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...cipate in coal phase-out projects through a revision of [its] coal financing policy”. "We remain committed to directing capital away from fossil fuel-based technologies toward technologies that facil...

5 Apr 2024

...climate conference. A group of journalists and I who were tracking the proceedings of the finance talks – this year, COP needed to come to a consensus on a climate finance goal to fund urgent action –...

27 Nov 2024

...cting those in construction and agriculture, service workers are also being hurt. Recent research by the ILO shows that the climate crisis creates “a cocktail of serious health hazards” for 70 per cen...

2 Jul 2024

...cause reduction technologies are more readily available. According to EDF research, 90 per cent of oil and gas infrastructure methane emissions come from leaks from equipment such as oil wells, tanks ...

29 Oct 2024

...ck line) compare with projections under the “Representative Concentration Pathways” (RCPs, left) and the “Shared Socioeconomic Pathways” (SSPs, right). The charts highlight that atmospheric concentra...

15 Jul 2024

...ckström said the finding that 1°C of warming has provoked severe human consequences and costs adds to the urgency of tackling "loss and damage" fuelled by climate change - a contested topic at U.N. ta...

7 Jun 2023

...ctors such as data centres and electric vehicles (EVs), had a modest impact on increased electricity demand. Demand from data centres and cryptocurrency mining increased by 20 per cent in 2024, addin...

9 Apr 2025

...chain to reduce your carbon emissions, while producing a greater yield by leveraging technology?" he said. “The financial sector can work in conjunction with technology and other aspects as a critical...

7 Jun 2024

...changes, the 11-year solar cycle is comparatively regular, consistent and predictable. The last solar cycle hit its minimum in 2020, reducing the effect of the modest 2020 El Niño. The current solar c...

31 Jul 2023

...cent by 2035, compared with 2019 levels. “ Climate action is struggling to move quick enough in a context of geopolitical fragmentation, and insufficient action, especially on financing for low-incom...

28 Sep 2023

...conservation efforts. Hardcastle, who is involved in a technological initiative pioneered by Chinese tech firm Huawei and supported by IUCN, describes the attempts to scale the use of technology in c...

8 Aug 2024

...corecard," Roberts said. But, she added, the IPCC "does not pull any punches" in describing the crisis. In her view, the IPCC should look in coming years into using artificial intelligence and machine...

26 Jul 2023

...chnical reason why that heat cannot come from electricity in almost all processes. Whether this electricity can be reliably and transparently sourced from 100% renewable sources is a secondary challen...

10 Feb 2025

Business executives convene at the Green Zone at the COP28 climate talks in December.

...c (chemicals), Hebei Chengxin (chemicals), Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication (technology hardware), Jiangsu Hongbang Chemical Technology (chemicals), Jiangsu Pacific Quartz (semiconductors), Raymond Pa...

23 Jan 2024

...ch assesses climate targets according to their alignment with the Paris Agreement. Asia Pacific listed firms' emissions trajectory. Source: MSCI ESG Research and CDP, data as of March 31, 2023 "Achi...

15 May 2023

...cent of the world’s operating coal capacity (1,968GW) and 88 per cent of pre-construction coal capacity (336GW). Brazil, the current G20 chair, saw its pipeline of pre-construction capacity fall in 20...

12 Apr 2024

...Campello, socio-environmental director of the Brazilian Development Bank, which manages the fund, said the Amazon Fund was key to curbing climate change, given alternatives such as carbon capture tech...

4 Nov 2024

...could come to a halt due to surging conflicts, accelerating climate change impacts and increasingly deep divisions over politics, a survey of risk experts, policymakers and business leaders showed on ...

11 Jan 2024

...Consortium, who was not involved in the study, says the assessment captures the “cascading” impacts of GLOFs and their interaction with other complex, climatic factors in great detail. He tells Carbon...

6 Feb 2025

...ced recycling” or chemical recycling, breaking down plastic waste into its chemical building blocks or into basic chemicals to make new plastic, other chemicals, or fuel to be burned. Chemical recycli...

23 Apr 2024

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