The Climate Action Tracker's latest report is covered by South China Morning Post  

Dr Fahad Saeed reflects on the extreme heat in Pakistan in grist.  

Bill Hare is quoted in AP, commenting on the UN Secretary General's upcoming Climate Ambition Summit.  

Bill Hare comments on the inclusion of recommendations including =the “scaling up renewable energy while phasing out all unabated fossil fuels” in the Global Stocktake technical report.  

‘If you guys don’t get your act together, we’re going to cook’ - Bill Hare sums up the messages from the technical report on the Global Stocktake.  

The Climate Action Tracker's updated rating for Germany is covered in Clean Energy Wire.  

The 'traffic light' coalition in government will need to do more to hit Germany's climate targets according to new analysis from the Climate Action Tracker.  

The Climate Action Tracker has rated Germany's climate protection policies as inadequate  

Bill Hare comments on a new study quantifying the climate damages from corporations, mainly in the US, pointing out that the study only looks at Scope 1 emissions, and therefore doesn't point to the impacts of their products, or downstream emissions.  

"While it's good the UAE plans to spend $54 billion on renewable energy, this is dwarfed by the national oil company's plans to invest three times that amount in oil and gas expansion," said Sarah Heck.  

Heat waves are occurring at a higher frequency, which increases the likelihood of sequential heat waves, says Kai Kornhuber.  

Given the high unemployment rate in South Africa, you need to sell the energy transition as a socioeconomic intervention, says Deborah Ramalope.  

Bill Hare comments on issues with carbon capture and storage in Australian fossil fuel projects.  

Fossil fuel phase out looms as a big issue for this year's COP in Dubai - Bill Hare spoke to The Strait Times about what problems it presents for the UAE presidency.  

Adam Morton references our 'Gas is the new coal report' in his opinion piece for The Guardian.  

Dr Nandini Das spoke the The Hindu about our analysis of targets for renewable energy and fossil fuel phase out that are aligned with 1.5°C.  

Kai Kornhuber speaks to the San Francisco Chronicle about his research on Rossby waves and their role in the extreme heat in the US  

The Tribune covers the election of Dr Adelle Thomas to the bureau of the IPCC.  

The Guardian Australia shares thoughts from climate experts, including our CEO Bill Hare, on the extreme weather we are seeing  

Dr Kai Kornhuber spoke to German media about how climate change is driving the extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere  

The Climate Action Tracker analyses the upcoming COP presidents new climate target.  

Dr Fahad Saeed speaks to BBC World Radio about the scorching temperatures that are affecting multiple regions around the world and their effects on human health.  

“We’re at 1.2 degree warming, and we know that certain kinds of heat extremes could increase in intensity by another 30 to 40 percent,” our CEO Bill Hare speaks to the Washington Post on climate impacts at higher temperatures.  

Pacific News Service covers the regions first loss and damage dialogue in Samoa, facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Climate Analytics  

“The idea that it’s a choice between our addiction to fossil fuels or working by candlelight is a gross misrepresentation of reality", Claire Fyson comments on claims made by Shell's CEO that reducing oil and gas production would be irresponsible.  

Claire Fyson, our Head of Climate Policy, is quoted in the BBC rebutting claims from Shell's CEO that the world still "desperately needs" oil and gas.  

Risks of reduced crop yields occurring across major crop-producing regions are vastly underestimated in climate and crop model projections, a new study finds.  

Bill Hare cites analysis from the IEA that new fossil fuel development is incompatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C.  

Our analysis on 2030 targets for renewable energy and fossil fuel phase out covered by Reuters.  

New opinion in the Times of India explores the feasibility of the renewable energy target from our analysis.  

Reneweconomy covers our brand new analysis of a 2030 renewable energy target.  

Our report on the LNG shipping being incompatible with a 1.5°C trajectory is covered by The Maritime Executive.  

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  

The coal industry's "in denial" comments Bill Hare as the World Coal Association meets in Singapore. “Everyone in this game can remember the promises of ‘CCS-ready power stations just around the corner’. And everyone knows that didn’t happen, so the time is up.”  

Bill Hare comments on the emissions of the expansion of a petrochemicals complex in Western Australia.  

Our CEO Bill Hare is quoted on the consequences of greenlighting a new fracking project in Australia.  

Dr Fahad Saeed speaks to French radio about the heatwaves in Asia and how, despite the region being used to a hotter climate, new extreme temperatures fuelled by climate change are stretching the limits of what people can adapt to.  

Our climate scientist Dr Fahad Saeed speaks to the Guardian about record temperatures in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South Asia  

Our expert Dr Fahad Saeed comments to the BBC on the extreme heat that is affecting Asia and Southern Europe, driven by climate change.  

Dr Fahad Saeed comments on on the heatwave in Asia in AFP.  

Germany’s three remaining reactors will be shut down by Saturday — ending nuclear power generation in Europe’s largest economy. But it comes as the continent grapples with questions over whether it can secure enough energy to drive its economies and keep homes warm while also reaching ambitious climate targets.  

Misleading studies sowing doubt about the threat of climate change are sneaking into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing the example of recent papers linked to a climate lawsuit in Germany whose authors have denied a conflict of interest.  

Climate Action Tracker analysis is cited in this article on a new call from Australian industry for the government to set more ambitious climate targets.  

Shruti Nath is quoted in this piece on the increasing intensity of storms and the need for better data in vulnerable places.  

Climate Analytics' latest paper showing that solar geoengineering would be an over 100 year commitment is covered in Scientific American.  

“It is a critical decade to limit warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Though Caribbean small islands have contributed comparatively little to global emissions, they are among the most vulnerable from the impacts.” - Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Head of Climate Science at Climate Analytics  

Citing CAT research and quoting Climate Analytics' CEO Bill Hare, this article discusses projected temperature rise, the 1.5C Paris Agreement limit and the potential of negative emissions to help lower global temperatures in the case that temperatures overshoot 1.5C.  

“If temperatures rise over this limit, there is still an option we can bring them back down again if we can get to net zero emissions and get carbon out of the atmosphere,” commented Dr. Carl-Freiderich Schleussner from Climate Analytics.  

Dr. Carl-Freiderich Schleussner says to St Vincent Times “If temperatures rise over this limit, there is still an option we can bring them back down again if we can get to net zero emissions and get carbon out of the atmosphere.”  

Climate Analytics head of climate policy analysis, Deborah Ramalope, comments “The rush for African gas is a temporary measure that will likely leave countries financially burdened by infrastructure that will not be needed,” on the Africa's Gas Bubble.  

This article refers to Climate Analytics publication "Emissions as usual: Implications for the Safeguard Mechanism of LNG and coal mine projects" on coal emissions.  

“I wouldn’t put all my eggs in one basket” says our senior analyst Andrzej Ancygier on hydrogen fuel projects.  

This article quotes Climate Analytics research on carbon offsets, highlighting that “the likely result of the proposal for unlimited use of offsets is to provide a green light for new coal and gas production while allowing existing producers to continue polluting unchecked."  

Popular Science refers to Climate Analytics findings on big fossil fuel companies in following their own goals for the Paris Agreement.  

“This affirms what small island developing states have been saying for a while. We are getting wet, we are flooded. We are losing land. This is not just an isolated cry or a political ploy” - Dr Roseanne Martyr-Koller on new research on exposure to rising seas.  

Climate Analytics scientists comment on this new paper pointing out that a low emissions scenario was not included in the analysis and that the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5C is achievable if global emissions are cut in half by 2030.  

This article cites Climate Analytics research to show that increasing LNG capacities in the Philippines is not in line with the 1.5°C pathway.  

Climate Analytics regional lead for South Asia and the Middle East comments on the World Bank funds saying “Pakistan needs to do some introspection as to why they were unable to tap into the funds that were available. Was their own house in order to access these funds?”  

“While COP27 delivered for our islands with the loss and damage fund, while we are indeed moving the dial closer to achieving a robust global response to climate change - we still have a long way to go. And the repercussions of inaction will be disastrous.” - Climate Analytics Caribbean Director, Rueanna Haynes  

This article, authored by Climate Analytics' Manjeet Dhakal and Sneha Pandey, discusses the formation of the Loss and Damage Fund set up at COP27 and its implications for countries like Nepal, which are disproportionately exposed to high risk from climate change.  

This news clip includes excerpts from a Climate Analytics Caribbean review on the impacts of COP27, highlighting the importance of climate action to protect small island nations.  

"The likelihood of becoming climate refugees is a fate that hangs over us, our children, and children’s children, if we do not accelerate climate action now.” - Rueanna Haynes  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, says to Energy Monitor “If you unpack the Paris-compatible trajectory for the power sector in Asia, you see that gas demand will probably fall, or needs to fall, quite quickly.”  

This article highlights negative health impacts of oil and gas projects in Western Australia. Anna Chapman points to a recent Climate Analytics report, finding that the Woodside's Pluto expansion project will "add more than 20 percent to Western Australia’s projected gas supply over the next decade.”  

Using CAT research, this article highlights that Indonesia's NDC is not ambitious enough to be Paris Agreement compatible.  

Quoting Dr Fahad Saeed, this article argues that Pakistan is especially vulnerable to climate change due to its unique geographical position and must therefore be well prepared.  

Although Australia’s new target is “a major improvement” on that of the previous Morrison government’s it is “still far from 1.5C aligned." - Bill Hare  

An article published on The Sydney Morning Herald cited Climate Analytics analysis on the Government's commitment to cut greenhouse gases emissions by 2030.  

“The massive presence of oil and gas interests at the COP undermines the integrity of the UN climate process and could be slowly eroding its legitimacy. - Bill Hare  

"I share everyone’s frustration about the state of global climate action to date. But this critical decade has 8 years more to go. Walking away from this ambition when we will never have a better shot at averting the worst would be an enormous moral failure." - Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, discussing the 1.5C limit.  

“Climate reparations are absolutely essential. It is not about voluntary contributions anymore.” - Rueanna Haynes  

“At this moment India’s policy direction related to mitigation is a bit confusing. On the one hand [India's] government is doing really good in the expansion of renewable energy through various policy pushes, but the government is still continuing its support for coal." - Dr. Nandini Das  

Australia's recent historic wildfires, floods, and cyclones exacerbated by climate instability have driven a political shift in the country as voters have grown more concerned with climate change, said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

“We now need the G20 to do what they have committed to and make the necessary deep cuts in emissions, and more importantly, stop subsidising fossil fuels.” - Bill Hare  

“The question is not about population but rather about consumption patterns, so it’s best to look at the major northern emitters to begin with.” - Climate Analytics CEO, Bill Hare  

“It hasn’t been scientists — it certainly hasn’t been Western scientists — that have been calling for this. It’s been vulnerable nations around the globe that said this is an effort we need for our very survival.” - Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, highlighting the importance of keeping the interests of the world’s most vulnerable places at the heart of climate negotiations.  

Using research from the Climate action tracker and quotes from Bill Hare, this article calls attention to the increase in new Liquid Natural Gas projects being built in response to the energy crisis.  

A study from Climate Action Tracker shows that planned LNG projects would more than double the world’s current liquefied natural gas capacity, generating roughly 47 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent between now and 2050.  

Bill Hare warns ‘the resulting oversupply will produce excess emissions of 2 billion tons of CO2 a year by 2030.’ commenting on 'the dash for gas.'  

Bill Hare explains that Biden's pledge to reduce methane may be undercut by a slew of new, federally approved gas projects in the US, which could cause a 500% increase in methane emissions in the decade if all planned developments go ahead.  

"Our analysis shows that the LNG facilities proposed, approved and under construction far exceed what is needed to replace Russian gas." - Bill Hare  

Climate Analytics is cited for the warning of LNG expansion globally.  

"We’re at that stage of history now where everyone has to reduce emissions. And the implications of John Kerry’s proposal is that companies would not actually have to reduce emissions if they buy offsets." - Bill Hare voices concern against the US's proposed Energy Transition Accelerator  

"We're witnessing a major push for expanded fossil gas LNG production and import capacity across the world – in Europe, Africa, North America, Asia and Australia – which could cause global emissions to breach dangerous levels," - Bill Hare  

Planning and build-up of liquified and other natural gas — due to an energy crisis triggered by Russian’s invasion of Ukraine — would add 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (1.9 billion metric tons) a year to the air by 2030, according to a report released by Climate Action Tracker.  

“If fossil fuel companies think that they can expand production under a net zero target, they need to think again.” - Bill Hare  

India invests in renewable energy, but still heavily relies on coal.  

“Our current levels of global warming at 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) have already caused dangerous and widespread losses and damages to nature and to billions of people... Losses and damages are unavoidable and unequally distributed” with poorer nations, the elderly, the poor and vulnerable hit harder. - Climate Analytics scientist Adelle Thomas  

India could help limit global temperature rises to 1.5C - but only if its emissions peak as soon as possible and if by 2030 they have dropped by 16% from their 2005 levels. - Nandini Das, a climate and energy economist at Climate Analytics  

At COP 26, the Vietnamese government promised to end the construction of new coal plants and phase out the dirtiest of those already running. However, as Dr. Nandini Das of Climate Analytics points out, "this is not actually what Vietnam is doing at a national level", since new policies have yet to be implemented.  

Experts and activists doubt the real capacity of governments and companies to deploy the four billion dollars a year that will be needed until 2030 to advance on the path towards energy neutrality.  

“If [offsets are] not real, additional and permanent – or if they’re used to continue fossil fuel emissions – then they will make climate change worse rather than better.” - Bill Hare  

Despite rays of hope, including fresh US legislation and a change of government in Brazil, progress in 2022 has been slow - with governments around the world distracted by global energy and financial crises. This article looks at seven key nations to ask who is leading the way and who is dragging their feet.  

"We are now in a moment where geopolitics and energy security issues are combining to really hammer home the benefits of cheap renewables, yet we are still seeing many of these governments turning to fossil fuels as the solution." - Bill Hare  

Intense storms are becoming more common due to warmer oceans from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses. In order to mitigate damage from future natural disasters, we need to curtail warming at 1.5C and support people on the front lines of climate change.  

Climate Analytics Caribbean, along with the Ministry of Planning and Development and the UN Development Programme, held a workshop in anticipation of COP27 entitled "Prelude to COP27: How Trinidad and Tobago Can Lead the Region In Raising Resiliency".  

"The energy crisis really reinforces the need to get on with renewables" - Bill Hare comments on the latest Climate Transparency Report, which tracks G20 climate action and was coauthored by Climate Analytics.  

“The report confirms the utterly glacial pace of climate action, despite the looming precipice of climate tipping points we’re approaching,” - Bill Hare  

Emissions are still rising but they need to fall 45% by 2030. Claire Fyson of Climate Analytics highlights that we are "not moving fast enough."  

"The G20 is responsible for three-quarters of the world’s emissions. We are now in a moment where geopolitics and energy security issues are combining to really hammer home the benefits of cheap renewables." Bill Hare comments on fossil fuels subsidies.  

The findings of the report 'The Climate Transparency Report 2022' is discussed in an article by GreenBiz where Bill Hare is quoted commenting on the countries supporting the usage of fossil fuels.  

“The ongoing crisis resulting from shocks like the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown very clearly how continued reliance on fossil fuels is not only bad for the climate but also comes with serious security and economic risks.” - Bill Hare  

Across virtually every sector, the decarbonisation of the global economy is unfolding far too slowly to avoid climate catastrophe. In regards to climate finance, "Governments and private institutions are failing to deliver on the Paris Agreement's goals of aligning financial flows with the 1.5C limit," says Claire Fyson, an analyst at Climate Analytics.  

Bill Hare speaks to the current push for fossil fuels in response to the energy crisis, saying “I have rarely seen such a concerted effort by the oil and gas industry to, in one way or another, push back against the climate agenda.”  

A group of 10 high-profile Dockers fans, including Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare, released an open letter encouraging the club to end its relationship with Woodside, the ninth-highest greenhouse gas emitter in Australia for the 2020-21 financial year.  

Although India has made significant strides in clean energy, experts say there is still room for improvement. Climate Analytics analyst Nandini Das, argues for a “scheduled retirement plan of the existing coal capacities” and that the current subsidies for fossil fuels in India should be reformed.  

