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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels.
There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.
The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030.
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How rescheduling debt for climate and nature goals could unlock a sustainable recovery
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WRI has launched a new microsite on #JustTransitions. It highlights initiatives by governments, communities and companies that provide lessons for how workers and communities can benefit from the transition to a zero-carbon economy.
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Investing in urban public transport can create 5 million green jobs by 2030. Check out how cities are key in a climate-smart pandemic recovery.
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There’s been a resurgence in the old-fashioned technique of burning wood to produce energy. [But] the idea that setting trees on fire could be carbon-neutral sounds even odder to experts who know that biomass emits more carbon than coal at the smokestack, plus the carbon released by logging, processing logs into vitamin-sized pellets and transporting them overseas. And solar panels can produce 100 times as much power per acre as biomass.
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The World Bank will align all new operations with the goals of the #ParisAgreement by July 1, 2023
The UK COP26 Presidency convened a Climate and Development Ministerial on 31 March. Ministers and representatives from institutions and civil society discussed several topics, as outlined in this summary, and agreed to take steps ahead of COP26, as outlined in the climate and development pathway (https://2nsbq1gn1rl23zol93eyrccj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upl…)
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It Looks Like a Vespa, Rides Like a Vespa, but Doesn’t Smell Like a Vespa - An Irish mechanic in London has developed a kit to transform classic Italian scooters into clean-riding electric machines.