Paris agreement
While progress has been made since 2015, carbon dioxide emissions rose by 1.2% last year, according to a United Nations report
The key areas of cooperation include accelerating offshore wind and electricity interconnection projects, improving carbon capture, utilisation and storage efforts
The International Energy Agency has warned that while the window for meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target remains open, it has narrowed
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector reached an unprecedented high in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency
Experts have emphasised the urgent necessity for an annual decarbonisation rate of 17.2%, a rate seven times greater than the previous year (2.5%)
Current climate policies fall short of Paris Agreement goals, with projected 2.7°C warming, leaving two billion lives in jeopardy, according to new study
John Kerry has said he is hopeful the nations can “get back to where we were two years ago”
Licenses will only be provided for concerts that have agreed to cut emissions by at least 50%
It also warns that if emissions aren’t curbed, 2°C could be hit by mid-century
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