Climate activists fight to protect the city of Lützerath, Germany, a city whose existence is threatened by the increased demand for coal amidst the energy crisis. Climate Analytics' Andrzej Ancygier, says it is too early to know by how much coal emissions will increase, but changes to rules on burning coal will not affect Germany’s long-term progress on renewable energy.  

Climate Analytics research concludes that the decarbonisation scenarios to which large global fossil fuel companies such as BP, Shell or Equinor have publicly committed themselves are not ambitious enough to prevent warming above 1.5ºC before 2100.  

“Whether it be Lula or Bolsonaro who comes to power, Brazil has an obligation as the world’s seventh-largest emitter of greenhouse gases to change tack.” - Celeste Gonzalez, explaining that Brazil will not achieve its latest NDC without much stronger regulation.  

Bloomberg identifies a few countries that have (and haven't) been proactive in the lead-up to COP 27. Bill Hare covers what Australia has done before the climate summit.  

“The bottom line is there has been really little progress since Cop26. Politics and geopolitics is dominated by the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine which then sent energy markets into turmoil but still, we feel countries should be moving ahead.” - Bill Hare comments on the state of climate action post-Glasgow, highlighting the importance of closing emissions gap in order to limit warming to 1.5C.  

Our research is mentioned as this CNN piece displays how industrial pollution can damage rock art.  

Wealthy nations must do more to support small island nations in their climate adaptation efforts. Adelle Thomas and other experts speak of the dangers of even a small rise in temperatures for these at-risk nations.  

Bill Hare and Fahad Saeed comment on the UN Secretary-General's speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday, where he called for fossil fuel producers to pay a windfall tax to those impacted by climate change.  

Factors like La Nina, the extreme heat wave this spring, and a change in the jetstream have contributed to worsened floods in Pakistan. These are summarised by Fahad Saeed in a conversation with the AP.  

Fahad Saeed compares the 2010 crisis in Pakistan to this year's flooding, with climate change and political turmoil especially serving as compounding factors.  

Bill Hare speaks with the New York Times about the urgency to halve emissions by 2030 and get to net zero by 2050. Without rapid climate action now, dire changes to our planet will probably become irreversible.  

In a discussion about Pakistan's recent extreme weather, The New York Times spoke with Fahad Saeed about the scale of the damage and how to address the cause and responsibility.  

Dr Fahad Saeed is interview by German news site taz on the devastating floods in Pakistan.  

Dr Fahad Saeed spoke to CNN about the floods in Pakistan and how, like so many developing nations, the need to to bring more people out of poverty is endangered in the midst of back-to-back extreme weather events with such little financial support from abroad.  

Dr Fahad Saeed speaks to NBC News about the flooding in Pakistan - the worst in the country's history - back to back after a heatwave that was made 30 times more likely due to climate change.  

Fahad Saeed, our South Asia and Middle East regional lead, speaks with the Guardian about the culprits behind the devastating monsoon flooding in Pakistan.  

New analysis led by scientists at Climate Analytics finds that global decarbonisation scenarios from oil majors are not aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.  

A new study led by scientists at Climate Analytics shows that global decarbonisation scenarios put forward by some fossil fuel companies are not compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement.  

In an interview with the Associated Press, Bill Hare says the new climate bill signed into law is the biggest thing to ever happen on climate policy in the United States. In response to the legislation, other nations will be more likely to take action to reduce future warming.  

Bill Hare speaks with the Washington Post about the possible ripple effects of the historic Inflation Reduction Act. Despite this step in the right direction, there are many forces that continue to push the world off track from limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.  

In this article for ABC.net's Future Tense, Claire Fyson, our Team Leader for Mitigation Pathway Analysis, is interviewed on the concept of net zero and what it really means for urgent global climate action.  

There is a disconnect between Australia's message about gas and the scientific facts. Bill Hare describes the actual emissions released by gas production with The Guardian.  

As New Zealanders face the increasing effects of climate change, citizens want the government to act on adaptation now. The CAT and Bill Hare show the importance of urgent action for the well-being of coastal communities.  

Bill Hare calls the claim that Australia's coal has a higher quality and, therefore, cause fewer emissions a myth in an interview with The Guardian.  

When taking into account the emissions that will occur by the domestic extraction and overseas use of fossil fuels, Australia's NDC to cut emissions by 43% by 2030 is completely unrealistic. Renew Economy uses Bill Hare's op-ed to reinforce their research on the issue.  

Our CEO Bill Hare is interviewed in this article from Associated Press on the gap between climate mitigation promises and action in major polluting countries.  

There are several possibilities as to the reason why the heat wave in South Asia this spring did not cause a higher recorded number of deaths. Speaking with the New York Times, Fahad Saeed points out that there are other measures of suffering when evaluating the impact of heat.  

In this Associated Press article, our Regional Lead for Caribbean Science, Dr Adelle Thomas is interviewed for her opinion on a new study from Dartmouth, UK, which calculated the economic impacts on other nations due to climate change caused by richer nations.  

The Climate Action Tracker research is featured to show how new gas plans in Europe could lead to a supply that is a quarter higher than previously.  

This New York Times piece quotes our CEO, Bill Hare, on the recent lobbying of fossil fuel companies in response to energy price hikes resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine.  

Bill Hare talks to ABC about the actual emissions the new Woodside natural gas project would emit throughout its lifetime in contrast to claims by company officials.  

Our research on coal as the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel is mentioned in this piece on Germany's reopening of coal-fired power plants.  

Our research showing that carbon emitted by the Woodside gas project is much higher than the projected 878 million tonnes has been used by the ACF in their legal bid against the project.  

This German-language piece from TAZ gives un update on the process at Bonn and references CA's new Fossil Gas report on a potential new global "gas gold rush".  

The German news outlet TAZ carries a story on our new report, "Fossil gas: a bridge to nowhere", where we reported on the degree to which gas usage would need to be reduced by, in order to meet the Paris Agreement pledges.  

Richard Klein and our Head of Adaptation and Vulnerability, Tabea Lissner, emphasise the cascading consequences of extreme weather around the world, and the lack of finance to build resilience.  

Bill Hare is quoted by the Washington Post. The Climate Action Tracker research is also used to show how more ambitious climate policies have stalled since Glasgow.  

According to our research, the Scarborough project will emit 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas during its lifetime. This research and warnings from Bill Hare are used in this piece from ABC.  

Research from the Climate Action Tracker and Bill Hare are featured to give warnings and point to government policy alternatives to decrease emissions.  

CEO Bill Hare warns of the impacts of a three-degree world, a possible reality the world is already experiencing: "...we’ve seen horrific impacts, like the heatwave in India and Pakistan, and floods in the same region. This is just the beginning.”  

Climate diplomats and experts say governments must not use geopolitical tensions and soaring energy prices as an excuse for falling behind on their climate commitments. Our CEO Bill Hare's warning on allowing a rise above 1.5C is quoted in this piece.  

In this Guardian piece, our CEO Bill Hare discusses the recent Labor win in the Australian elections and what it means for climate action.  

Our report on Australian political parties' climate goals is once again featured to show the inadequacy of the Labor Party's emissions reductions target.  

At the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June, LDCs will demand stronger commitments to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, easier access to financial resources, and additional means to address loss and damage. Our Manjeet Dhakal speaks about how G20 nations have dragged their feet on these issues.  

CEO Bill Hare speaks of the adequacy of the Labor Party's climate goals. A strengthening of emissions reduction targets is needed as the climate goals are still not compatible with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.  

Our report on Australia's 2030 emissions is featured in this piece about the Labor Party's plans for cutting emissions.  

Australia's energy consumption is dominated by fossil fuels, with coal providing about 40 percent, oil 34 percent and gas 22 percent. Our CEO Bill Hare and the Climate Action Tracker are referenced to point out the inadequacy of fossil fuel phase-out in the Labor Party's climate policy.  

CEO Bill Hare discusses policy challenges and options for the Labor Party to cut reliance on fossil fuels and move toward renewable energy with CNN.  

In this article from Die Zeit, CA Regional Climate Scientist Fahad Saeed, based in Islamabad, is interviewed on the consequences of climate change and extreme heat in the South Asia region. Article in German.  

Our research on Labor emissions reduction targets is used in this Lexology piece about options for the Labor Government to implement a stronger climate policy than the current goals to achieve net-zero.  

Our Claire Fyson writes about the importance of G7 commitment to accelerate decarbonisation and make an energy transition. With current government climate targets heading 2.4 degrees of warming, it is imperative that the G7 countries revise and strengthen their 2030 targets at the upcoming Elmau meeting.  

In this piece from the Guardian, our CEO Bill Hare and a recent CA report are referenced with regards to Australia's election and greenhouse gas emissions.  

In this Guardian piece on the attribution of the extreme Indian heatwave to human-caused climate change, our regional climate scientist Dr. Fahad Saeed is quoted on the dangers of exceeding 1.5 C warming.  

As one of the world's largest exporters of coal and gas, Australia is responsible for 5% of global emissions. The Australian public can shift Australia's position as the fifth-largest emitter with a vote for real change in climate policy.  

Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change, yet one of the worst in terms of adaptability. Fahad Saeed suggests a multi-pronged approach as a solution to this "double whammy" in this piece from The New Humanitarian  

Known as the "lucky country" partly due to its wealth of coal and gas, Australia sits on the frontier of a climate crisis. This CNN piece features our analysis of political party climate targets as it outlines the urgency of Saturday's election for climate action.  

This piece from ABC uses our analysis to summarise the adequacy of climate goals of the Coalition, Labor, and Green parties.  

Climate policy is high on the list of issues for Australian voters. Despite pressure from the public and our analysis of the targets of both major parties falling short, voters will head to the polls without answers on the climate and energy crisis.  

Our analysis of political parties' climate goals is used to elaborate on actions that must be taken by the government to save the Great Barrier Reef. Current reduction targets. Policies offered by the two major parties will be devastating for the reef.  

Woodside's $12 billion liquified natural gas development could lead to 1.37 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere in its lifetime. Among other consequences, the acidic pollution from the facility will damage irreplaceable rock art.  

Our South Asia and Middle East regional lead, Fahad Saeed, discusses the danger of wet-bulb temperature threshold, and how this heatwave in India and Pakistan compared to the 2015 heatwave.  

The Guardian describes the results of a report that reveals a sixth mass bleaching event of the Great Barrier Reef since 1998. Our analysis of political party climate goals is used to encourage immediate emissions reductions.  

The global climate crisis is local and personal in impact. The heatwave in India and Pakistan brings a discussion about the threshold humans can withstand wet bulb temperatures. Fahad Saeed speaks with Inside Climate News about the threshold.  

From our analysis of major political parties' climate goals, the Coalition and Labor parties' policies would lead to warming that would destroy the Great Barrier Reef and all other tropical reefs.  

Crikey refers to our analysis of the Morrison government's plan for climate action, which could lead to 3 degrees or more of warming, along with the plans from the other major parties before the Australian elections.  

Featuring in The Guardian, CEO Bill Hare elaborates on our analysis of the 2030 climate goals of Australian parties and independents.  

Our CEO Bill Hare features in The Guardian on the upcoming Australian elections and on how, despite being a top issue for Australians, climate action has been completely sidelined in favour of the total sham to expand gas and coal.  

Regional lead for South Asia and the Middle East, Fahad Saeed, describes remedies in response to the heatwave in South Asia. A few suggestions include the proper provision of water and power, adding renewables to power generation, and cooling centres in public facilities.  

As a member of the United Nation's High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of non-State Entities, CEO Bill Hare speaks with ABC in Australia about what the expert group is doing to encourage companies to meet their net-zero goals.  

Farmlands in Nepal have shrunk 2.1 per cent in the period from 2000 through 2019, due largely to migration and shortage of labour. About 10 per cent of this agricultural land has been converted into forest cover, leading to a 1.9 per cent increase in the same time period.  

Both parties of the Australian government have shown little commitment to Paris climate goals. The Climate Action Tracker is featured in this piece, and shows the country's current policies on climate to be well above the target 1.5 degree threshold. The reasons behind this, and possible solutions, are laid out.  

In 2019, Singapore imposed a moratorium on data centres construction because of their contribution to global carbon emissions. The justification for green policies, and an evaluation of Singapore's progress, is outlined by our climate and energy policy analyst, Anna Chapman.  

The Elephant Hill fire in British Columbia, Canada emitted 38 million tons of greenhouse gas that went unreported by the Canadian government. Clair Fyson, co-head of our climate policy team talks about the challenge of accountability for land-based emissions in this fascinating piece about the disparity between emissions that are reported to the UN and independent documented data.  

CEO Bill Hare reacts to the commitment of the Labor government in Australia toward new fossil fuel projects to fill increasing international demand. These new projects will receive massive funding despite recent east coast floods linked to climate change.  

This piece from the Guardian carries our article researching the effects of sea surface temperature on extreme hurricane seasons in the Atlantic.  

With wind and solar energy costs falling and energy imports getting more expensive, Africa can use its abundance of renewable resources to leapfrog fossil fuels altogether. South Africa has the ability to increase the renewables share of power generation to 78-90 percent by 2030.  

CEO Bill Hare points out the backward nature of the Scarborough project in Western Australia. The project will emit millions of tonnes of carbon even though Woodside had committed to net zero emissions by 2050 and a reduction of 30 percent by 2030.  

The IPCC WG III report is clear, greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. To accomplish this, much more drastic action must be taken than world leaders have been willing to take. CEO Bill Hare mentions that limiting warming is possible, but only with deep emissions cuts in all economic sectors around the world.  

This Guardian piece by our CEO, Bill Hare, discusses the Australian Treasurer's 2022 budget, which sees the nation sleepwalking into more climate disasters by failing to address the root causes and continuing to fund a reliance on fossil fuels.  

This piece by our Head of Climate Policy Analysis, Deborah Ramalope, lays out the advantages for Africa in making the transition from fossil fuels to wind and solar energy. An increase in funding for the least developed countries on the continent must happen to take advantage of the renewable energy opportunity.  

Even though Bangladesh's existing gas-fired power plants operate at only 40% capacity, the country still plans on expanding use of the fossil fuel. This follows a global trend as gas plant expansion in Europe and the US continues despite emissions reduction pledges. Natural gas will be the largest source of C02 growth over the next decade.  

Although Russia claims that its plans to reduce national net emissions by 80% between 1990 and 2050 cannot be achieved with current sanctions, there is substantial evidence that Russia's already insufficient climate ambition may not be affected by sanctions at all. Ryan Wilson gives the forestry industry as an example when speaking with Climate Home News.  

Our Unit Lead on Policy Analysis, Ryan Wilson, is interviewed in this ESI Africa piece on the latest CAT report: "Decarbonising buildings: achieving zero carbon heating and cooling", and how progress can be made given the current geopolitical situation.  

Our Head of LDC Support Team, Manjeet Dhakal, is interviewed in this piece from The Khatmandu Post on the latest IPCC WGII report and its implications for climate funding and governance in Nepal.  

The energy crisis spurred by the war in Ukraine has governments evaluating how homes, factories, and cars are powered. Manjeet Dhakal says Nepal should learn from this crisis based on its own energy history in times of crisis.  

Droughts, flooding, and erratic rainfall continue to impact agriculture in Nepal, threatening food security. Manjeet Dhakal speaks with The Kathmandu Post about some striking numbers regarding flooding and droughts.  

CA Senior Legal Advisor and AOSIS Support Team Lead, Rueanna Haynes, is interviewed in this piece from Jamaica Gleaner, on the slow pace of climate policy implementation in the Caribbean.  

In this piece, our Head of LDC Support Team based in Katmandu, Manjeet Dhakal, is interviewed on the latest IPCC WGII report, and the urgency of taking action to reduce the risks for LDCs, such as Nepal.  

Adelle Thomas spoke on the Yahoo News "Climate Crisis Podcast" to discuss the momentum that can be gained by SIDS and LDCs to obtain more financing from developed countries.  

Our Regional Lead for Caribbean Science, Adelle Thomas, is one of the featured authors of the IPCC Working Group II report in this New York Times piece. Adelle lays out the importance of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees for the habitation of small island nations.  

Tabea Lissner speaks with CNN regarding the key takeaways for the IPCC Working Group II's report. The main focus of the report is on the importance of water for human society and well-being. Urgent, equitable action must be taken by world leaders to reduce emissions while investing in adaptation measures.  

Wired speaks with Adelle Thomas about the new IPCC report. A special focus is put on the ability of urban areas to limit the threats of climate change and the impact it has on those most vulnerable.  

