Emissions

Earth’s climate system ‘moving deeper into unchartered territory’, report warns

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The earth’s climate system is ‘moving deeper into unchartered territory’, with seven out of 16 tracked climate-related indicators now at…

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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) boast real-world emissions at around six times their official CO₂ figures, new analysis from Transport…

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Leading banks are scaling back their net-zero commitments and other climate-related policies, and in some cases, withdrawing them altogether, a…

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Op-ed by Dr. Liz Gilligan, CEO of Material Evolution. Two hundred years ago, a bricklayer from Leeds named Joseph Aspdin…

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WRAP has announced the launch of the Global Sustainable Transition Alliance (GSTA), a collaborative initiative aimed at creating more consistent,…

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While private firms are continuing to make progress on sustainability and decarbonisation despite a challenging macro environment, many have yet…

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Historical carbon emissions from major oil, gas and coal producers, along with cement producers, could continue to contribute to global…

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Greenhouse gas emissions released over the past decade – i.e. since the 2015 Paris Agreement was signed – have made Europe’s heat…

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China is positioning itself to ‘lead global climate governance’, a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and…

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Efforts to prevent or reduce the formation of aircraft contrails – the visible trails left by aircraft – could delay aviation-related global…