Madrid, December 10, 2019 – In the face of the growing climate emergency, governments seem determined to continue embracing fossil fuels, and even meeting their Paris Agreement pledges would see warming of 2.8˚C by the end of this century, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s 2019 annual update, released at COP25 in Madrid today. Under […]
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More persistent heat, drought and rain in a warming world – study
August 19, 2019 – Europe, North America and parts of Asia can expect not just more intense but also longer lasting periods of heat, drought and rain during summer as the planet warms, worsening impacts on health and agriculture, according to a study led by researchers from Climate Analytics and Humboldt University of Berlin. The […]
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US climate policy: one year on from the announcement of Paris Agreement withdrawal
May 30, 2018 – One year ago this week (June 1 2017), President Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The Climate Action Tracker has recently updated its assessment of US climate action, and has found the following: Despite efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back climate policies, renewable energy from […]
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Recent past shows half a degree of warming means more extreme weather: study
June 30, 2017 – Observational records show that half a degree increase in global temperature in the recent past has resulted in substantial increases in extreme weather events, according to a commentary published today in Nature Climate Change. Discriminating the climate impacts between warming levels of 0.5°C difference is high on the post-Paris science agenda. […]