The damages and risks outlined by the IPCC report are summarised in this Reuters piece. Adelle Thomas comments on the financial shortcomings.  

Adelle Thomas talks to Scientific American about the simultaneous need to reduce emissions, adapt to reduce risks, and address losses and damages in a short amount of time.  

TIME speaks with Adelle Thomas about how the most vulnerable people to climate change include those in low-lying coastal regions, residents of small islands, and smallholder farmers around the world. These groups are being pushed beyond their limits to adapt to the changing climate  

This piece from Grid News details how the increase of price in natural gas, along with political hesitancy, caused a spike in coal-fired electricity demand for some of the world's largest energy consumers. Political challenges remain a stumbling block to phase out the fossil fuel in the United States, China, and India.  

In this piece by Eco Business, our CEO Bill Hare is interviewed on Singapore's carbon tax, which will be progressively increased to reach $50 to $80 per tonne of emissions by mid-century.  

In this German language piece, our Head of Adaptation and Vulnerability, Dr. Tabea Lissner is interviewed on the importance of adaptation and climate financing for current and predicted climate change.  

This podcast by Freemantle Shipping News interviews our CEO, Bill Hare, on a variety of topics including his own fascinating journey and career, the history of Climate Analytics, and climate science.  

Climate Home News talks to our Head of LDC Support Team, Manjeet Dhakal, who is based in Nepal, about the importance of power transmission lines and road maintenance are for energy and adaptation needs there. Both improvements are in jeopardy as the MCC's grant to supply these faces possible cancellation.  

In this piece, WAtoday interviews Bill Hare on the impact of emissions on severe weather in different regions of western Australia. He discusses how a new generation of models would give a clearer picture on the impact of climate change on extreme weather events.  

Our CA experts comment on "annual reserves statements" from oil and gas company Santos. Used as a means to measure C02 emissions storage, this amount and other forms of carbon offset used by energy companies are evaluated.  

This piece from NBC News interviews our Senior Legal Advisor, Rueanna Haynes on the Build Back Better bill and its lack of funding to address the racial divide in existing climate impacts.  

Bill Hare shares his thoughts on US Democratic Senator Joe Manchin's unique position to block or endorse the Build Back Better program, and what this means for climate change mitigation.  

Bill Hare is interviewed on the WA Kimberley fracking proposal in this piece from ABC news, which also references the Climate Analytics report "Western Australia's Gas Gamble".  

This piece from Annapurna Express interviews our Head of LDL Support Team, Manjeet Dhakal. Current budgetary allocations are not sufficient to achieve net-zero by 2045, which the government aims to do by increasing the use of renewable energy.  

This AFP piece covers our latest publication, which finds that the emissions of just five economies, China, the US, the EU, India and Russia, over the period 1991-2030 will double the number of countries experiencing extreme hot years every second year by 2030.  

Forbes covers our latest publication "Responsibility of major emitters for country-level warming and extreme hot years".  

Edie News covers our latest publication. The emissions of five major economies over a 40-year period look set to double the number of nations that will experience "extreme hot years".  

This Deutsche Welle piece references our recent report "Why Gas is the New Coal." Governments and fossil fuel companies have long peddled the idea that natural gas is the "bridge" to a clean energy future. But can gas actually be green?  

This article from Nepal24Hours references the Head of LDC support team at Climate Analytics, Manjeet Dhakal, and his recommendations on mechanisms for bringing local and provincial governments in line with NDCs.  

“Few governments have really done anything to substantially move the dial.” - Claire Fyson, co-head of the climate policy team at Climate Analytics  

“Few governments have really done anything to substantially move the dial.” - Claire Fyson, co-head of the climate policy team at Climate Analytics  

This article references our climate policy analysis Team Leader, Deborah Ramalope. South Africa is proposing to deepen its emissions cuts by almost a third in 2030, according to a draft climate plan published last week.  

Dr. Adelle Thomas and Olivia Serdeczny are both interviewed for this feature piece in BBC Futures on Loss and Damage costs.  

Bill Hare explains why transparency and peer pressure is key to getting countries to improve their targets.  

Manjeet Dhakal is interview after COP26 about the Glasgow Climate Pact and how Least Developed Countries see the final decision.  

The Guardian covers our latest report that quantifies the real emissions impacts from Woodside's Scarborough to Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off Western Australia’s north-west coast.  

Gaurav Ganti speaks to Deutsche Welle about future of coal-fired power.  

Deborah Ramalope comments on the incoming German coalition government's proposed climate policies.  

Bill Hare comments on how climate science, specifically IPCC reports, are being recognised in climate litigation cases and law.  

Der Tagesspiegel profiles our CEO Bill Hare.  

Bill Hare comments on China's proposed lending facility to support the use of clean coal.  

Bill Hare speaks to the Guardian about bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, saying it is likely to work, but hasn't yet been proven at scale.  

Bill Hare contributes to Climate Home's profile of Barbados PM, Mia Mottley.  

Bill Hare pours cold water on the idea that Australia's climate targets are aligned with the Paris Agreement.  

Rueanna Haynes comments on the direction of travel for COPs as governments shift to implementing the Paris Agreement.  

Deborah Ramalope points to the large emissions gap that still remains in 2030, which needs to be closed with action from all countries, especially the major emitters.  

Matt Gidden and Bill Hare comment on the latest update from the Climate Action Tracker  

Bill Hare comments on India's last minute changes to the language on coal in the Glasgow Climate Pact.  

Bill Hare comments on the outcome of COP26 in Glasgow.  

Bill Hare comments on the role Australia has been playing during the COP26 negotiations.  

Bill Hare speaks to Leigh Sales on the 7.30 programme about the latest from COP26 and how Australia's lack of climate ambition could come back to bite its economy.  

Bill Hare joins Radio National breakfast to discuss what the Global Stocktake is, and why it is being talked about at COP26.  

The latest update from the Climate Action Tracker is covered by Agence France-Presse.  

The latest update from the Climate Action Tracker is covered by CNN.  

Nandini Das speaks to The Independent about whether India's climate targets are enough to prevent dangerous climate change.  

Bill Hare and Niklas Höhne coauthor this comment piece in The Guardian on the new temperature assessment published by the Climate Action Tracker during COP26.  

The independent covers the Climate Action Tracker's latest release.  

Our analysis of the IEA's 1.8°C pathway released during COP26 showed that it was incompatible with the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Agreement due to the large emissions gap in 2030.  

Bill Hare comments on the progression of CCS technologies, noting that they are still relatively nascent and not yet cost effective.  

Our new report "Gas is the new coal" is mentioned in the New Scientists overview of the last day of the first week of COP26.  

The Australian Government issues a statement that it will not phase out fossil fuels as it won't "wipe out industries" on the same day we release new analysis showing that there is no economic prospects for gas in a low carbon energy system - renewables will outcompete on both economic and environmental indicators.  

Bill Hare joins the ABC Radio National's breakfast programme to talk about one of the stickier unfinished sections of the Paris rulebook, which negotiators hope to finalise in Glasgow at COP26.  

After "energy day" at COP26 RenewEconomy reflects on the coal commitments made by some, but notably not Australia, and where gas fits in, citing our new "Gas is the new coal report".  

The Guardian covers the key findings of our latest report "Gas is the new coal"  

Matt Gidden comments on his new paper in Science, showing that current country pledges are not enough to limit warming to 1.5°C.  

The Climate Action Tracker analyses New Zealand's emissions reduction target.  

Bill Hare points to the flaws in the emissions accounting methods of the Australian Government  

Bill Hare comments on global progress on climate since the Paris Agreement  

The Climate Action Tracker's new temperature estimate is covered by Sky News.  

Claire Fyson comments on the outcomes of the G20 summit in the lead up to COP26 in Glasgow.  

Bill Hare comments on the Australian government's new net zero by 2050 emissions plan.  

Bill Hare, our CEO, comments on the Australian government's new net zero plan, saying it's not really a plan at all.  

Bill Hare, our CEO, comments on the Australian government's new net zero plan, saying it's not really a plan at all.  

Claire Fyson comments in WIRED on her paper on the land use sector and its contribution to Paris climate targets.  

Ryan Wilson, policy analyst, comments on Switzerland's climate targets and why it needs to go further to decarbonise in the next decade.  

Bill Hare comments on the Australian Government's new Net Zero Plan.  

Bill Hare speaks to the importance of COP26 in Glasgow and what it must deliver, six years on from Paris.  

Bill Hare comments on the 2021 State of Climate Action report.  

Bill Hare warns that the Morrison Government are not good faith actors on climate, as COP26 approaches.  

The Closing the Gap report is cited by S&P Global Market Intelligence in its pre-COP26 coverage.  

Bill Hare points to the holes in Australia's new net zero goal and roadmap.  

The new Emissions Gap report is analysed in this Carbon Brief report, reflecting similar figures put together in the Climate Action Tracker.  

Bill Hare comments on Australia's emissions, citing our latest report on Australian climate action, which found that Australia would likely already achieve a 35% reduction with action at state level on renewable energy, land use and electric vehicles.  

Bill Hare comments on Australia's plan to get to net zero by 2050, saying "it doesn't stack up".  

Analysis of country action of climate change features in this Guardian article comparing Australia to other nations.  

Bill Hare comments on Australia's proposed new net zero target.  

New interview with our CEO, Bill Hare, features in Science Magazine, and covers the key issues for COP26 in Glasgow.  

The Guardian cites our latest report on Australia's emissions as the government debates a net zero target  

The Guardian cites our latest report on Australia's emissions as the government shifts away from committing to increased ambition for its 2030 targets.  

Our report on Australia's emissions reductions target referenced by the Guardian.  

Our paper with University of Oxford, New Climate Institute on net zero targets is referenced by The Economic Times.  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics said that the Climate Action Tracker, which conducts independent scientific analysis of national commitments, has rated the U.S. pledge as “insufficient” because it’s dependent on policies that don’t yet exist.  

Our CEO Bill Hare, lays out our new analysis that show the majority of Australia's emissions reductions are coming from policies enacted by its states, rather than action take by the federal government.  

Bill Hare, the chief executive of Climate Analytics, comments on Australia's climate action and how there have been no policies put in place by the federal government that reduce emissions in any sector.  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics is quoted again commenting on Australia's federal government climate action plan: they have set no policies that will reduce emissions in any sector and continue to support fossil fuel, recently approving four new coal mines “Instead, we see continued support for fossil fuels – it recently approved four new coal mines and is subsidising new gas developments.”  

Kim Coetzee, climate policy analyst at CA comments on the G20 governments and their need to come to the table with more ambitious national emission reductions targets.  

Claire Fyson, team leader for mitigation pathway analysis at CA explained how developed countries should rapidly step up their climate finance, as well as stating that current emissions-cutting pledges and net-zero commitments put the world on a trajectory to 2.4C of warming by the end of the century.  

Claire Fyson comments how major emitters should strengthen their targets as soon as possible before the COP as well as setting up their climate finance budgets. She mentions how this is terrifying considering the impacts we have already experienced at 1.1C.  

Marina Andrijevic, research analyst at CA is cited in this article which features a vast network of female activists who are fighting to protect natural resources in a bit to also protect their own rights. Marina discusses climate climate change has a direct impact on women, "not because there is something inherently more vulnerable about women, but because of entrenched social structures that put them at a disadvantage in the face of disasters”.  

Matthew Gidden, team lead for mitigation pathways at CA comments on how coal-fired power plants need to be eliminated in two decades as they account for approximately 40 percent of the total electricity today.  

The Climate Action Tracker is referenced in this article portraying how 131 countries re discussing, announcing or implementing net-zero targets. The report mentions that if targets are fully implemented, these would cut 72 percent of global emissions.  

Bill Hare, CEO at Climate Analytics, comments on how emission pledges put a lot of pressure on the Morrison government which has not introduced policies to significantly reduce emissions from electricity, industry or transport.  

Climate Analytics' briefing about coal phase out in Germany is referenced in the article published by Zeit. Close to the Bundestag elections, it discusses which party can make Germany's climate neutral.  

CEO Bill Hare comments on how the Australian federal government could exceed climate targets by raising the volume of renewable energy entering the power sector.  

Andrzej Ancygier, senior energy and climate policy analyst at CA comments on the set targets by German CDU/CSU and SPD and how they might not be enough to reach the 1.5 temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.  

Fahad Saeed, regional lead for South Asia and the Middle East at Climate Analytics comments on the international and financial support Afghanistan needs in order to address its climate challenges.  

Climate Analytics' analysis of IPCC 1.5 degree scenarios reiterated by the UN Secretary General in March 2021 shows that OECD nations should end coal use entirely by 2030 and all coal-fired power stations must be shut by 2040 at the latest. Nevertheless, TBS News article mentions that global coal generation was only 0.8% lower in 2020 than in 2015, far away from the 2040 objective.  

New analysis from the Climate Action Tracker rates Canada to be on track for a likely temperature increase of between two and three degrees Celsius during this century.  

Climate Analytics CEO, Bill Hare comments on Australia federal government statement about "preferably" wanting to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and its lagging emission reduction targets.  

Following the IPCC report's warning that the world will get hotter, and seas will rise for centuries, Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare comments on the lack of our societies' preparedness for unavoidable climate impacts.  

The new IPPC report warns that societies will need to adapt and prepare for higher sea levels. Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare, comments that adaptation and resilience investments are generally underfunded limiting the capacity of societies to prepare for the future.  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, warns that a dramatic shift in approach is required to respond and adapt to climate change and extreme weather.  

Carley Reynolds, climate and energy analyst at CA, comments on Ethiopia's new proposed NDC, highlighting the challenge to keep Ethiopia's power system clean and avoid investing in fossil fuels as electricity access increases.  

Climate Analytics' latest report on job opportunities from a coal-to-renewables transition in South Korea is covered by EcoBusiness.  

Climate Analytics' data on coal exports is cited in this article on the lack of climate action in Australia and the potential endangerment of the Great Barrier Reef.  

Analysis from our Climate Impact Explorer and Climate Action Tracker features in this special climate issue in The Economist.  

Dr. Carl-Friedrich Schleussner comments on the heavy rain incidents experienced the past week in Germany, and how new research shows that disaster and climate protection must change.  

CEO, Bill Hare warns that "sooner or later" the lack of action on climate change and issues with the Great Barrier Reef will come back to haunt the Morrison Government.  

Dr Fahad Saeed, warns the BBC about record-breaking heatwaves in Japan due to climate change.  

Dr Fahad Saeed, regional lead scientists comments on the dangerous heat levels in Saudi Arabia, threatening and compromising the sacred rite.  

Anadolu Agency coverage of our webinar, taking place as part of Asia Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2021.  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, highlights the economic and environmental limitations of CCUS technologies and emphasises that focus in Southeast Asia should instead be on switching from coal to renewables.  

Our CEO Bill Hare comments on China's action on climate change.  

Climate Analytic's coal phase out work is cited in Scientific American's article.  

Claire Fyson comments on G7 climate action on the back of our new analysis published ahead of the summit.  

Our CEO Bill Hare writes about the Australian Prime Minister's difficulties in the international arena due to his lack of action on climate change.  

Our CEO Bill Hare responds to new announcements for taxpayer-funded fossil fuel projects in Australia on the same day the IEA announces the world must stop new investment in fossil fuel infrastructure.  

Bill Hare speaks to ABC news about the implications of gas investment in Australia.  

A new Climate Analytics report on the health co-benefits of an accelerated coal phase out for South Korea is referenced in the FT.  

“Increased energy security, access for all, avoided air pollution damages and reduced water use, land contamination and environmental degradation,” Dr Fahad Saeed lists the benefits of a shift to renewables for Pakistan.  

Our CEO Bill Hare responds to Australia's new budget that has prioritised funding for fossil fuels over clean energy investment opportunities.  

A deep dive into a Climate Analytics report on the health co-benefits of an accelerated coal phase out for South Korea.  

“The goal is far from where it should be. The target should be doubled to 55% to be in line with the Paris Climate Agreement" - Bill Hare comments on Australia's climate policy.  

Targets set since September could limit global temperature rise to 2.4C, if followed by the right policies, but they are not enough to meet Paris Agreement goals - latest analysis from the Climate Action Tracker.  

