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Montevideo, December 21st 2024 - 13:05 UTC

Tag: carbon dioxide (CO2)

  • Monday, September 30th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

    Greenhouse emissions surge in Brazilian Amazon due to fires

    “When the forest burns for the first time, it becomes more susceptible to other fires,” Alencar explained

    A study released by the Climate Observatory showed that the blazes from June to August this year emitted 31.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere, which resulted in greenhouse gas emissions soaring 60% interannually, Agencia Brasil reported this weekend. The figure is close to the total emitted by Norway in one year (32.5 million tons), it was also explained.

  • Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    Petrobras hits new environmental achievement

    The latest environmental achievement was deemed an important element for Petrobras’ investors said Director Maurício Tolmasquim

    Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company announced this week a 41% reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions between 2015 and 2023, Agencia Brasil reported. The result was “exceptional,” said Petrobras' Energy Transition and Sustainability Director Maurício Tolmasquim.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

    UN apocalyptic report on global warming devastating consequences for oceans and frozen spaces

    “Even if we manage to limit global warming, we will continue to see major changes in the oceans,” said Valerie Masson-Delmotte, an IPCC co-chair.

    Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned on Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.