Carbon Offsetting News
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'Terrifying' warming predicted as country climate vows fail to add upNew emissions cutting pledges are coming in — but more ambitious plans from China, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other big climate polluters are still missing. -
As post-Covid travel picks up, should we cut business flights?As global travel resumes following vaccine rollouts, some companies are reassessing how much their staff really need to fly — and the answer is not nearly as much as they thought.
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Global coal plant projects down 76% since 2015New research shows that to date, 44 world governments have committed to stopping new construction of coal projects, and another 33 have cancelled their project pipelines. Seven other countries have no plans to develop new coal at all. -
India's state-owned oil giant ONGC aims for net zeroThe firm is responding to growing pressure on the world's third largest emitter to decarbonise ahead of climate talks in November.
Carbon Offsetting Opinion
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Is space travel compatible with sustainability?– The commercial space race is on with rich entrepreneurs taking to their rockets to reach for the stars. But the jaunts to space have courted plenty of criticism about space tourism and its carbon footprint. -
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate changeCarbon & Climate
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
– Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees. -
Carbon dioxide removal mustn't become get-out-of-jail-free cards for corporate pollutersCarbon & Climate
Carbon dioxide removal mustn't become get-out-of-jail-free cards for corporate polluters
– There is only so much carbon dioxide that can be removed from the atmosphere sustainably. For companies making bold climate pledges, prevention is better than cure.
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Got climate anxiety? Ditching planet-heating lifestyle habits may offer relief– Thinking about your carbon footprint can be mind-boggling. Even if you wanted to do something about it, where do you start? With this mobile app, all the information you need is at your fingertips.
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