Rise is a 0.2C improvement on previous forecast but still substantially above goal of Paris climate agreement - latest analysis from the Climate Action Tracker.  

Bill Hare comments on the new US climate target and whether it is sufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C.  

ABC radio interviews our CEO Bill Hare on Australia's climate targets and the economic implications of being left behind in a world where countries are increasing their action to reduce emissions.  

Climate Action Trackers analysis shows new emissions reductions pledges announced at the US climate summit could reduced the gap in meeting the 1.5 goal by 12 to 14 percent - a major reduction, but still not enough.  

“There’s a long way to go, but I’m more optimistic than I was a few months ago,” our CEO Bill Hare comments on the announcement of new US climate targets.  

Bill Hare comments on the need for China to go hard and fast on emissions reductions to achieve the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement  

Australia already has the third-highest per capita emissions of any country and is “set to fall further and further behind”, comments Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

Dr Fahad Saeed is interviewed on the BBC World Service's Newsday programme looking at dangerous heat events in South Asia - begins at 18m22s.  

Fatal heatwaves could affect hundreds of millions of people as global temperatures rise, a new study estimates. Heat stress events are considered potentially deadly when 'wet bulb' temperatures exceed 35C for three or more days. In this new research, the team found that, with an increase of 2C, there could be 774 million exposures to potentially unsurvivable heat by 2050. At 1.5C, that number would be nearly half, at 423 million.  

The United States needs to cut emissions by almost two-thirds in the next nine years to reach net zero by mid-century, according to new analysis from the Climate Action Tracker. “It would be a major boost to international climate cooperation. Having the US taking such strong action would reverberate across the world, and result in other countries also stepping up to adopt the kind of targets they need to make global net zero a reality,” said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

The world’s climate pledges so far are only enough to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to less than 1% below 2010 levels by 2030, according to the UNFCCC. Instead of limiting the world to only 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming since pre-industrial times — the more stringent of two Paris accord goals — the data shows that world “is headed to close to 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) and a global catastrophe if this is not curtailed quickly,” said Bill Hare, director of Climate Analytics.  

Many large countries, including the US, the EU, and Australia's key coal and gas markets China, Japan, South Korea, are looking at deeper emission reductions. But Australia appears to be going backwards. Now another issue has arisen from its inaction: border taxes - Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare commentary in The Guardian.  

The announcement this week by energy minister Angus Taylor that he’s putting together a major package to prop up oil refineries to preserve dirty fuel supplies to one of the dirtiest car fleets on the planet simply beggars belief. It doesn’t have to be like this. Commentary by Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

A new study lead by Climate Analytics researchers, published in Nature Communications, shows that empowering women through improved healthcare, education, and representation in government could help societies adapt more quickly and easily to the impacts of a changing climate.  

A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting "within reach." The Climate Action Tracker group looked at new climate promises from China and other nations, along with the carbon plans of US President-elect Joe Biden. These commitments would mean the rise in world temperatures could be held to 2.1C by the end of this century. Previous estimates indicated up to 3C of heating, with disastrous impacts.  

Pledges to cut emissions made by Joe Biden, the US president-elect, and China have helped put the world “within striking distance” of meeting the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, a report says. If governments fulfil all their promises to become carbon neutral within 30 or 40 years, the global temperature increase could be limited to 2.1C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, according to the assessment by two not-for-profit research groups.  

The G20 will miss the 1.5°C warming target set out in the Paris Agreement, according to the Climate Transparency report published on Wednesday (18 November). “The implementation of current targets will lead to a 2.7°C temperature rise by the end of the century. There is a substantial gap. The question is how do we close that gap and how do we move towards 1.5°C,” said Deborah Ramalope, team leader for policy analysis at Climate Analytics.  

Australia's climate policies have been put under the spotlight ahead of a G20 virtual summit, with the nation urged to boost its plan to address environmental impacts. "The Australian government has few policies to address these issues, and its international reputation is at stake" - Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

Australia is one of only two countries in the G20 not implementing or planning any sort of carbon price scheme, one of only four without a national policy to increase renewable energy and ranks last in cutting greenhouse gas emissions from transport, a new global report has found. “When measured up against other G20 nations, the Australian government’s record is simply embarrassing” - Ursula Fuentes-Hutfilter, a senior policy adviser with Climate Analytics, which contributed to the report.  

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to begin the process of rejoining the Paris agreement with the stroke of a pen. As important as this will be, a more significant demonstration of Biden’s determination to rejoin the international fight against climate change will come in the form of the target the United States then puts on the table as its contribution toward meeting the goals of the agreement - op-ed by Australia's former PM Kevin Rudd and CEO of Climate Analytics Bill Hare.  

The U.S.-China relationship is at its lowest point in a half century, but there are also converging interests on global warming. How effectively the two biggest economies - and sources of the climate problem - can pivot their economies away from fossil fuels is crucial to stemming global warming. An analysis by two research organizations, the Asia Society Policy Institute and Climate Analytics, to be issued next week but reviewed by The New York Times, concludes that China would have to peak its carbon emissions by 2025, five years earlier than the country has promised, and phase out coal by 2040 in order to keep global temperatures close to the upper limits laid out in the Paris Agreement.  

Australia could become a carbon neutral economy by 2050 thanks to an abundance of cheap solar and wind energy but will need a more ambitious 2030 climate target to get there, according to a report from international climate policy experts (Climate Action Tracker). “So many of the policies that have proven to be effective in similar places are not in place in Australia, but if they were it could escalate the transition. It is hard to find a country where the policy gap is so large” - lead author of the report Ursula Fuentes Hutfilter, Climate Analytics.  

New analysis published by the Climate Action Tracker initiative has detailed how Australia could take action on climate change consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, in a way that would leave it economically stronger, and with gas not needed as a transition fuel. “We show how this is feasible. But it needs real climate policy across all sectors of the economy. An important first step to achieving this is a planned and managed phase out of coal from power generation by 2030” - Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

The $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund will be debated in the House of Representatives on Wednesday amid a debate over the future of fossil fuels.Labor and environmental groups have argued the laws are flawed as funding could flow through to gas and coal projects. The Climate Action Tracker report by international climate science and policy institute Climate Analytics says that coal-fired power can be phased out by 2030 in a planned and regulated process to enable a just transition - using renewables and advanced storage - without gas.  

The election of Joe Biden to the White House is likely to see Australia increasingly isolated as the world heads to net zero emissions, with quite fundamental implications for our economy. Australia needs a forward-looking strategy aimed at taking advantage of its massive natural advantages in renewable energy and the resources essential for the low and zero carbon transition, and one that provides for a just transition for the communities and workforces affected by the rapid reduction in the markets that they have hitherto dependent upon. There is no time to be lost dithering, denying and obfuscating - op-ed by Climate Analytics CEO, Bill Hare.  

What happens on US election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say. According to the Climate Action Tracker, Biden's climate plan could reduce global temperature increase by about 0.1°C.  

We’re spending 15% of global GDP on one crisis. What would happen if we treated the climate crisis the same way? “One of the messages of this is that tackling climate change is not that expensive, which is contrary to the narrative that we often hear—that this is a crazy, expensive mess” - Marina Andrijevic, first author of a new study published in Science.  

The world could get on track to avert catastrophic climate change by investing a tenth of a planned $12 trillion in pandemic recovery packages in reducing dependence on fossil fuels, according to a study published on Thursday. The world could start to bring the Paris Agreement 1.5°C temperature target within reach if governments used 10% of the planned stimulus to back climate-friendly projects such as renewable energy or energy efficiency every year for the next five years, according to the paper, published in the journal Science.  

A South Korean majority state-owned utility has approved investment in a coal power station project in Vietnam, undermining the government’s “green new deal” rhetoric. Climate Analytics chief executive Bill Hare said: “Vietnam is in the process of gradually moving away from coal and learning how it can take advantage of its renewable resources. The Korean government should not be discouraging that. It should be helping to accelerate that.”  

If a Biden-promised U.S. net-zero pledge comes on top of new EU and China commitments, "there's real hope" climate goals can be met, experts say  

With the Trudeau government just hours away from tabling its long-awaited Speech from the Throne, the international Climate Action Tracker is branding the country’s carbon reduction efforts “insufficient” and consistent with a 3.0°C world, with “little support” for green recovery measures to date.  

President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 is the most significant climate policy move for years and, if achieved, could curb likely global warming by 0.2-0.3 Celsius this century, researchers said.  

China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 has been hailed as the most important milestone in global climate policy in the last five years. If China achieves its goal by 2060, it could lower global warming projections by 0.2 to 0.3C, the single biggest reduction measured since countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, according to Climate Action Tracker (CAT).  

The COVID-19 pandemic could have been the decisive moment in the fight against climate change -- an opportunity for leaders to bail out the environment and pivot the planet toward a greener future. Instead, CNN has found that some of the biggest fossil fuel-producing countries are injecting taxpayer money into propping up polluting industries. And exclusive new data shows these decisions are taking the world a step closer to a climate catastrophe. This extensive CNN interactive feature is based on data from the Climate Action Tracker and features insights from Climate Analytics' CEO Bill Hare.  

In a new report, international climate change experts argue that South Korea will have to more than double its current emissions reduction target if it’s to shoulder its fair share of reductions while keeping its commitments under the Paris Agreement. “The important thing is for the Korean government to strengthen its 2030 emissions target to bring it in line with the Paris Agreement. Key to that is accelerating the supply of renewable energy as quickly as possible so that coal plants can be shut down within 10 years,” said Ursula Fuentes, a senior climate policy adviser at Climate Analytics.  

A decade on from its creation, how successful is the Green Climate Fund in translating finance from rich countries into climate action for the most vulnerable? An article by Director of our New York office and Head of Implementation Strategies Laetitia De Marez in UNA-UK's report Climate2020.  

South Korea is on track to set a 2050 carbon neutrality goal and end coal financing after its elections. Ursula Fuentes Hutfilter from Climate Analytics said “This is a clear mandate and opportunity for the party to implement these policies,” adding that for the Democratic Party to turn its promises into something credible it needed to take “concrete steps”, including updating its 2030 emissions target and developing a clear roadmap to phase out coal power.  

International Women’s Day on March 8 is a chance to start solving a deep inequality: women are more vulnerable to climate change than men - commentary from Dr Adelle Thomas, senior research associate at Climate Analytics and director of the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre, at the University of the Bahamas.  

Emissions: new synthesis shows what a wasted decade means for the climate pact made in Paris - commentary from a group of international scientists including Climate Analytics' Science Director Michiel Schaeffer.  

South Korea should phase out coal power by 2029 and stop funding coal projects in other Asian nations to limit greenhouse gas emissions as part of the Paris climate agreement, a research group said on Thursday.  

Amid the worldwide sympathy for Australia during the horrendous bushfire season there has been surprise at the government’s response. The bushfires chapter adds to growing international disillusionment with Australia’s role in climate policy negotiations. Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare and Dean Bialek from Mission 2020 discuss Australia's record on climate action on ABC Radio National  

Australia's catastrophic brush fire season comes as the country continues to insist on a climate loophole that critics say would undermine the Paris Agreement's objective of keeping global warming to relatively safe levels. Coverage of our report on Australia's intent to use 40 year old Kyoto Protocol credits to meet its already insufficient 2030 emission reduction targets.  

Australia’s plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its commitment under the Paris climate agreement has no legal basis and suggests it has reneged on a pledge to make deeper emissions cuts once a global deal was reached, a new report says. An analysis by Climate Analytics, a Berlin-based science and policy institute, found there were no grounds for Australia to claim credit towards its Paris emissions target for having beaten targets under its predecessor, the Kyoto protocol.  

Bill Hare, director of Climate Analytics and a coordinator of the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), speaks to the Democracy Now! television programme live from inside the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. He discusses the Australian wildfires, government inaction on climate change, disappointment at COP25, and the findings from the latest CAT annual update on global climate action, which shows the world is on track to warm by 2.8°C by the end of the century.  

Australia's Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister, Angus Taylor, arrives in Madrid later today (9 December) for the annual United Nations climate talks. The Government confirmed over the weekend that it would meet its 2030 Paris climate targets – but only by using a controversial accounting loophole and carry-over credits from the old Kyoto Protocol, which expires next year. Bill Hare discusses this accounting trick and the state of negotiations at the UN climate summit with ABC News.  

Australia needs to stop burning coal by 2030 if it wants to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, a new report warns. Non-profit climate science and policy institute Climate Analytics says the government needs a national plan to phase out remaining coal-fired plants - and must take them offline faster than already planned.  

Seven environmental groups with a membership of more than one million Australians are calling for a radical overhaul of the country’s electricity network saying coal-fired power needs to be replaced within 11 years.It comes as Climate Analytics, a non-profit climate science and policy institute, releases a report today that suggests Australia needs to phase out coal-fired power by 2030 in order to “do its bit”.  

“We can clearly see that there’s a massive sea level rise contribution coming from emissions over such a short time frame, just over the Paris period,” says Alexander Nauels, the lead author of the report and a sea level rise expert at Climate Analytics. “But this is risk we can reduce, by all means, if we can, and it seems like we can.”  

Just as an oil tanker steaming ahead at full speed cannot stop immediately, so the dramatic rise in sea levels will continue even if the world manages to slash greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030, experts warned in a study published Monday. Emissions between 2015, when the Paris climate change accord was thrashed out, and 2030 would be enough to raise levels by eight centimeters (3.1 inches) by 2100, according to research by experts based in Germany.  

Queensland's current carbon emissions would "virtually guarantee the extinction of most of the Great Barrier Reef" within 12 years if replicated worldwide, according to a new report. The report by Climate Analytics recommends Queensland stop burning coal for power by 2030 to play its part in keeping global heating to 1.5 Celsius under the UN's Paris Agreement targets, agreed to by Australia in 2016.  

The nation’s capacity to access more climate finance has been boosted with the formal launch of Jamaica’s first Country Programme for engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The Country Programme, which was prepared with financing from the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, with support from Climate Analytics Inc., a non-profit climate science and policy institute, will provide strategic guidance on the key project proposals that are considered quick wins for climate investment over the next two years.  

A wave of planned fossil fuel developments by major companies across northern Australia would significantly increase the amount of coal and gas the country plans to sell into Asia and push the Paris climate agreement goals further beyond reach, a Guardian analysis reveals. If the proposals go ahead, the science and policy institute Climate Analytics estimates that by 2030 Australia, with 0.3% of the global population, will be linked to about 13% of the greenhouse gases that can be emitted if the world is to meet the goals set in Paris.  

United in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise. A separate report to be released on Monday has found emissions from coal power would need to peak next year and fall to zero by 2040 if the world is to meet the Paris goals.  

The world’s coal emissions must peak in 2020 to keep the rate of climate change in check. That’s the warning offered in a new report published by Climate Analytics, which says it is up to governments to ensure this is the case and stresses the polluting fossil fuel must be cut from global electricity generation entirely by 2040 in order to avoid breaking international obligations such as the Paris Agreement.  

Countries in the northern hemisphere can expect longer summer heatwaves, as well as more consecutive days of heavy rain with harmful consequences, if internationally agreed goals to limit global warming are exceeded, scientists warned on Monday.  

Summer extremes of heat and rain are likely to last longer in Europe, North America and Asia if the world warms by more than 2°C, with serious effects for agriculture and human health. Climate change is expected to bring more frequent and intense extreme weather events. But how persistent those episodes will be, such as the European summer heatwave in 2018, is not so well understood.  

The desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the Northern Territory, is not the most obvious place to build and transmit Singapore’s future electricity supply. Though few in the southern states are yet to take notice, a group of Australian developers are betting that will change.  

A new report from research firm Climate Analytics shows that current policy settings have Australia on a path to become the world’s largest dealer of fossil fuels, despite warnings that the global energy market is undergoing a fundamental shift away from coal and gas.  

Countries in South and South East Asia will need to urgently consider how to reverse their current trend of expanding coal-fired generation capacity and how to implement policies to enable a fast decarbonisation of the electricity mix, phasing out coal for power generation by 2040, says global think tank Climate Analytics.  

The world’s solar future continues to brighten, further and faster than seemed possible only a few years ago. As the price of all types of solar technology goes on falling, it is becoming possible for large parts of the world to replace fossil fuels with cleaner and cheaper solar alternatives. A UN-backed report says much of Asia could meet all its electricity needs and ditch coal completely, by adopting solar power on a large scale.  

