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Analysis: Global CO2 emissions will reach new high in 2024 despite ...
Nov 13, 2024 · Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 0.8% in 2024, reaching a record 37.4bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the 2024 Global Carbon Budget report by the Global Carbon Project.. This is 0.4GtCO2 higher than the previous record, set in 2023.
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate ...
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Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US …
Mar 6, 2024 · The ‘Trump effect’ on US emissions. US greenhouse gas emissions have been falling steadily since 2005, due to a combination of economic shifts, greater efficiency, the growth of renewables and a shift from coal to gas power.. Since taking office in early 2021, Biden has pledged under the Paris Agreement to accelerate that trend by cutting US emissions to 50-52% below 2005 levels in 2030 ...
The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria
Feb 17, 2023 · The country’s economy is closely tied to oil and gas exports. Profits from fossil fuels currently account for 93% of Nigeria’s total export revenue. The production of oil and gas in Nigeria has also been linked to steep societal inequalities and environmental disasters.. Nigeria has one of the highest rates of energy poverty in the world and suffers from chronic power cuts.
Land-use change has affected ‘almost a third’ of world’s terrain …
May 11, 2021 · Current estimates of land-use change may be capturing only one-quarter of its true extent across the world, new research shows. The paper, published in Nature Communications, revises previous estimates of how much humans change the Earth’s land surface – such as via the destruction of tropical rainforests.It finds that, when accounting for multiple instances of change in the same place ...
Analysis: UK electricity from fossil fuels drops to lowest level since ...
Jan 3, 2024 · West Burton in Nottinghamshire closed in March, then Drax in Yorkshire closed in April, followed by Kilroot in Northern Ireland at the end of September.. Only Ratcliffe in Nottinghamshire, operated by utility firm Uniper, remains operational. It plans to close in September 2024, ahead of the government’s ambition to end coal power by October 2024.. While the UK saw a major coal-to-gas ...
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Lapola is a research scientist at the University of Campinas in Brazil, where he coordinates the Earth System Science Laboratory. His research focuses on global change ecology, land-use change, ecosystem services, the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, Earth system modelling and sustainability science.
Q&A: Can ‘carbon border adjustment mechanisms’ help tackle …
Oct 24, 2024 · The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) has been touted as a key policy for cutting emissions from heavy industries, such as steel and cement production.. By taxing carbon-intensive imports, the EU says it will help its domestic companies take ambitious climate action while still remaining competitive with firms in …
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Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.4% in 2022 as coal use drops to lowest level since 1757. The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.4% in 2022, according to new Carbon Brief analysis, ending a post-Covid rebound.