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Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say.

Without urgent action, Earth is heading for climate catastrophe. Yet there are reasons for hope in 2024 – including a possible peak in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Marie-Andrée Vermette ultimately ruled the changes made by the PCs when the government scrapped the cap and trade system introduced by the previous Liberal government were not arbitrary or “grossly disproportionate.”

The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations this year is at risk of exceeding levels compatible with the climate warming trajectories necessary to meet the 1.5-degree Celsius limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to a study by the UK Met Office, based on data from a reference station in Hawaii.

Former Cop26 president criticises the government’s push to ‘max out’ the North Sea

Much of the intriguing climate tech that crosses our desks is theoretical or only just coming to market — think: tech that sucks carbon out of the sky, emerging lithium-ion battery alternatives and bio-plastics that've yet to seriously scale. The Toronto-based venture firm just announced the close of a $335 million fund (USD) — its third and largest to date. "If you're not making money, you're not having impact," McCaig told TechCrunch.

Here’s what it will take to make 2024 a year of transformative change

A key question debated at the IPCC session in Istanbul last week: will the group's reports be published in time to inform key international policy decisions?

"If you're not making money, you're not having impact," said ArcTern Ventures managing partner Murray McCaig.

Rising temperatures and retreating glaciers threaten Europe’s water tower, forcing local farmers to adapt and presaging larger troubles downstream.