A new report is urging countries in South and Southeast Asia to reverse their plans for coal-fired power plant expansion in favor of renewable energy. The report, released by the research institute Climate Analytics, said shifting away from coal will not only support the Paris Agreement's climate goals, but renewables such as solar and wind are a lower-cost energy source for developing countries.  

Countries in South and Southeast Asia must end their reliance on coal power plants and switch to clean energy in order to meet pledges to curb climate change and tackle air pollution, researchers said on Thursday. A study from Climate Analytics warned that failure to do so threatened a global goal to limit warming.  

Home to more than 2.5 billion people, countries in South and Southeast Asia will need to decarbonize their energy systems by 2050 through rapid increase of renewable energy use in line with the long-term temperature goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius of the Paris Agreement on climate change.  

Eight of the EU's 28 member countries aim to phase out coal-powered electricity by 2030. This means that 40 percent of current capacity will still be online in 2030. "This is highly inconsistent with the Paris Agreement, which requires a full phase out in the EU by 2030," said Paola Yanguas Parra from Climate Analytics.  

This ABC Four Corners program investigates whether Australia is on track to deliver on the targets the nation has pledged to fulfil, and what effect the policies of successive governments have had on its emissions. Program features Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare.  

A damning report from international research firm Climate Analytics is lending substantial weight to the argument that Australia needs to improve its scorecard on clean transport. Pollution from light passenger vehicles and heavy transport is soaring, the report shows, up 57% in 2017 since 1990 and projected to rise to 82% from 1990 levels by the end of the decade.  

“Australia is almost alone in not having any motor vehicle emissions standards for carbon dioxide and/or vehicle efficiency standards for litres per 100km. That means that vehicles in Australia are much more inefficient and more costly to run than in the US or Europe or Japan.” - Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics  

"It really is time that governments stopped trying to find more ways to offset their fossil fuel emissions through, for example, protecting seagrass and mangroves in coastal areas," says Bill Hare, chief executive officer of Climate Analytics. "They do need protection, but if that work is then used to offset emissions, then ultimately the resulting warming will kill them. We need a clear firewall between these two activities."  

In 2038, the last coal-fired power plant in Germany is to be taken off the grid. Scientists answer the key question: Is the coal commission's plan sufficient to meet the Paris climate treaty?  

In an effort to fight climate change, Germany announced plans to quit coal mining and burning by 2038. It's a significant move as nearly 40 percent of Germany's electricity comes from coal-fired power plants. But some environmentalists warned that the commission's recommendations are not ambitious enough for Germany to meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement.  

The compromise misses the targets of the Paris Agreement, experts say. Germany would have to step up its efforts once again.  

A study by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) shows that over the last year, scientists have published at least 43 research papers looking at links between climate change and extreme weather events, of which 32 found that climate change made the events more likely or more intense. Climate Analytics' Bahamas-based climate researcher and IPCC author Dr Adelle Thomas, said: “Improved scientific understanding of how a warming climate drives or amplifies these events shows that climate-related loss and damage is occurring now, and that vulnerable nations, like small island developing states, need support to address these escalating impacts."  

Australia's weird political hunger games are the butt of many a good natured joke at any international gathering and this week's COP24 United Nations climate change talks in Poland are no exception. Article includes findings from a series of factsheets evaluating Australia’s emissions profile and policies Climate Analytics produced for the Australian Conservation Foundation.  

LNG is often touted as a good alternative to coal but the increase in production means increased emissions that will cancel out any recent savings. Science and policy institute Climate Analytics found that between 2015 and 2020 the emissions growth from LNG will effectively wipe out the carbon pollution avoided through the 23% renewable energy target.  

In order for the earth to warm up by only 1.5 degrees, Germany has to get out by 2030. This is shown by a study by the think tank Climate Analytics.  

The commission tasked with finding ways to quit coal-fired power in Germany listed suggestions for helping affected regions, which include massive investments and a warning that federal aid pledged is not enough.  

How quickly should Germany abandon coal-fired power generation? By the end of the coming decade, researchers say - if we are to achieve anything else with an ambitious climate target.  

The New Yorker coverage of the IPCC special report on 1.5°C, quoting Climate Analytics' Dr Adelle Thomas. “Robust scientific literature now shows that there are significant differences between 1.5 and 2 degrees,” Adelle Thomas, a geographer from the Bahamas and also one of the report’s lead authors, told me. “The scientific consensus is really strong. It’s not just a political slogan: ‘1.5 to stay alive.’ It’s true.”  

INCHEON, South Korea — A landmark report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has “no documented historic precedent.” The report “is quite a shock, and quite concerning,” said Bill Hare, an author of previous I.P.C.C. reports and a physicist with Climate Analytics, a nonprofit organization. “We were not aware of this just a few years ago.”  

A landmark report released Sunday from the world's top climate change group said "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are required to ward off the worst impacts of global warming. This report shows the longer we wait, "the more difficult, the more expensive and the more dangerous it will be,” said Bill Hare, a physicist with the nonprofit group Climate Analytics.  

There is no scenario to keep global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) that allows coal to be burned for electricity by the middle of this century, a major United Nations (UN) climate report says. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concludes human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have already pushed global average temperatures up by 1°C since the second half of the 19th century. Dr. Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, took part in the IPCC meeting as a science advisor to Small Island Developing States and was accredited to the Grenada delegation. He said the report “has sent the strongest message yet from the scientific community that the era of fossil fuels has to end soon if we are to protect the world from dangerous climate change and limit warming to 1.5°C.”  

The Earth has already warmed 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since the 19th century. Now, a major new United Nations report has looked at the consequences of jumping to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. “If you’re looking at this one region, which is already water-scarce today and sees a lot of political instability, half a degree makes a really big difference,” said Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, the head of climate science and impacts at Climate Analytics. “It’s a good reminder that no one experiences the global average temperature.”  

“The problem for Australia is it doesn’t have credibility on climate. Australia is an important player for many of the Pacific Island countries, well-respected and well-liked by the populations and the political leaders, but on climate change there is a chasm opening up" - Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.  

Climate Analytics' researcher Claire Fyson sees scientists' warning of a Hothouse Earth as a "call to arms." Though the threshold temperature that leads to irreversible changes can't be pinpointed, science can tell us how to stay out of the very-high-risk zone, she says in this Deutsche Welle interview.  

Energy efficiency can be hugely impactful in reducing the effects of climate change. According to research from Climate Action Tracker, if every country across the globe adopted the highest standards, energy demand would decrease enough that 1,000 coal-fired power plants could close.  

"One of the areas to watch is how the most-recent agreement between the EU and China begins to play in relation to coal investments," says Climate Analytics' CEO Bill Hare. "A number of countries are still investing in coal, including China externally, so if China begins to switch its position as it moves forward with the European Union, switching its foreign investments toward cleaner technology would have a big impact on others.  

Pakistan is ridden by electricity shortages but some of its most remote villages in the Hindu Kush Himalayas begin to get a steady supply from small hydropower plants. “It burns no fuel, does not produce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, other pollutants, or wastes associated with fossil fuels or nuclear power”, says Climate Analytics Dr Fahad Saeed. Small and micro hydropower facilities have “much smaller negative environmental impacts” than larger facilities.  

The countries on the front lines of climate change came away disappointed at the end of the two-day Suva Expert Dialogue last Thursday, as most rich nations simply failed to show up for discussions on what they can do to help the most vulnerable address the physical and financial impacts they face.  

A research group, including Climate Analytics' Dr Fahad Saeed and Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, has simulated the scenarios of limiting global warming to 2°C versus 1.5°C with global hydrological models. An important result: High flows and flood hazards will increase significantly over an average of 21 percent of global land area if the temperature rises by 2°C. But if the rise in global warming is limited to 1.5°C only 11 percent of global land area would be affected.  

A new report from the Climate Action Tracker has concluded that we have at our fingertips the opportunity to make huge emissions reductions by applying the highest existing minimum energy performance and labeling standards for lighting and appliances in buildings.  

Carbon pollution from fracking all Western Australia’s potential unconventional gas reserves would blow Australia’s entire carbon budget under the Paris Agreement three times over, new research shows. German-based researcher Climate Analytics last week released Western Australia's Gas Gamble - Implications of natural gas extraction in WA.  

It's a given of climate change that greenhouse gases emitted today will shape the world for future generations. But new research underscores just how long those effects will last. A striking new study published yesterday in the journal Nature Communications suggests that sea-level rise—one of the biggest consequences of global warming—will still be happening 300 years from now, even if humans stop emitting greenhouse gases before the end of the current century.  

The world is far off course from its goals in cutting greenhouse gas emissions — and research published Tuesday illustrates one of the most striking implications of this. Namely, it finds that for every five years in the present that we continue to put off strong action on climate change, the ocean could rise an additional eight inches by the year 2300 — a dramatic illustration of just how much decisions in the present will affect distant future generations.  

Global sea levels are set to rise dramatically, threatening the homes of some 100 million people, even if the strictest greenhouse gas emissions targets are met, according to a new study.  

Rotting food has been fingered for its huge role in causing climate change. New Zealand alone throws away 122,000 tonnes of food a year - which oozes greenhouse gases as it rots. But new research shows globally, the situation is even worse. Claire Fyson from Climate Analytics talks to Radio New Zealand about the Climate Action Tracker report on decarbonising the agricultural sector.  

A technical debate flowing out of last year’s UN climate conference in Bonn could help determine the global response to the unavoidable loss and damage developing countries will experience as a result of climate change. “By now it is clear that climate change is as much an economic problem as it is an environmental one,” Climate Analytics states in a new blog post. For developing countries, in particular, “rising temperatures slow economic growth, [and] devastating climate-related impacts leave large negative imprints on economic development.”  

A new analysis of agricultural emissions published this week by Climate Action Tracker has pointed out that reducing agricultural emissions through farming practices alone won’t be enough to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but that reducing food waste and changing societies diet could deliver the necessary changes.  

A report prepared for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research and Climate Analytics says that in Bangladesh 40% of productive land will be lost in the southern region by the 2080s due to sea level rise. Bangladesh is already experiencing observable impacts of climate change.  

Carbon Brief asked a range of climate scientists, including Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare, what they think the main priorities are for improving climate models over the coming decade.  

In this Carbon Brief interview during COP23 in Bonn, Dr Bill Hare talks about100% renewables, negative emissions, nuclear, CCS, 1.5°C vs 2°C, gas as a "bridge", global carbon tax, solar geoengineering, the end of coal era, ocean acidification and, yes, Donald Trump...  

During climate talks in Bonn, Canada and the UK along with the Marshall Islands have launched the “Powering Past Coal” alliance inviting governmental entities from around the world to phase out dirty coal power plants. Its declaration refers directly to the benchmarks provided in our global coal report, to stress that the Paris Agreement requires coal phase-out by 2030 in the OECD countries and by 2050 in the rest of the world.  

Governments are wrapping up a meeting in Bonn, Germany, to figure out how to implement a global climate agreement. The conference has focused on the pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which nations made two years ago in Paris. But even as negotiators debate the details, scientists are warning that carbon dioxide levels are again on the rise, and the efforts in Paris may not be enough.  

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Global warming is likely to be slightly less severe than previously expected thanks to stronger climate policies by China and India that will offset less U.S. action under President Donald Trump, a study showed on Wednesday.  

The Carbon Brief has been talking to delegates at COP23 whether they think Trump’s presidency means the 1.5°C goal is now impossible - and the answer is no. Video featuring Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare.  

The outlook for curbing global warming has improved since last year as a result of policy moves in China and India, analysts said on Wednesday. In a report released on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Bonn, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) lowered their temperature rise prediction this century from 3.6C to 3.4C.  

The New Zealand government’s newly announced climate policies – with the goal of making New Zealand’s electricity system fossil fuel free by 2025 and reducing emissions to net zero by 2050 – have drawn international praise but the Climate Action Tracker reveals the NZ ambition is not ‘fine’ as claimed. A guest article by Climate Analytics CEO and Senior Scientist Bill Hare.  

Coal use will have to be "pretty much" gone by mid-century if the planet is to avoid sea-level rise of more than a metre by 2100 as Antarctic ice sheets disintegrate faster than expected, new modelling by an Australian-led team has found.  

Coastal cities around the world could be devastated by 1.3m of sea level rise this century unless coal-generated electricity is virtually eliminated by 2050, according to a new paper that combines the latest understanding of Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise and the latest emissions projection scenarios.  

Climate change could lead to sea level rises that are larger, and happen more rapidly, than previously thought, according to a trio of new studies that reflect mounting concerns about the stability of polar ice. In one case, the research suggests that previous high end projections for sea level rise by the year 2100 — a little over three feet — could be too low, substituting numbers as high as six feet at the extreme if the world continues to burn large volumes of fossil fuels throughout the century.  

The world needs to eliminate nearly all carbon dioxide emissions from coal burning by 2050 to avoid pushing Antarctica's ice sheets past a tipping point that could cause a major surge in sea level rise, new research shows.  

Innovation is needed to decarbonize the steel and cement industries in an effort to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5°C limit, according to new research published by the Climate Action Tracker which deems current technologies insufficient.  

At a meeting of the UN climate science panel in Montreal, Caribbean scientists – some of whom couldn’t make it to Canada because of Hurricane Irma – are urging a focus on extreme weather damage. Quoting Climate Analytics' Dr Adelle Thomas.  

Will global warming make hurricanes worse? It's a disturbing sign of our times that such a simple question can trigger a political storm—especially because the answer will save lives and money. A possible link between global warming and hurricanes is important because its affects people, not because it proves an ideological point. Quoting Climate Analytics' Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner.  

One of the world’s leading climate experts says Australia needs to aim for 100 per cent renewables within two decades as part of its efforts to meet climate targets, and it stands to reap enormous economic – and environmental – benefits if it does. Coverage of Climate Analytics' CEO Dr Bill Hare's talk at Keith Roby Memorial Lecture at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.  

In the Paris Agreement on climate change, 195 countries agreed to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to the preindustrial level - and if possible, to 1.5 degrees.  

By the end of the century, the global temperature is likely to rise more than 2 degrees Celsius. This rise in temperature is the ominous conclusion reached by two different studies using entirely different methods published in the journal Nature Climate Change.  

Researchers now know the difference half a degree can make. They can tell you why 1.5°C warming would be better than a 2°C climb in average global temperatures, because even half a degree Celsius could mean greater extremes of heat, more overwhelming rainfall and longer spells of warm weather.  

Half a degree Celsius of global warming has been enough to increase heat waves and heavy rains in many regions of the planet, researchers reported Friday. Comparing two 20-year periods—1960-79 and 1991-2010—between which average global temperatures jumped 0.5 C (0.9 F), scientists found that several kinds of extreme weather gained in duration and intensity.  

Hopes gas will play the role of a so-called transition fuel towards a low-carbon future are dimming as costs of renewable energy dive and its emissions edge over coal is increasingly questioned, a new report by the Climate Action Tracker argues.  

Natural gas will have to be phased out along with coal if the world is to be kept safe from dangerous climate change. And that seems likely to have to happen far sooner than most official forecasts, according to a new report. If countries want to reach their Paris Agreement goals of limiting the long-term world temperature rise to 1.5°C, then many of the proposals to increase gas production and distribution will be unnecessary. New terminals and pipelines will never be fully used and will become stranded assets.  

A history of failure has left Australia with virtually no genuinely independent advice on climate change. With comments from Climate Analytics' CEO Bill Hare on the recommendations of the Finkel Review.  

Less than two weeks ago, Alan Finkel told the Australian Senate his landmark report would help Australia meet the commitments it made in Paris to reduce its economy-wide emissions by 28% below 2005 levels by 2030. But his recommendations on the future of the National Electricity Market, released today, appear to fly in the face of those very commitments. With comments from Climate Analytics' Bill Hare.  

In withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate pact, President Donald Trump claimed that honouring its terms would cost the country billions of dollars for a miniscule change to the global warming trajectory. Is this true? How will Washington quitting the 196-nation Paris club affect the fight against climate change? Quoting Climate Analytics' Bill Hare.  

A detailed analysis shows how much more CO2 each of Trump’s climate policy changes would send into the atmosphere. “This amounts to a very significant reversal of the downward trajectory that U.S. emissions have been on,” explains Bill Hare, one of the report authors and CEO of Climate Analytics, a nonprofit climate science and policy institute. “Under Trump's policies the U.S. will fall far short of its Paris climate goals.”  

