Page 18 - Climate Pledges News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

. South Korea on Thursday (May 6) announced an ambitious plan to build what it calls the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, a key project needed to achieve its goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A total of 36 trillion won (S$43 billion) from both the government and the private sector will be spent on the project to create a massive offshore wind farm complex off the country’s southeastern industrial hub of Ulsan City by 2030, President Moon Jae-in said. The facilities will be built on the country’s first commercially viable offshore natural gas field that is expe...

The Paris Agreement Was a First Step, Not an End Goal. Still, the World’s Nations Are Far Behind Most have yet to even establish detailed plans for meeting their targeted greenhouse gas emissions, making Biden’s goal simple: “preventing catastrophe.” April 23, 2021 Aerial view of Neurath fired-coal power station showing large amount of fumes and pollution, Cologne, Germany. Credit: plus49/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images Related Share this article WASHINGTON—Without any further intervention, the world is on track to raise the global average temperature by around 3 degr...