23 August 2021
Electric vehicle sales outpace diesel again
More electric vehicles were registered than diesel cars for the second month in a row in July, according to car industry figures. It is the third time battery electric vehicles…
Read More"CMIA helped to explain the potential for project-based mechanisms across a variety of constituencies and is a key voice driving the conversation on results-based finance and sector approaches for scaling-up emission reduction investments. We urgently need input from organisations like CMIA to operationalise Art 6 of the Paris Agreement."
Mr. Franz-Josef Schafhausen, former Director General Climate Change, European and International Affairs, Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
23 August 2021
More electric vehicles were registered than diesel cars for the second month in a row in July, according to car industry figures. It is the third time battery electric vehicles…
Read More20 August 2021
The third Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk from the Climate Change Committee has warned that a lack of action on climate adaptation is heightening the danger of financial and societal costs…
Read More18 August 2021
The £5 million effort comes after experts told the Independent of the desperate need for such research. The British government is, for the first time, trying to put a number on how…
Read More16 August 2021
Low-income countries are struggling to protect themselves against climate change, officials and experts have told the BBC. Organisations representing 90 countries say that their plans to prevent damage have already…
Read More13 August 2021
15 nations submitted fresh climate plans in support of Paris Agreement last week, but just under half of signatories have missed UN deadline. Pressure is mounting on large emitting nations…
Read More11 August 2021
The UK government has pledged to cut emissions to net zero by 2050 and to keep temperature rises below 1.5C. The UK’s target of reducing emissions to net zero by…
Read More09 August 2021
Carbon “sinks”, such as forests or the ocean, play a crucial role in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and thereby reducing the damages caused by climate change. Carbon “sinks”, such as forests…
Read More06 August 2021
How do climate scientists study the causes of climate change? And how do they investigate whether human-caused planetary warming is affecting extreme events? Much has been written about extreme events…
Read More04 August 2021
Take a look at the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Renewable Energy Benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity series. The Renewable Energy Benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity series discusses the socio-economic benefits of solar photovoltaics (PV), onshore wind,…
Read More02 August 2021
Researchers suggest net increase would mostly occur in renewables sector, with decline in fossil fuels. If some politicians are to be believed, taking sweeping action to meet the goals of…
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