President Trump’s decision Thursday to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement could make it difficult, if not impossible, for the world to stay on track to reach an internationally agreed-upon goal for limiting dangerous global warming, scientists said. With comments from Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare.  

Will he or won't he? That's the question every policy wonk who cares about climate change has been asking since election night in November. With the he, of course, being Donald Trump. And the topic being the Paris Agreement on climate change -- and whether the US President plans to bail.  

As the US wavers on climate change, many will hope Beijing and Delhi may step up to show leadership on saving the earth  

The world's poorest nations say the Paris climate agreement is their "lifeline" and must be strengthened. The Climate Vulnerable Forum, (CVF) representing 48 countries, said the deal was crucial to their survival. In a swipe at President Trump's oft-used phrase, they said that "no country would be great again" without swift action.  

Slowing coal use in China and India has put the world's two most populous countries on track to beat their carbon emission goals under the Paris climate agreement, according to a new analysis. That would be enough to more than offset the relatively poor performance expected from the United States as President Donald Trump rolls back controls and puts the U.S. on track to miss its Paris pledge.  

Cancellations of coal plants mean the world’s two largest countries are cutting emissions faster than predicted a year ago, the changes exceeding the effect of US policy rollbacks. Dr Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, said the changes in China and India “if continued and accelerated” meant it would be possible to stop the world warming more than 1.5C – the most ambitious goal of the Paris agreement and one seen as essential to saving coral reefs and low lying island nations.  

China and India “are going to slow the global growth in CO2 emissions significantly, the United States’ actions under President Trump will offset that a bit, but not sufficient to actually stop that slowing of the global growth of emissions,” said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics and a senior scientist with the organization, at a Monday news conference to introduce the new findings.  

Global temperature rise of 2°C could see Australia hit by heat extremes similar to the “angry summer” of 2012-13 in almost four out of every five years, a new study says. The risk is still sizeable at 1.5°C of warming, but it lowers to less than three out of every five years. “The impacts of heatwaves in Australia are already very substantial to date and ocean warming has just led to the biggest coral bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef," commented Climate Analytics' physicist Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner. He added that the paper "illustrates the substantial benefits of limiting warming to 1.5°C for Australia, a country with currently inadequate climate policies to even limit warming to 2°C.”  

A background article on the challenges and opportunities of greening the economy in Central and Eastern Europe - with insights from Climate Analytics' Dr Andrzej Ancygier.  

Across the Alps, glaciers have lost half their volume since 1900. And there is no letting up: Melting has accelerated since 1980. Most Alpine glaciers will be gone by the end of this century, scientists say. There is already enough heat-trapping pollution in the air to melt nearly all the ice, even if greenhouse gas emissions are cut to zero immediately, said climate physicist Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, who works as a scientific advisor for the NGO Climate Analytics.  

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) is wrapping up a regional climate change workshop at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston today, which marks the launch of a four-year project in the Caribbean that will support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) around the world. It’s called IMPACT, and is being implemented by Climate Analytics.  

Nations led by China and the European Union rallied around a global plan to slow climate change on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump began undoing Obama-era plans for deep cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 11 percent from 2005-15. Bill Hare, head of the Climate Analytics think-tank, said they may remain at current levels by 2030 with Trump's policies.  

Pakistan has joined the ranks of a handful of countries that have passed climate legislation. Climate Analytics' Dr Fahad Saeed says the bill must be backed by the right information and stresses the need to strengthen Pakistan's scientific research input.  

All coal-fired power plants in the EU need to be shut down by 2030 in order to achieve the goals set at the Paris Agreement. For the first time, scientists have created an exit plan for all power plants in the EU.  

Um die Pariser Klimaziele zu erreichen, müssten laut einer Studie bis 2031 alle Kohlekraftwerke in der EU stillgelegt werden. Erstmalig entwickelten Forscher für alle Kraftwerke in der EU einen Ausstiegsplan.  

A new report on the coal sector in the European Union (EU) says there is no hope of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets being met unless at least a quarter of the coal-fired power plants now operating in the region are phased out within the next three years.  

BERLIN taz | Wenn Deutschland Ernst machen will mit dem Klimaschutz, müssen hier 2017 und 2018 etwa ein Dutzend Kohlekraftwerke stillgelegt werden. Das sind vier mehr als bisher geplant. Eine nächste Welle der Abschaltungen müsste es dann rund um 2020 geben und bis spätestens 2030 wären alle deutschen Kohlekraftwerke kalt. Das ist das Ergebnis einer neuen Studie des Thinktanks Climate Analytics, im Auftrag der dänischen KR-Umweltstiftung.  

Belchatow, Poland, to close in 2027. Neurath, Germany, to burn its last lump of lignite in 2029 or 2030. That is what meeting the climate goals world leaders agreed in Paris means for the EU’s biggest coal power stations, according to a report by Climate Analytics.  

EU countries should close all of their coal plants by around 2030 if they wants to stick to the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is the conclusion of a new report by research non-profit Climate Analytics. The cheapest way to meet Paris targets is to replace EU coal power with renewables and energy efficiency, it says.  

Every coal plant in the European Union should be closed by 2030 and every single one in the world should shut by 2050 in order to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a new report. Researchers at Climate Analytics founds replacing coal with renewable energy was the cheapest way to achieve the targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  

The European Union will “vastly overshoot” its Paris climate pledges unless its coal emissions are completely phased out within 15 years, a stress test of the industry has found. Coal’s use is falling by about 1% a year in Europe but still generates a quarter of the continent’s power – and a fifth of its greenhouse gas emissions.  

Brussels (AFP) - The European Union must close all 315 of its coal-fired power plants by 2030 in order to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement, a research institute said Thursday. The goal set at the December 2015 Paris conference to maintain average temperature increases to less than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels requires the gradual closure of EU coal plants, Climate Analytics said.  

Climate change is bad news for desert oases across Maghreb, the North African zone that encompasses the arid Saharan nations of Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria. The drying trend is likely to continue, says Climate Analytics' Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner.  

"Over the next five to 10 years, if we succeed in bending the present upward curve of emissions and ramp up climate action — meaning that by 2025 emissions are well and truly on a downward trajectory — then we will be able to say the agreement is working," says climate scientist Bill Hare.  

“The strongest moral leadership in this process has always come from the vulnerable countries,” he said. “And not just in providing that leadership but in actually committing to do more.” Bill Hare, climate scientist and director of Berlin-based Climate Analytics, said Trump’s surprise victory did dampen the mood in Marrakech — for a day. “People bounced back quickly, thinking ‘well, okay, we can also do tough.’ “  

Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, would avoid economic losses by 2050 of $12 trillion, or around 10 percent of the world's GDP, compared to staying on the current track of at least 3 degrees of warming, the U.N. Development Programme said on Wednesday.  

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a stirring appeal Wednesday to all countries — including his own — to press ahead with the fight against climate change, saying a failure to do so would be a "betrayal of devastating consequences." Bill Hare, director of the Climate Analytics said if Trump dismantles Obama policies such as the Climate Action Plan and Clean Power Plan, then U.S. emissions would stay at current levels instead of decrease.  

In the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected election to the presidency, climate experts are scrambling to recalculate whether the world has any chance of reaching the goals of the Paris climate accord if the president-elect makes good on his threat to withdraw from the deal.  

The impact of the US election on the Marrakech climate talks could be to speed things up, rather than slow them down. Instead of pushing some agenda items on to next year, there was “some manoeuvring” to get as much done as possible before Trump takes over. There has been a flurry of activity at the start of the second week, with major reports released as political leaders begin to arrive for the “high-level segment” of the talks. There has been much number crunching.  

Rich countries must close all their coal-fired power plants by 2030 to have a chance of holding global warming to tolerable levels, a report from an environmental research group said. China would have to phase out the most polluting fossil fuel by 2040 and the rest of the world by 2050, according to Climate Analytics, a Berlin-based non-profit that is studying how nations can meet the emissions goals they agreed at United Nations talks in Paris last year.  

The financing of measures to address loss and damage that remains the key sticking point at the Marrakech climate talks. "Who should pay for it? The 'hot potato of responsibility' is being moved around," said Olivia Serdeczny, a research analyst with Climate Analytics and an advisor to vulnerable countries on loss and damage. "The sources of finance is an issue that remains untouched."  

Donald Trump's election as U.S. president muddies the outlook for efforts to cut greenhouse gases and could mean U.S. emissions stay flat until 2030, compared with deep cuts planned by President Barack Obama, Climate Action Tracker scientists said on Thursday.  

The United States will likely fail to meet its pledges under the landmark Paris climate pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, analysts said Thursday on the margin of UN climate talks.  

Researchers, including Climate Analytics' Dr Carl Schleussner, reveal the crucial differences between 2°C and 1.5°C warming levels. “Climate impacts are not distributed evenly over the globe and tropical regions would bear the brunt of the differences between 1.5ºC and 2ºC,” Schleussner says.  

Before diplomats and politicians return to the table in Morocco, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has released its updated analysis of who has been naughty and who has been nice in 2016. Sadly, the latter is a very short list.  

A panel of international experts including, Climate Analytics' CEO Bill Hare, give their view on the significance of the Paris Agreement coming into force today.  

With the building sector already accounting for around 20% of climate change emissions, a new analysis published this week has warned that its energy demand is likely to double by mid-century if actions are not taken now to make buildings more sustainable, according to the latest Climate Action Tracker analysis.  

A 2°C temperature rise would be enough to cause shifts in Mediterranean ecosystems that are unmatched in the past 10,000 years,a new study says. Only limiting warming to no more than 1.5°C would keep ecosystem changes within the fluctuations of the Earth’s recent past.  

A pact by almost 200 nations to slash greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners will likely fall short of governments' hopes of averting a full half-degree Celsius (0.9 Fahrenheit) of warming this century, scientists say. Michiel Schaeffer of Climate Analytics estimates "around 0.2 degree Celsius (0.36F) by 2100" of avoided warming.  

Australia is facing renewed international pressure to explain what it is doing to tackle climate change, with a United Nations review finding its emissions continue to soar and several countries calling for clarity about what it will do after 2020. Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare says questions asked of Australia showed deep scepticism and frustration beneath a diplomatic veneer.  

Even if the United States implements all current and proposed policies, it would miss its 2025 target by as much as 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year—roughly 20% of the nation’s total emissions, according to the analysis published today in Nature Climate Change. Although the U.S. path to meeting its promises is uncertain, it has made further progress than some other countries, says Bill Hare, a climate scientist and CEO of Climate Analytics.  

The Carbon Brief summary of the first day of the 1.5°C conference in Oxford, focusing on what evidence the scientific community will need to produce to feed into a special report on 1.5C, requested by the United Nations after Paris and due for publication in 2018. Climate Analytics' Carl Schleussner presented work on the differences in climate impacts between 1.5°C and 2°C levels of warming.  

375 U.S. scientists have addressed the perils of the presidential nominee's threat to 'cancel the Paris Agreement' in an open letter published during the Climate Week in New York. This article also outlines some of the contents of the Climate Analytics' Climate Week event.  

The last gasoline-powered car will have to be sold by about 2035 to put the world on track to limit global warming to the most stringent goal set by world leaders last year, according to a Climate Action Tracker report.  

The last gasoline-powered car will have to be sold by about 2035 to put the world on track to limit global warming to the most stringent goal set by world leaders last year, according to a new report by a Climate Action Tracker (CAT).  

As the world endures a third straight year of record-breaking heat, a new study has given fresh insight into what global warming is likely to mean for Australians if it is not curbed. Researchers at Climate Analytics found the difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees of warming – the two goals included in the Paris climate deal – would be much greater in terms of extreme events and disasters than previously believed.  

Limiting global warming to 1.5C rather than 2C would potentially double the cost of action but provide significant benefits, according to The Climate Institute. A Climate Analytics report commissioned by the Australian think-tank says where 1.5C warming is the upper end of present climate variability, 2C would signal “a new climatic regime of ­temperature and water-related extremes”.  

Australia could avoid punishingly long heatwaves and boost the Great Barrier Reef’s chances of survival by helping to limit global warming to 1.5℃ rather than 2℃, according to a Climate Analytics report released by the Climate Institute today.  

A new report for the Climate Institute has found significant differences between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius warming for Australia. Interview with Climate Analytics CEO and report author Bill Hare.  

The Paris climate agreement will become international law by the end of 2016 if countries stick to the promises they have made. According to Climate Analytics, 57 countries have now indicated they will ratify or have already ratified the agreement by year’s end. They account for 59.88% of global emissions.  

The Paris climate deal is a hair’s breadth away from meeting the criteria to enter into force in 2016. That is the upshot of two independent analyses, by the Marshall Islands foreign ministry and consultancy Climate Analytics.  

Science underpinning the global treaty aiming to stop average temperatures rising more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels needs more research. Climate News Network's Alex Kirby in Climate Home on our latest research around the 1.5˚C long term temperature limit.  

Conflicts are rarely triggered by one single factor. Natural disasters as such may not be a direct cause, but they can play a significant role in the outbreak of violence in multi-ethnic countries, a new study led by Climate Analytics' Carl-Friedrich Schleussner found.  

Climate Analytics' Bill Hare on Brexit: "If the UK completely separates from EU climate policies in every sense, there will be consequences. But if the EU and UK remain entangled in a constructive way, going forward with policies like the emissions trading system, then the differences may not be so extreme.”  

There can be no doubt that the window of opportunity to limit global warming to below 1.5℃, a key target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is closing fast. But there are encouraging signs around the world that this can still be done, even if there is still a very long way to go. Climate Analytics' Andrzej Ancygier and Bill Hare discuss three of the most positive developments that will help the world reach its target.  

How much difference could that half-degree of wiggle room (or 0.9 degree on the Fahrenheit scale) possibly make in the real world? Quite a bit, it appears. A feature article outlining the findings of a recent study by Climate Analytics' Dr Carl Schleussner on the differences in climate impacts between 1.5°C and 2°C warming.  

Brexit unlikely to slow momentum towards global climate deal coming into force, with EU left to tackle complex negotiations with UK. Under a scenario published by Climate Analytics, a global network of policy specialists, 50 countries covering 53.28% of global emissions are likely to sign off the UN pact by the end of 2016.  

The Paris climate conference set the ambitious goal of finding ways to limit global warming to 1.5C, rather than the previous threshold of 2C. But what would be the difference? And how realistic is such a target? Article quoting research by Climate Analytics' Michiel Schaeffer and Carl-Friedrich Schleussner.  

The temperature goals established by the Paris climate agreement could affect the planet in dramatically different ways. Article about the findings in a recent paper by Climate Analytics' Carl Schleussner.  

15 countries accounting for 0.04% of emissions ratified the Paris Agreement during the UN signing ceremony in New York. Another 23 nations accounting for 51% of emissions have declared their intention to follow by the end of 2016, according to a tracker by Climate Analytics. It brings the double threshold tantalisingly close. So what would it take to get over the finish line?  

Video featuring Climate Analytics' Carl Schleussner talking about his recent study on differences in climate impacts between 1.5°C and 2°C warming levels.  

More than 150 countries are expected to sign the Paris Agreement, an accord reached last December designed to keep global warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, with some nations arguing that the world should rally around a more stringent threshold of 1.5 C. And the difference between the two goals might be significant: A new study shows that the world would look substantially different if mean global temperatures rise by 2 C, rather than 1.5 C.  

As over 150 nations assemble to sign the Paris climate agreement in New York on Friday, reams of new analysis are pouring out from the planet’s vital number-crunchers, who look at the fundamental relationship between how much carbon we put in the air and how much the planet’s temperature increases as a result. And it’s adding up to a somber verdict: We seem closer to must-avoid climate thresholds than we thought — and crossing them may have bigger consequences than we recognize.  

Article covering new research by Climate Analytics' Dr Carl Schleussner, which suggests that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees instead of 2 degrees can dramatically reduce the impacts of climate change around the world.  

Analysis of difference between 1.5C and 2C of warming finds extra 0.5C would mean longer heatwaves, greater droughts and threats to crops and coral reefs. A new study by Climate Analytics' Dr. Carl-Friedrich Schleussner identifies significant differences in climate impacts between 1.5°C and 2°C global warming levels.  

