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Delaying methane mitigation increases risk of breaching Paris Agreement climate goal, study finds

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A key element of the 2015 Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change, is the commitment to limit average global temperatures increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels.

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Renewable Hydrogen on the island of Ireland - the catalyst for a Balanced Pathway

Energy Central

As part of our journey in tackling the climate crisis Ireland signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015 ]. The Paris Agreement includes commitments from developed and developing countries to.

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Renewable Energy Capacity Must Triple Before the End of the Decade

3BL Media

C target was implemented following the Paris Agreement in 2015 but there are still considerable gaps creating hurdles to overcome to meet the ambitious goal. Why is the Paris Agreement important? The agreement was adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in Paris. Why is the Paris Agreement hard to achieve?

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What is the global stocktake?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

The global stocktake is an assessment of progress made toward mitigating global warming since the Paris Agreement in 2015. The results from the first-ever global stocktake will be discussed at COP28.

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Canada’s LNG industry says it will reduce Asian emissions. Prove it.

Corporate Knights

They argue that this country could actually take credit for some of those Asian GHG reductions under Article 6 of the 2015 Paris climate treaty, which allows for bilateral emissions trading. Essentially, Article 6 has become a green fig leaf to greenwash LNG exports. Expanded LNG exports from B.C.

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January.

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Expectations Going Into COP28

3BL Media

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015), where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into landmark developments and prospects this year. I've been participating since COP 21 when the adoption of the Paris Agreement took place.