Tag: greenhouse gas emissions

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 12:56 UTC

  Ex Brazilian environment ministers blast Bolsonaro's forestry and water policies

  

  Eight former Brazilian environment ministers blasted new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his administration in a letter on Wednesday, saying it is dismantling the country's environmental protections.

• Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 11:40 UTC

  Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in central London

  

  Film star Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in a central London shopping district on Friday to read poetry praising Earth's bounties, part of five days of protests which clogged the British capital with transport snarl-ups.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  The climate strikers should inspire us all to act at the next UN summit

  

  By Antonio Guterres (*) Without ambitious action, the Paris agreement is meaningless. So I’m bringing world leaders together to build the future we need. Tens of thousands of young people took to the streets on Friday with a clear message to world leaders: act now to save our planet and our future from the climate emergency.

• Friday, April 13th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  New Zealand bans new offshore exploration and targets a clean energy future

  

  Permits for offshore oil and gas exploration will no longer be issued by the New Zealand Government as part of its commitment to a clean energy future. The move will not affect existing permits for exploration or extraction, meaning the industry is likely to continue in the nation for several more decades.

• Monday, September 28th 2015 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazil supports Paris conference and pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions 37% by 2025

  

  President Dilma Rousseff pledged on Sunday to slash Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions by 37%, during her speech to the UN General Assembly. Outlining her vision for a global climate change agreement on Sunday, Rousseff stressed on the importance of a “common response”.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 09:48 UTC

  Obama unveils his climate change initiative: “no greater challenge to the future of the planet”

  

  US President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called “the biggest, most important step we have ever taken” in tackling climate change. The aim of the revised Clean Power Plan is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power stations by nearly a third within 15 years.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  World Medical Association welcomes report on climate change and health

  

  The World Medical Association welcomed the Lancet Commission's latest report on climate change, which it says reiterates the serious concerns of physicians that climate change poses an unacceptably high threat to health.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  “Healthy oceans, healthy planet”, an essential component of the Earth's ecosystem

  

  Although the world’s oceans are vast, their capacity to withstand damage caused by human activity is limited, compromising their critical contribution to the future of sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Monday as the United Nations kicked-off its celebrations for the 2015 edition of World Oceans Day.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 08:10 UTC

  Last year was the hottest on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880

  

  Last year was the hottest on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring warnings about the risks of runaway greenhouse gas emissions and undermining claims by climate change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 00:04 UTC

  Why China's insatiable appetite for coal has likely peaked

  

  A recent report from Greenpeace found that China's coal consumption declined in the first half of this year and new Chinese government data suggests that the country's coal imports have dropped. Estimates indicate that by the end of the year, China's coal imports could be 8 percent below 2013 levels.