Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

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. World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C C, and to meet 1.5°C

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. As the U.K. has a role to play in pushing for the highest possible ambition at this week's talks.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out. Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8 billion kilowatts by 2030. limit for global warming.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. Climate Action Tracker (CAT) argues that Australia does not have a net zero target, arguing the federal government’s mid-century goal is not backed up by concrete commitments. What are Australia’s stated net zero goals?

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Here’s what’s happening behind closed doors and why people are concerned that COP26 might not meet its goals. What is COP26? That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), to avoid catastrophic climate change. COP26 stands for the 26th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.

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