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To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final section warned that to keep global temperature rises to 2℃ this century, “the decade between now and 2020 is critical”. As the report noted, if greenhouse gas emissions peake...

Further evidence has emerged that the world can no longer hold warming to 1.5 degrees without overshooting the mark and using new technology to scrub the air.

Date Time New report: Australia must triple its climate goal this decade AUSTRALIA must triple its emissions cuts within the next decade and reach net zero emissions soon after to protect Australians from the impacts of accelerating climate change, a new Climate Council report says. As momentum for climate action grows around the world, the Aim High, Go fast: Why emissions need to plummet this decade report explains why all efforts to stabilise the climate system should focus on steps taken in the 2020s. A smart, achievable, and scientifically-backed contribution from Australia is a 75 percen...

In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final section warned that to keep global temperature rises to 2℃ this century, “the decade between now and 2020 is critical”. As the report noted, if greenhouse gas emissions peaked around 2011, the world’s emissions-reduction trajectory would have been easily manageable: net-zero by around 2060, and a maximum emissions reduction rate of 3.7% each year. Delaying the emissions peak by only a decade would require a trebling of ...

Feb 5, 2021 STEUBENVILLE — Quinn Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, 515 North St., Steubenville, is observing Black History Month every Sunday in February. “Our theme for Black History Month will be ‘Gearing Up to Move Forward,'” explained Terry L. Jennings, committee member. “On the first and second Sunday, (Feb. 7 and Feb. 14) we will celebrate our spiritual heritage by remembering Richard Allen, the founder and first elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church,” she noted. Speakers will be local businessman Jonathan Littlejohn, Little Sna...