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Oil Change International Only 6 months left till COP26. What must the UK do to make it a success? May 11, 2021By LaurieBlog Post, Featured In 6 months from now, the UK is due to host the next big United Nations (UN) climate change conference, COP26. This Summit was originally planned for last November, but got delayed because of the pandemic, which continues to ravage countries and communities across the globe. The situation is currently particularly dire in India. For those concerne...

Oil company ads should carry a climate health warning, say activists By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Published Apr 19, 2021 7:20:37 AM enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO (CNN) — A group of lawyers want oil companies banned from advertising on television and social media unless they include "tobacco-style health warnings" about the dangers fossil fuels pose to the future of the planet. In new research published Monday, environmental law non-profit ClientEarth accused some of the worlds biggest ...

Newsom Climate Report Card, January 2021 Update 2020 was a record-breaking year for the climate crisis in California. Ongoing drought and elevated temperatures fed an especially long and destructive wildfire season. Californians once again endured dangerous levels of smoke for weeks on end, [1] only this time they did so in the middle of a dangerous pandemic that attacks the respiratory system. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the ongoing climate, public health, air pollution, housing, economic, ...

For a few moments in late April of 2020, oil – normally the lifeblood of the world economy – became more expensive to store than to pay someone to take it away.

The year has seen a 7% drop in carbon pollution, but there are fears that the figure represents only a temporary blip.

The Paris Agreement, which celebrated its fifth birthday on December 12, is among the most remarkable diplomatic achievements in world history, representing decades of work to arrive at a common framework for capping global temperature rise at “well below” 2 degrees Celsius. It’s also basically toothless—as is the body in which it was brokered: the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to undo Trump’s withdrawal and r...

Text size For a few moments in late April of 2020, oil -- normally the lifeblood of the world economy -- became more expensive to store than to pay someone to take it away. Crude oils wildly fluctuating futures prices reflected the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with record falls in greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel demand making 2020 an unexpectedly good year for the climate. The United Nations and the Global Carbon Project both said this month that planet-warming carbon poll...

New net-zero pledges are welcome but need to be met with rapid action in country climate plans, according to the UN Environment Programme