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The United States will fall short by a third on its commitment under the Paris climate treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released Wednesday in San Francisco. A crescendo of efforts at the sub-national level by states, cities and business to ...
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok. The talks in the Thai capital ...
Bangkok climate conference sounds alarm ahead of U.N. summit
Time is running out to save the Paris Agreement, United Nations climate experts warned Tuesday at a key Bangkok meeting, as rich nations were accused of shirking their responsibility for environmental damage. The six-day U.N. conference opened with an urgent plea from delegates to finalize ...
As the pace of global warming races ahead of efforts to tame it, diplomats from more than 190 nations begin crunch U.N. climate talks in Bangkok Tuesday to breathe life into the Paris Agreement. This year is the deadline to finalize the "rule book" for ...
As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade. A preparatory meeting begins Tuesday in Thailand's capital for ...
The climate fight's next turning point
Scientists agree that global carbon dioxide emissions must reach a turning point in 2020 if we are to achieve carbon neutrality. Progress must be accelerated.
Trump's power-plant proposal may increase U.S. carbon pollution
U.S. leader Donald Trump is poised to replace former President Barack Obama's plan to slash power plant greenhouse gas emissions with a substitute that could actually increase them. The move, combined with a rollback of automobile efficiency mandates proposed earlier this month, represents a significant ...
Environmentalists sue to block Heathrow Airport's third runway
Environmental groups have filed lawsuits seeking to thwart expansion at Heathrow airport, with two complaints challenging the U.K. government over its approval of a third runway at the London hub. Lawyers for Friends of the Earth said Tuesday that they filed a request for a ...
U.N. draft says global warming is set to exceed 1.5 C target, slow economic growth
Global warming is on course to exceed the most stringent goal set in the Paris agreement by around 2040, threatening economic growth, according to a draft report that is the U.N.'s starkest warning yet of the risks of climate change. Governments can still cap temperatures ...
Japan's decarbonization challenge
Japan should not pursue decarbonization as a duty, but rather as a means of improving its national energy security.
“The G7 have pledged to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, but they don’t have any systems in terms of accountability to meet the pledges,” says study’s lead author.
The G-20 summit that Japan will host next years presents the nation with a prime opportunity to rally from behind and take a leading role in efforts to combat global warming.
