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Like 'smoking 20 cigarettes in a day': India's Supreme Court declares Delhi smog an emergencyLifestyle
Like 'smoking 20 cigarettes in a day': India's Supreme Court declares Delhi smog an emergency
The air quality index measurement in Delhi has reached levels between 400 and 500 in almost every part of the city. A measurement above 50 is considered harmful to human health. -
Developing countries ‘deeply frustrated’ by COP26 outcomeThe climate commitments finalised at COP26 are too little and too late to protect vulnerable communities already living with the impacts of the climate crisis.
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China and India ramp up coal production to counter energy supply crunchThe two nations are doubling down on a slower coal exit. At the COP26 summit, India, backed by China, had intervened at the last minute to change the language of the decision text, leading to a weaker declaration on a coal phase-out. -
Large compromises overshadow small successes at COP26In a bid to build consensus, the delegates at COP26 incorporated some key concepts and made some progress, but at the cost of lowering ambition, leaving the world looking at a dangerous level of emissions.
Fossil Fuels Opinion
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Finance must combat climate change - or else– Despite the increasing urgency of the climate crisis, many of the world’s most powerful financial actors have continued to invest in the fossil-fuel industry. But a new trend in the law is forcing institutional investors to decarbonise their portfolios – or be held legally accountable. -
Net zero is not zero– Recent carbon-neutrality pledges may seem ambitious, but merely serve to promote a new set of false climate solutions under a different guise. Such pledges may persuade many people, but the climate isn’t buying it. -
Economics needs a climate revolution– The economics discipline has failed to understand the climate crisis – let alone provide effective policy solutions for it. Change is underway, but it cannot come fast enough.
Videos
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Is your pension fuelling climate change?– Pension funds are some of the world's largest investors—holding trillions in assets—billions of which are pumped into fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, and Total.
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Lawyers file complaint against BP for misleading 'greenwash' in new ad campaign– In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.
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Why emerging Asia is the hub of climate-smart urban development– About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.
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Documentary film Sexy Killers probes Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal– Ahead of Indonesia’s presidential election on April 17, an online movie was recently published showing the links between Indonesian coal and energy companies and the country’s political elites.
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