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If the Earth hits 1.5°C of global warming, the U.N. has warned the world can expect "extreme events​ unprecedented in the observational record."

If the Earth hits 1.5°C of global warming, the U.N. has warned the world can expect "extreme events​ unprecedented in the observational record."

The world may be mired in an energy crunch, but the United Nations had a message Wednesday for major producers: Stop delivering so much coal, oil and natural gas.

UN warns planned fossil fuels production ‘dangerously’ out of sync with climate targets

With current fossil fuel use inconsistent with the Paris Agreement, the region needs a just and orderly transition to renewable energy

As pressure mounts to tackle climate change, the Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted €84.7M to the first research institution with the aim of capturing carbon dioxide from the air and harnessing the gas as a raw material.

Press" say the white house is comfortable with lowering the price tag or so-called human infrastructure package provided its paid with a tax system that voters feel is fair. my colleagues at the a.p. report that president biden has proposed more than $3 trillion for corporations. key lawmakers voiced doubts about the size and possible impacts on the economy. one of those democrats, the "washington post" reports, is jim clyburn of south carolina who said the final bill nay need to be $1 trillion ...

By George Asamani, Business Development Lead for PMI Sub-Saharan Africa Now in its sixth year, Project Management Institute's (PMI) Virtual Conference on 4 September will provide learning and networking opportunities for 'Africans to learn from Africans'. The theme of this year’s conference - ‘Africa: An Ecosystem of Changemakers’ – could, therefore, not be more relevant. […]

Melissa Fourie is the executive director of the Centre for Environmental Rights and a member of the Presidential Climate Commission. Earlier this month, political instigation allowed the powder keg of inequality in our country to explode on to our streets and shopping malls. The extreme pressure of poverty, unemployment, hunger, and violence — all exacerbated by the unending Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown measures — was on stark display. The centre barely held. Imagine adding the ravages of...

- Jul 12, 2021 The top 25 cities accounts for 52 per cent of the total urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and cities in Europe, Australia and the US have significantly higher per capita emissions than cities in developing countries, new research covering 167 cities globally has revealed. While covering just 2 per cent of the Earth’s surface, cities are big contributors to the climate crisis, but current urban GHG mitigation targets are not sufficient to achieve global climate change target...