carbon dioxide emissions

Analysis says countries can save money by switching from coal straight to renewable energies

Research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday found wildfires in North American boreal forests could represent about three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement’s budget to limit warming below 1.5 C.

Climate activists are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal city of Tanga.

Experience from Australia shows the CCUS technology was not designed to contribute meaningfully to emissions reductions. 

Negotiations between scientists and governments over a key United Nations climate report were going down to the wire on Sunday, April 3, 2022, as officials from major emerging economies insisted that it should recognize their right to development.

Nakate spoke of her disappointment in the outcome of the U.N. climate talks in Scotland and what she and other young activists plan for the year to come.

Despite decades of climate conferences, promises, and deals, methane and carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise at faster than ever rates. Barry Saxifrage has the receipts.

The international climate agreement did not achieve three key U.N. goals

While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved.

The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found.

Wang Yuetang’s sneakers sink into the mud of what was once his thriving corn and peanut farm as he surveys the damage done by an unstable climate.

The industry responsible for about eight per cent of CO2 emissions commits to reaching net-zero by 2050 without offsetting.

Six of the top 10, including China and Russia, have yet to show ambition on emissions cuts before COP26.

Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren't enough.

The pipeline was completed despite opposition from environmental and Indigenous activists who say it violates treaty rights, worsen climate change and heighten the risk of spills.