The EU went into battle Wednesday to secure a path to its pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050, triggering an epic political clash over electric cars and fuel prices that could last for years.
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Jul 14, 2021
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With its emissions budgets, the Climate Change Commission's final advice to the government charts a course towards a low-emissions economy. But its comprehensive policy package is arguably the more decisive element—targets ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Japan's biggest airline ANA said Monday it aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 through new technology, emissions trading and other efforts.
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Apr 26, 2021
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Gas power plants overtook lignite coal plants in 2020 to become the European Union's largest single source of emissions from electricity, an analysis of the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme showed Friday.
Environment
Apr 16, 2021
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Germany said Tuesday it had met its national climate goal for 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic helped to drive the biggest reduction in emissions for three decades in Europe's biggest economy.
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Mar 16, 2021
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A study on big droughts in the Greater Mekong region revealed findings that can help reduce the carbon footprint of power systems while providing insights into better designed and more sustainable power plants.
Environment
Mar 4, 2021
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The Climate Change Commission's draft advice on how to decarbonise New Zealand's economy is refreshing, particularly as it calls on the government to start phasing out fossil fuels instead of relying on offsets and carbon ...
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Feb 2, 2021
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China's delayed carbon trading system will start operating in February, the environment ministry has said, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060.
Environment
Jan 6, 2021
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With the election of Joe Biden, the US is set to rejoin the Paris Agreement. The country's commitment, made in 2015, to restrain temperature rises to 2°C as part of an international effort is again endorsed, at least on ...
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Dec 11, 2020
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The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For instance, the episodic warming of the tropical Pacific during El Niño events causes melt of sea ice ...
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Nov 20, 2020
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