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Paris Climate Agreement
COP30 Ended With a Watered-Down Agreement That Doesn’t Even Mention Fossil Fuels
Two attendees of the UN climate summit break down the final deal and discuss the few positive outcomes.
Nearly Two-Thirds of Trump’s First Executive Orders Mirror Project 2025’s Aims
Some roll back previous executive orders issued by Biden. Others reinstate executive orders from Trump’s first term.
2024 Was the World’s Hottest Year, Exceeding Paris Climate Agreement Threshold
“The trajectory is just incredible,” the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.
As Climate Warms, Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent and More Deadly
The world has experienced record-breaking temperatures for 13 months straight.
There’s an 80 Percent Chance of Surpassing 1.5°C Warming Over Next 5 Years
There is also an 86 percent chance that one of the next five years will surpass 2023 as the hottest year on record.
COP28 President Falsely Claims “No Science” Supports Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Ahmed Al Jaber is also CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. His position counters that of the UN secretary general.
Friday’s Global Temperature Breach Is a Canary in the Coal Mine, Scientists Say
Experts say that while the 2°C increase is an anomaly for that day, it points to the urgency of tackling emissions.
An Environmental Defender Was Killed Every Other Day in 2022, Report Finds
More than a third of those killed were Indigenous, and 39 defenders were killed in the Amazon rainforest last year.
New UN Report Predicts Catastrophic Rise in Global Temperatures by 2100
“This is a sobering moment, and we are in a race against time,” said the president-designate of the upcoming COP27.
China’s Emissions Are Made in America
The U.S. corporations that exploited China’s weaker regulations to lower costs are to blame for many of its emissions.