A study presented in Vienna today at the European Geophysical Union’s (EGU's) annual meeting backs up those concerns, providing new evidence that such warming could still lead to catastrophic droughts and sea level rise. But reducing the threshold by just half a degree, to 1.5°C, the scientists say, would make a world of difference.  

How a tick on the global thermometer may affect human history.  

Even as more than 150 countries prepare to sign the Paris Agreement, research published in journal Earth System Dynamics has shown that a global warming of 2°C will be substantially more devastating for the planet’s climate than 1.5°C by 2100. Researchers have found significant differences in impacts of 2°C and 1.5°C on water availability, agricultural yields, sea levels, extreme weather events and coral reefs.  

Half a degree makes a very big difference when judging how different parts of the world will feel the effects of climate change.  

A jump in global temperature of two degrees Celsius would double the severity of crop failures, water shortages and heatwaves in many regions compared to a rise of 1.5 C, according to a study released on April 21, 2016  

The Paris Agreement has a double threshold of 55 countries and 55% of global emissions that must both be met before it enters into force and becomes legally binding. It opens for signature on 22 April 2016. We will be tracking the progress of ratification on this page and you will find more details regarding signature and entry into force.  

Drilling oil in the Great Australian Bight could create the world’s next carbon bomb, according to a report released today by Climate Analytics. Commissioned by The Wilderness Society, the report’s release coincides with BP’s Annual General Meeting. Protests at BP’s Melbourne headquarters today are calling on BP to rethink their plans for the area to protect the pristine environment.  

Government budgets and green funds provided at least US$26 million to help ill-equipped ministries deliver carbon-cutting pledges towards last year’s Paris Agreement. The findings highlight the scale of assistance offered to ensure a maximum amount of intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which formed the backbone of the UN deal.  

An article explaining a new paper in Nature Climate Change, co-authored by Dr. Michiel Schaeffer of Climate Analytics, which looks at the the differences between various carbon budget estimates from IPCC and other sources.  

In freezing President Barack Obama's plan to tackle carbon emissions, the US Supreme Court delivered a blow to a global climate deal - but experts say that US commitments to the deal will survive. Bill Hare: "The Paris Agreement will ride through this. There are many challenges ahead and I am more concerned about countries like Japan pressing ahead with coal than this action by the US Supreme Court."  

Opinion piece about the US Supreme Court decision against President Obama's Clean Power Plan, quoting Climate Analytics Head of Policy Dr. Marcia Rocha who finds that without this policy, it would become virtually impossible for the U.S. to achieve reductions consistent with holding warming well below 2 degrees Celsius.  

The international agreement to limit CO2 in the atmosphere means that governments can no longer commit public funds or, for that matter facilitate private sector funding for carbon-intensive projects. Beyond funding issues there is a growing risk that these investments will create “stranded assets” as economies shift towards renewables. Laetitia De Marez, senior climate policy analyst at Climate Analytics Inc. in New York: “COP 21 was a clear signal to business that any investment in infrastructure has to be low carbon.”  

Bill Hare: "The weak carbon intensity target as stated in China's climate pledges appears inadequate, GHG Emissions have to peak before 2025 in China to limit global warming well below two degrees, five years earlier than proposed by Beijing."  

World leaders may have vowed to wean the world from fossil fuels, but prices for oil, coal and natural gas are at their lowest in years. So is that bad news for people hoping to switch the world to cleaner fuels? “Many analysts would take the classical view that a long period of low oil prices would prompt higher demand,” said Bill Hare, chief executive officer at Climate Analytics, a Berlin-based research group. “It depends very much on what governments do to counteract that.”  

The actions outlined in the Paris pledges would be expected to lead to global warming of around 3°C. Given that there has already been about 1°C of warming, the measures required to stay below 1.5°C would be beyond heroic. Work by Joeri Rogelj and colleagues suggests that it would mean net emissions having to fall to zero in at most 40 years.  

Countries in Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to global warming. Now that a landmark global climate deal has been reached, DW examines how this may impact both the environment and the regional economy. The main threat facing the region is sea-level rise and the increased intensity of tropical cyclones. The combination of these two could have detrimental economic and development costs, said Bill Hare, Director of Germany-based Climate Analytics, a non-profit climate science institute.  

The inclusion of a 1.5℃ temperature limit in the new Paris climate agreement was a major victory for the poorest countries and island nations who came to Paris saying they wanted the world to act. Bill Hare tells the story of how we got 1.5˚C into the Paris agreement, and how "best available science" can take us there.  

The desire for a more ambitious goal has been kept in the agreement - with the promise to "endeavour to limit" global temperatures even more, to 1.5C. Dr Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, says the objective is "remarkable". "It is a victory for the most vulnerable countries, the small islands, the least developed countries and all those with the most to lose, who came to Paris and said they didn't want sympathy, they wanted action."  

World leaders in Paris have agreed to cut their global warming target by an extra 0.5C to 1.5C. Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, a scientist who has worked on research for the IPCC, said this week: “The window for limiting warming to 1.5C is still open, but closing fast”.  

Scientists discuss the1.5°C temperature limit - featuring Climate Analytics' Dr. Carl-Friedrich Schleußner and Dr. Joeri Rogelj  

Michiel Schaeffer, a researcher with Climate Analytics, said the only difference between achieving 1.5C and 2C was the speed at which carbon-reducing technologies such as energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage had to be deployed: "If you want to get to 1.5 degrees, you need to deploy them five, 10 or 20 years sooner."  

It is the big surprise of the Paris talks: the growing acceptance of a call from small nations most vulnerable to climate change for the conference to declare warming should be halted at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Article includes comments from Climate Analytics Dr Michiel Schaeffer and Bill Hare.  

The growing momentum behind 1.5 degrees is a story of fast-breaking science, savvy politics and a change in tone in the climate debate — one that has focused increasing attention on the needs of the most vulnerable countries. Article quoting Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare and Science Director Michiel Schaeffer.  

Dozens of countries are demanding that the long-standing goal of limiting global warming to 2C be discarded – and replaced with a far more ambitious target of 1.5C.  

Bill Hare, a physicist and climate scientist, has become a scientific adviser for some of the nations on the front lines of climate change—poor countries with limited resources to adapt. His Berlin-based nonprofit, Climate Analytics, was established in 2008, with funding from the German government, to help provide scientific and technical advice about climate change to the poorest and most vulnerable developing countries.  

India and China alone plan to build 1617 new coal power plants by 2030, which will blow hopes of keeping global warming to safe levels out of the water - the Climate Action Tracker.  

While scientists agree humanity needs to phase out coal within 35 years, thousands of new plants are being planned that would doom hopes of keeping global warming to safer levels, analysts said Tuesday.  

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, and an adviser to countries most at risk of climate change, tells chinadialogue where the major areas of discord are likely to be during the two-week summit  

At its latest meeting 2-5 November in Livingstone, Zambia the Green Climate Fund Board strengthened the Fund’s accreditation framework by agreeing on a policy to review every five years to what extent the GCF’s implementing partners’ overall portfolio of activities – beyond those funded by the GCF – have evolved in the direction of the Fund’s goal to promote a paradigm shift. Partners that continue to heavily invest into coal and other fossil fuels are now at risk of loosing their accreditation after their initial accreditation period ends.  

Brazil and Peru get a “medium” rating, while Chile and Argentina emissions targets are “inadequate”, says Climate Action Tracker  

While Brazil and Peru have better climate plans than Chile or Argentina, none of them have been rated as “sufficient” by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), which released analyses of the four South American country climate targets today.  

Planned dirty power plants will wipe out clean energy gains, says Climate Action Tracker, jeopardising an already weak emissions target  

Jakarta is fudging future emissions from tree-cutting and stripped peatland amid a coal spree, says Climate Action Tracker  

So far, about 150 nations have promised the UN to curb (NB: Not cut) CO2 emissions, but analysts say the pledges are not enough. One think-tank, Climate Analytics, estimates promises so far will lead to a global temperature rise of about 2.7C - well over the 2C "safety threshold". At the Morocco meeting of 36 nations, governments will judge the pledges for themselves.  

Carbon pledges from 147 nations to Paris climate summit ‘are not enough to stop temperature rise’, experts conclude  

The Indian Government is likely to overachieve its 2030 climate intensity target without having to implement any new policies, according to analysis undertaken by Climate Action Tracker.  

On Monday the United Nations unveiled a first draft of the negotiating text for climate talks later this year in Paris. That text has been reduced from more than 80 pages to 20 and will be further revised in Bonn, Germany, Oct. 19–23, to advance a final global climate deal in Paris.  

More than 140 countries have set out how they propose to cut their carbon emissions. The plans are being published ahead of December's climate talks in Paris. An analysis by four research organisations called Climate Action Tracker suggests that if they met their promises temperatures would rise 2.7 degrees above pre-industrial levels, much higher than the 2 degrees that is considered safe. Nick Nuttall is spokesperson for the United Nations body overseeing Paris climate talks. Bill Hare is from Climate analytics one of the groups involved in Climate Action Tracker.  

Around 140 countries have submitted plans to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases in order to help curb the effects of climate change on the environment. However, many experts believe this month is not enough to produce any considerable impact on the warming of the planet, which is expected to increase global temperatures by two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to conditions during pre-industrial times.  

Analysis of nations’ carbon emissions pledges ahead of Paris climate summit shows they would see 2.7C warming by 2100, breaching 2C ‘safety’ threshold  

The latest pledges from countries on how they plan to rein in fossil-fuel emissions mean the world is closing in on its goal of keeping temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a group of researchers said.  

Earth is on track for average warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius by 2100, higher than the UN target, said an analysis Thursday of country pledges for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions.  

At least 140 countries have submitted their tentative pledges to limit greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the Paris summit. A quartet of climate research bodies has criticized the pledges saying they're "not ideal."  

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is set to be confronted by leaders of several Pacific Island nations who seek to take the leader to task for his stance on emissions reduction, according to Monday reports. Abbott has been accused of ignoring calls to push stronger emissions reduction targets from Pacific Island leaders, including the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sosene Sopoaga, the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, and Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who warned that climate change caused by global rising temperatures could threaten their existence.  

So far, 57 countries have submitted their intended climate contributions ahead of the Paris conference - but their combined pledges aren't enough to keep global warming in check. Experts say more ambition is needed.  

Nations' plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming won't come close to curbing what many call the biggest threat of a generation, according to a new report by a consortium of research groups.  

Twenty-six countries which include Australia, Mexico and South Korea, have volunteered new carbon-slashing pledges to a global warming pact since the last round of yearly talks in December 2014. But their collective effort in reining in climate change has been negligible, said a sobering report on Wednesday by Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a collective of research institutes.  

Inadequate national targets for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gases meant emissions would be "far above" the level required to stave off disastrous global warming, analysts warned Wednesday. Instead of the UN-targeted ceiling of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of average warming over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, the world was on track for 2.9-3.1 C by 2100, according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a tool developed by a consortium of four research organisations.  

Pledges from dozens of nations to rein in carbon emissions aren’t enough so far to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to four European research centers. Plans submitted by China, the U.S., the European Union and other top polluters won’t limit global warming to the 2-degree Celsius (3.6-degree Fahrenheit) threshold that scientists have recommended, the Climate Action Tracker coalition said in a report Wednesday.  

Climate trackers have warned delegates drafting December's Paris climate accord that the emission cuts targeted by countries will not ensure the UN's targeted 2-degree limit - saying the real figure will be higher.  

On August 11th, Australia submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the Paris Climate Agreement of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030 of 26-28% from 2005 levels. However, Climate Action Tracker have determined that this target is “inadequate,” and falls in the bottom half of the range of industrialized nations.  

Australia will not meet its emissions reduction targets of 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, according to research group the Climate Action Tracker. Australia announced the target ahead of the Paris talks in December. The unfavourable review rated Australia’s proposal as inadequate, and said the government’s policies would mean the target set by Australia would not be met.  

Three months out from the Paris climate conference, new analysis has highlighted just how “pathetically inadequate” the Abbott government’s current suite of climate policies is, both in terms of pulling Australia’s weight on global warming, and of meeting its own low-ball 2030 emissions reduction target.  

Australia’s GHG emissions are set to rise steeply over the next 15 years, and the government must find a way to cut a further 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2 between now and 2030 if it is to meet its UN climate pledge, analysts at Climate Action Tracker said.  

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise in the next 15 years, missing by a wide margin a target proposed for United Nations talks on global warming, a team of researchers said. Without further policies to stem pollution from fossil fuels, emissions will be 27 percent above 2005 levels by 2030, the researchers at Climate Action Tracker said in a report Friday. The findings cast doubt on a pledge by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lower emissions by at least 26 percent over the same time period.  

Australia’s U-turn on climate laws mean it will generate three years worth of extra national emissions by 2030, according to analysts. Prime minister Tony Abbott ditched a carbon tax and toned down renewable targets after winning office in 2013.With this strategy, the country’s emissions are set to increase 27% on 2005 levels, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) revealed on Thursday.  

Australia is behind other industrialised nations in having policies in place that can meet its promised 2030 target to cut greenhouse gases, a new assessment of its international climate change pledge has found. The analysis by the global project, Climate Action Tracker, says with only the Abbott government's direct action scheme and the renewable energy target installed at the national level, Australia is on track to fall short of its 2030 pledge and will in fact see emissions rise by the end of the next decade.  

The US’s plan to reduce power sector emissions by 30% by 2030 on 2005 levels is the jewel in the crown of US mitigation policies. Under current proposals economy-wide cuts in total emissions will be much less than 30%; Climate Action Tracker (CAT) estimates emissions will be just 10% below their 2005 level.  

Though small and developing, Costa Rica is a great example of what it takes to execute a pledge of carbon neutrality. According to Climate Action Tracker, Costa Rica is one of only three countries—along with Bhutan and Morocco—doing its fair share to keep temperature increases from climate change below 2 degrees Celsius, a threshold scientists see as the upper limit to avoid catastrophic impacts.  

At the UN climate change talks later this year, a new protocol called COP21 is set to be adopted at the meeting, to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol that is due to expire. The protocol requires countries to reduce greenhouse emissions as global-warming in increasing due to human-made carbon-dioxide emissions. Scientists say that in order to prevent the 2 degree warming, the Earth should completely stop carbon-dioxide emissions. With the current state of pollution, the planet could face 2.9 to 3.1 degree warming, according to Climate Action Tracker.  

Current pollution reduction pledges for the Paris agreement put the world on a much more dangerous path, one leading to an expected 2.9 to 3.1 degrees Celsius of warming, according to the Climate Action Tracker, which measures the impact of the Paris pledges. (Without those pledges, the situation would be much worse, with global temperatures expected to rise 3.6 to 4.2 degrees, the tracker shows). In the United States, President Barack Obama recently announced the Clean Power Plan, which aims to use the U.S. government's regulatory authority to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. "It really bends the curve" in global emissions, said Bill Hare, founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, a nonprofit that tracks pollution reduction pledges against the 2 degrees goal. "That is new."  

Last November, China pledged to halt the growth in its emissions by 2030. That target has been "applauded by the international community given China's emissions have been growing at rates of 5% to 8% over the past decade and a half," says Canadell, who is also executive director of the Global Carbon Project, an international consortium of scientists studying the global carbon cycle. Not all climate scientists agree, however; the Climate Action Tracker, an alliance of four European research groups, rates the targets "inadequate."  

On 11 August 2015, the Australian Government submitted its long awaited Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC Secretariat). Australia’s submission brings the total of INDCs received by the UNFCCC Secretariat to 26 comprised of 53 countries. INDCs are indications of each country’s post-2020 emissions reduction targets and actions that the country intends to take, having regard to its own domestic priorities, circumstances and capabilities. Climate Action Tracker is also assessing the INDCs as they are submitted, which can be viewed here.  

Developed nations are on track to cut their greenhouse emissions by almost 30 percent by 2030, Reuters calculations show, falling far short of a halving suggested by a U.N. panel of scientists as a fair share to limit climate change. Last year the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said rich nations that were members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 1990 should halve emissions by 2030 from 2010 to limit warming. A Climate Action Tracker [...] estimates that current pledges put global temperatures on track to rise by 3.1 Celsius by 2100, threatening ever more droughts, floods, heat waves and rising sea levels.  

