The Carbon Column – From pledges to plans

We have a lot of pledges, but we need more robust plans to achieve net zero, something I address in this week’s Carbon Column

‘Oil and gas investments could finance renewables needed for 1.5°C’

The Paris Agreement could be achieved if money intended for new oil and gas fields was redirected into wind and solar, a study claims

‘Australia’s biggest carbon-polluting power plant to shut down ten years earlier’

AGL has announced it will close its Loy Yang A power station up to ten years earlier than previously announced

‘None of the G20 are cutting carbon quick enough’

Most countries actually saw increases in emissions

Oil and gas giants’ carbon projections ‘incompatible with Paris Agreement’

bp, Shell and Equinor’s climate scenarios don’t keep temperature rises to 1.5°C, researchers claim

WMO: ‘Climate change to blame for 40°C’

‘Human influence’ will see temperatures like these ten times more likely in the future, it says

EU and Egypt boost co-operation on climate, energy and green transition

They will join efforts to implement the Paris Agreement and ensure ambitious outcomes at COP27, which is taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh this November

UN Chief: Governments must stop ‘dragging their feet’

Turning to fossil fuels following the Ukraine War is ‘delusional’, António Guterres claims

Disabled people ‘neglected’ by the majority of Paris Agreement countries

Researchers say governments are falling far short of their obligations to protect the rights of disabled people

World has 33% chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C, warn scientists

By 2057, there’s only a 33% chance of limiting warming to 2°C, according to a new study