Report: Why gas is the new coal
Gas has no place in a 1.5˚C world, and its use should already have peaked, but instead the expansion of the industry continues to rise, according to a new report by Climate Analytics.
04 November 2021
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All LatestNew analysis of more than 100,000 scientific studies finds at least 85% of world’s population impacted by climate change
A new paper, published today in Nature Climate Change, documents unprecedented scientific evidence for human-induced climate impacts over at least 80% of the world's land area affecting at least 85% of the global population.
11 October 2021
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Coal Phase Out
Coal is the most carbon intensive fossil fuel and phasing it out is a key step to achieve the emissions reductions needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Most emissions from coal are in the electricity sector and, as we already have the technologies that can replace coal, phase out is a relatively cheap and easy option to reduce emissions. Our research shows coal needs to be phased out globally by 2040 to meet the commitments made in Paris.
1.5°C
Since 2009 over a hundred Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and many others have been calling for limiting global temperature rise to below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Placing the 1.5°C limit alongside the legally binding goal to hold global temperatures “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” in the Paris Agreement was a major victory for vulnerable countries. This page is an information pool for material around the 1.5°C temperature limit.
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Loss and Damage
Loss and Damage refers to the impacts of climate change that can no longer be avoided through adaptation or mitigation. It is one of the key issues for vulnerable countries, who have contributed the least to climate change.They call on the developed world to provide support to cope with Loss and Damage, which otherwise threatens their economies, cultures and the lives of their people.
This page provides background material and key resources, including scientific studies and briefing material and blogs with updates on the policy process under the UNFCCC and under the IPCC.
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The strongest reason to keep 1.5°C within reach? The climate crisis that is already upon us
Just like most past climate conferences, COP26 delivered a mixed outcome, and people are entitled to feel angry, scared and frustrated at the glacial progress made. Glasgow was the first big test of Paris Agreement’s implementation and in particular its ambition ratchet-up mechanism – and it failed the test. Unpacking what happened at COP26, however, shows that there are grounds for hope.
19 November 2021
Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal
In this blog post, first published in The Conversation, Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare writes that even though India managed to weaken the language on coal phaseout in the Glasgow Climate Pact, the pressure to ditch the fossil fuel is not going away.
16 November 2021
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What is COP26 and why is it important?
Bill Hare speaks to the importance of COP26 in Glasgow and what it must deliver, six years on from Paris.
28 October 2021
World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds
Bill Hare comments on the 2021 State of Climate Action report.
28 October 2021
Angus Taylor to promote fossil fuels at Glasgow Cop26 climate summit
Bill Hare warns that the Morrison Government are not good faith actors on climate, as COP26 approaches.
28 October 2021
Publications
Multilateral cooperation initiatives (or “climate clubs”) can generate some of the additional action that is needed to achieve the goals agreed in the Paris Agreement. This paper, produced for the German Federal Environmental Authority (Umweltbundesamt UBA), analysed the state of collaboration in the four policy areas energy transition, synthetic fuels, food systems and forest protection.
In Paris, all governments solemnly promised to come to COP26 with more ambitious 2030 commitments to close the massive 2030 emissions gap that was already evident in 2015. Three years later the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C reinforced the scientific imperative, and earlier this year it called a climate “code red.” Now, at the midpoint of Glasgow, it is clear there is a massive credibility, action and commitment gap that casts a long and dark shadow of doubt over the net zero goals put forward by more than 140 countries, covering 90% of global emissions.