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Fossil gas: a bridge to nowhere

The war in Ukraine and energy crisis have shown that a green energy transition is important for energy security as well as for climate change. While there is growing consensus on the need for a power sector coal phase-out, fossil gas has largely flown under the radar.

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The Climate Action Tracker

The Climate Action Tracker provides independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the Paris Agreement goal of holding warming well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.

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Renewable energy transition in sub-Saharan Africa

Africa has 60% of the world’s best solar resources and a unique opportunity to capitalise on its low levels of fossil fuel infrastructure and growing demand for clean, affordable energy.

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Climate risk dashboard

The Climate Risk Dashboard (BETA) allows you to explore future impacts from climate change as the world warms. Pick a geography, select one or several scenarios and explore corresponding impacts.

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Why gas is the new coal

Gas is not a bridging fuel – it’s a fossil fuel. To reach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C temperature goal, governments, investors and finance institutions must treat gas like coal and target it for swift phase-out.

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1.5°C national pathway explorer

Explore emission pathways in line with the Paris Agreement for different countries and 1.5°C compatible benchmarks for individual sectors.

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Limiting warming using solar geoengineering is a 100 year plus commitment, new study

Limiting warming using solar geoengineering is a 100 year plus commitment, new study

New peer reviewed research shows that if solar radiation management - where higher amounts of sunlight are reflected back to space through artificially altering either the Earth’s surface or the atmosphere – is deployed to limit warming to 1.5°C without emissions cuts beyond those currently envisioned by governments, it would have to be maintained for at least a hundred years.
28 March 2023
Coal and LNG emissions could break proposed Safeguard Mechanism

Coal and LNG emissions could break proposed Safeguard Mechanism

The projected emissions from Australia’s existing and committed coal and LNG production would exceed the total emission limits of the government’s proposed Safeguard Mechanism (SGM), according to our new analysis released today.
26 February 2023

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Loss and Damage

Here we provide key resources on loss and damage, including scientific studies and briefing materials relating to the UNFCCC policy process.

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Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 81 in Myanmar

Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 81 in Myanmar

AFP quotes our expert Dr Peter Pfleiderer as he explains that sea surface temperatures in the Bay of Bengal were 1-2°C hotter than in the 30 years before 2000 - suggesting that climate change was a driver behind the storm intensifying so quickly

16 May 2023