydrogen per year into the EU. But Algeria and Tunisia expect to have combined capacity to export around 330,000 tonnes of hydrogen – or 8% of the pipeline’s capacity – by then.

Dec 28, 2023 · The road to Dubai had been equally bumpy. The G7 saw fights over gas and coal with hosts Japan attempting to push controversial strategies like ammonia co-firing.. The G20 in Delhi offered a dress rehearsal of what was to expect at Cop with broad agreement over renewables and bitter disputes over fossil fuels.. In the background, Sultan Al Jaber, oil executive turned Cop president, garnered ...