Interactive map: Australia has set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 26 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030. See how Australia's emissions and its new reduction target compare among the world's top 15 emitters. Sources: Climate Institute, Climate Action Tracker, Climate Change Authority, Global Carbon Atlas  

President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce carbon pollution -- acclaimed by supporters, reviled by opponents -- won’t be enough to save the planet. The latest and toughest version of Obama’s Clean Power Plan and measures already announced by other world leaders aren’t sufficient to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius this century. “The change is too small in comparison to global emissions,” Fekete said by telephone. “There are also many other countries driving this.” Yet Fekete isn’t despairing. Her organization is one of four European research centers that run Climate Action Tracker, which studies global-warming policies, including Obama’s power-plant rules, as well as pledges by Europe, China, Russia and others.  

President Obama announced on Monday, 3 August 2015, the final version of the clean power plan that is to reduce emissions from power plants significantly. While it is an update of the plan already announced in 2014, it still has a significant effect. The CAT can now put the US CPP into part of its “current policies” scenario, which calculates emissions from policies in place, rather than planned or pledged.  

President Barack Obama's plan to slash electricity-generated CO2 emissions was welcomed today as a courageous step towards a lower-carbon future, but not yet enough to brake dangerous planet warming. "This is definitely a step change... from what has been happening so far in the power sector in the US," climate policy analyst Niklas Hoehne of the New Climate Institute, a research body, told AFP. A measure dubbed the Climate Action Tracker, to which Hoehne contributes, says the US target has "medium" ambition -- as did those of the other top three emitters: the EU and China.  

The next few years are unprecedented in human history. We know with unusually high scientific certainty that the near-term choices we as a nation and a species make about carbon pollution will determine whether or not we will destroy our livable climate in the coming decades — thereby ruining the lives of billions of people irreversibly for centuries to come.  

The government’s new carbon agenda announced last month with a higher reduction goal has drawn heavy protests from the corporate sector as well as opposition from environmentalists. Under the plan, Seoul will work to reduce 37 percent of estimated greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 - an increase from earlier proposals that included cuts between 14.7 and 31.3 percent. The Climate Action Tracker ranks Korea’s climate action plan “inadequate” in its contribution to the universal ultimate goal of containing global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).  

PANOS Caribbean, together with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), will today launch a two-day climate change workshop geared at helping to advance the interests of Caribbean small-island developing states.The workshop, which is to see the participation of some 12 journalists and eight artistes from the region, is being held in St Lucia, ahead of this year's international climate talks set for Paris, France in December. The workshop - done with co-financing from Climate Analytics, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre - forms a part of a larger Panos project for which they continue to fundraise.  

Japan, the world's sixth biggest greenhouse gas polluter, has pledged to cut emissions 26 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, a target observers judged inadequate to avert calamitous global warming. The Climate Action Tracker, a science-based tool to analyse countries' climate efforts, has described the 26-percent target as inadequate and said Japan could reach it almost without taking any further action.  

Video: viEUws has published a video on the Top 5 Environment priorities, which are going to be discussed by the EU Institutions under the Luxembourg Presidency, featuring the Climate Action Tracker's analysis of G7 and EU pledges.  

Opinion: Is the government's feeble climate change target the product of putting a trade negotiator in charge of climate change policy? Or is it proof that for all the blue-green blather, this Government is unwilling to risk its green-averse support based by pursuing not only a more honourable, but a more credible, approach to New Zealand's contribution to the 21st century's most pressing issue? "While most other governments intend cutting emissions, New Zealand appears to be increasing emissions, and hiding this through creative accounting," said Dr Bill Hare, chief executive at Climate Analytics, one of the four organisations comprising CAT.  

New Zealand’s emission reduction targets are under global scrutiny, with many climate change lobbies and environmental experts urging for more action. The analysis by four global NGOs also indicates proclaimed self-set target as inadequate at the global stage. "While most other governments intend cutting emissions, New Zealand is increasing emissions," according to Climate Analytics chief executive Bill Hare. The analysis by Climate Action Tracker, which is a consortium of four European research organizations, also warns that if most countries are going to emulate New Zealand's approach in emission reduction, then global warming may exceed 3-4 degree Celsius and will upset the international goal of restraining temperature hike below 2C.  

A international group of scientists based in Europe says New Zealand is not doing its fair share to combat climate change. The comments follow the Government's pledge last week to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below the level of 2005 by the year 2030. The Government says this is a significant increase on current targets but it is still only 11 percent below 1990 levels, which is a more commonly used date for calibration.  

The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the 2020s the Government intends to pledge has been rated inadequate by Climate Action Tracker, and as falling short of a fair share of the international effort required.  

New Zealand last week pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 30% from 2005 to 2030 – equivalent to 11% below 1990 levels. But analysts say under the government’s proposed accounting rules, the country’s emissions could actually increase 11% over the 40-year period.  

New Zealand could be in trouble with its post-2020 emissions reduction target if the world doesn’t allow us to continue to use creative accounting to meet our obligations, international scientists are warning.  

European researchers say New Zealand isn't doing its fair share when it comes to curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The allegation's being made by Climate Action Tracker, which has undertaken analysis via four independent European research organisations. They've rated New Zealand's emissions reduction targets as inadequate and say if other nations followed our approach then global warming would end up exceeding three to four degrees.  

New Zealand isn't doing its fair share to fight climate change, according to a new report, which says the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the 2020s the Government intends to pledge is inadequate. Climate Action Tracker says the target falls short of its share of the international effort required. It is a grouping of four independent European research organisations: Climate Analytics, Ecofys, New Climate Institute and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.  

New analysis from an international research group has condemned New Zealand’s weak climate target said WWF today. “This analysis from Climate Action Tracker shows that New Zealand’s target is well below what is needed to stop dangerous climate change, said Peter Hardstaff, WWF Head of Campaigns.  

The government's new emissions reduction target amounts to little more than creative accounting, a group of climate change agencies say. Analysis undertaken by four NGOs indicates the self-set target is inadequate and "far from doing its fair share" on the global stage. "While most other governments intend cutting emissions, New Zealand appears to be increasing emissions, and hiding this through creative accounting," Climate Analytics chief executive Bill Hare said. "It may not have to take any action at all to meet either its 2020 or 2030 targets." The Climate Action Tracker analysis, undertaken by four European research organisations, reveals if most countries followed New Zealand's lead global warming would exceed 3-4C - double the international goal of temperatures rising no more than 2C.  

New analyses are giving mixed grades to the most recent greenhouse gas emissions targets submitted to the United Nations, with particularly low marks for the pledge from South Korea. A new study by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) -- a consortium of scientists and energy modelers -- declared South Korea's pledge to cut emissions 37 percent below business-as-usual levels by 2030 "inadequate." That target ultimately was more ambitious than ones the Korean government initially considered, but CAT analysts said it is still consistent with a global temperature rise between 3 to 4 degrees Celsius by 2100.  

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is one of the 44 countries that have submitted emissions pledges to the official United Nations INDC list. South Korea is one of the fastest growing emitters in the developed world. Although Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General, and US Secretary of State John Kerry have both endorsed (and praised) the South Korea INDC, others are unconvinced it will be very effective.  

Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a Europe-based organization that assesses and analyzes climate policy, rated the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) that the South Korean government submitted to the UN on as June 30 as being “inadequate.” This is the lowest grade on a four-point scale that includes “role model,” “sufficient,” “medium,” and “inadequate.” Since this is the first time that a major climate policy assessment and analysis organization has assessed South Korea’s INDC, it is likely to affect the assessment that will take place during future climate change negotiations in the international community.  

Climate Action Tracker, a coalition of four leading research bodies, gives China's INDC a “medium” grade for most of its national climate policies but "inadequate" for carbon intensity.  

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is one of the 44 countries that have submitted emissions pledges to the official United Nations INDC list. [...] critics find the plan wanting for the same reason the deeply researched Climate Action Tracker ranks it “inadequate.” South Korea’s proposed target is not in line with an approach considered fair to all in order for the world to reach a 2°C threshold.  

Ethiopia has submitted its INDC (Intended National Determined Contribution) on the 10th of June. It contains the goal to limit greenhouse net gas emissions including emissions or removals from land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) to 145 MtCO2e by 2030. This represents a reduction of at least 64% below the Ethiopian business-as-usual (BAU) scenario by 2030, where net emissions are projected to reach 400 MtCO2e. The corresponding GHG emission target for 2030 excluding LULUCF is -40% below BAU, or 185 MtCO2e, which is the level used to rate the emission reduction target. The INDC implementation is conditional to support in terms of finance, technology transfer and capacity building. We rate this mitigation target “Sufficient”.  

The two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the US, are among the countries that have unveiled climate change plans in recent days. The growing number of commitments to tackle the issue suggests that a global climate change agreement can be reached at a UN summit later this year. South Korea also announced its intention to cut emissions by 37% by 2030, a stronger target than was expected. The Climate Action Tracker, previously labelled South Korea’s four options for climate change as “inadequate”. It argued that all the proposed options were less ambitious than South Korea’s 2020 pledge and would allow emissions to increases after the end of the decade.  

2015 is a critical year for the Green Climate Fund as the Fund is set to finally start running its operations, bringing to life the mechanisms that the Board has been designing over the past three years. In light of this, Climate Analytics' Felix Fallasch and Bianka Kretschmer comment on the GCF's policies on coal.  

South Korea has announced it aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions 37% from business as usual by 2030, a tightening of previously discussed targets. These were all rated as inadequate by the Climate Action Tracker, which said they were equal to 98–146% above 1990 levels, not counting land-use change.  

China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter, pledged on Tuesday to wean its economy away from reliance on fossil fuels as it grows, and to try to bring the rise in its carbon emissions to an earlier end. The proposals “may reflect a desire by the Chinese government to have a ‘safe’ international goal,” said Bill Hare, a senior scientist with Climate Analytics.  

Climate Analytics is ranked 36th out of 100 climate and environmental think tanks. The Think Tank Map, a project of the International Center for Climate Governance, ranks organisations on the basis of a series of indicators such as scientific output, verified through the number and quality of articles it has published in peer-reviewed journals, proceedings and books and participation in the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  

In the face of mounting pressure from the public, the Australian government is expected to announce new carbon reduction targets in advance of December’s World Climate Summit 2015 in Paris. On June 23, 2015, as part of its “Climate for Change” series of articles, Australia’s Fairfax Media reported that the government was looking at American and Canadian carbon targets as possible templates. [...] International organizations that have slammed Canada for its weak target include the Natural Resources Defense Council, the World Resources Institute, Climate Action Tracker, and the 2015 Africa Progress Panel, led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.  

Three Dutch judges sent a shock wave around the world on Wednesday when they ordered the government of the Netherlands to act on climate change by making deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. With oil, gas, and coal companies still among the world’s most richly valued assets, that may seem hard to imagine. But the Dutch court case is a clear signal “to people who are investing in the 20th century instead of the 21st that the legal risks of investing in fossil fuels are only going to increase,” Moffett said. His words echoed another expert’s statement; Bill Hare of Climate Analytics told The New York Times that the ruling “has the potential to become a precedent whose effect will ultimately flow through to undermining the markets for coal, oil, and gas.”  

A Dutch court ordered the government Wednesday to slash greenhouse gas emissions to help fight global warming, a landmark ruling in a case brought by hundreds of concerned citizens that could pave the way for similar legal battles around the world. Greenpeace called the Dutch ruling "a game-changer in the fight against climate change." Bill Hare, senior scientist at Climate Analytics, a nonprofit organization based in Berlin, said the Dutch ruling's impact could be massive.  

In a sweeping victory for Dutch environmental activists that could have global repercussions, a court ordered the government Wednesday to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020. Bill Hare, senior scientist at Climate Analytics, a nonprofit organization based in Berlin, said the Dutch ruling's impact could be massive. "(This) has the potential to become a precedent whose effect will ultimately flow through to undermining the markets for coal, oil and gas," he said.  

[...] the news today is the success of a class-action suit aimed at making the Dutch government cut global warming emissions faster than previously planned. “This historic ruling will have far reaching consequences in the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world,” said Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, a Dutch member of the European Parliament in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. “This could be the first judicial warning shot to governments around the world,” said Bill Hare of Climate Analytics.  

A district court ordered the Dutch government on Wednesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster than currently planned in a rare use of the legal system to curb global warming. "The parties agree that the severity and scope of the climate problem make it necessary to take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," the summary said. Some saw the ruling as a landmark, if it ends up being binding. "This could be the first judicial warning shot to governments around the world," said Bill Hare, of independent research group Climate Analytics.  

Governments around the world face “a wave of climate litigation” and businesses will come under new pressure to reduce their emissions, following a ruling by a Dutch court yesterday that the Netherlands must cut its greenhouse gases by at least 25 per cent by 2020. Dr Bill Hare, senior scientist at Climate Analytics, a non-profit consultancy based in Berlin, agreed the impact of the ruling could be “massive”, saying it had “the potential to become a precedent that will ultimately flow through to undermining the markets for coal, oil and gas.” Based on current government policy, the Netherlands will achieve a reduction of 17 per cent at most by 2020 – well below the norm of 25 per cent to 40 per cent deemed necessary for developed countries by climate science and international climate policy.  

In a sweeping victory for Dutch environmental activists that could have global repercussions, a court ordered the government on Wednesday to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020 to help fight global warming. Bill Hare, senior scientist at Climate Analytics, a non-profit organisation based in Berlin, said the Dutch ruling's impact could be massive. "[The ruling] has the potential to become a precedent whose effect will ultimately flow through to undermining the markets for coal, oil and gas."  

G7 leaders have made an historic announcement that signals the end of the fossil fuel age. This is an important mile stone on the road to a new climate deal in Paris. An overview of the aspects of the announcement, as well as reactions are outlined in this article.  

The June 10-11 bi-annual summit in Brussels between the European Union and the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean States (CELAC) could be decisive. Efforts by Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean have set the groundwork for the world’s strongest bi-regional partnership on climate change. Leaders in both regions have declared their commitment to holding the rise in global temperature to below 2º Celsius and to achieving legally binding outcomes in Paris.  

A video explaining the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean, such as sea level rise, coastal erosion and coral bleaching, accompanied by music from the region.  

The Paris meeting is aimed at finding an agreement between all countries to come up with an unified plan to combat climate change and cap global temperature rise to 2C. While several governments have already submitted their pledges for emission reductions, called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in UN jargon, many big emitters like China, India, and Brazil have not yet announced their reduction goals, dampening efforts to analyze if current pledges are any good. Nevertheless, several initial analyses have already found they may prove to be inadequate, including a recent prediction by the non-profit Climate Analytics that said current pledges will only delay reaching a 2C rise by two years.  

Pledges made by countries to cut their carbon emissions ahead of a crunch climate summit in Paris later this year will delay the world passing the threshold for dangerous global warming by just two years, according to a new analysis. The analysis for the Guardian by the non-profit Climate Analytics comes as climate negotiators from nearly 200 countries meet in Bonn and academics warned the agreement hoped for in Paris would not keep temperatures to UN's target of holding temperature rises below 2C above pre-industrial levels.  

Ethiopia's submission of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which came during climate talks in Bonn, means that U.N. now has targets covering 39 countries well in advance of the Paris summit. However, early analyses by climate researchers and environmental groups show the combined impact falls short of the sharp cuts in emissions that scientists say are required to keep global warming in check.  

Japan is well off course to meeting the pledge it made with fellow G7 countries to target a low carbon energy system by 2050, according to an analysis of its climate goals. Based on current policies the country will only draw around 42-45% of its energy from low carbon sources by 2030, says the team at Climate Action Tracker.  

Dr. h.c. Bill Hare and Dr. Marcia Rocha of Climate Analytics, and Dr. Niklas Höhne of NewClimate Institute introduce the results of the latest Climate Action Tracker study which analyses the climate plans of the G7 and EU countries in regards to the 2°C goal.  

In a joint declaration from the G7 summit, leaders of the world’s richest countries called for a global phase-out of fossil fuels for the first time on Monday. That sounds great, but unfortunately, they’re talking about a lax timescale—“over the course of this century.” According to the independent Climate Action Tracker, the world’s current policies will result in global warming of 3.6 to 4.2 degrees Celsius by 2100.  

Global climate talks received a symbolic boost today, as the G7 group of rich nations threw their weight behind a long-term goal of decarbonising the global economy over the course of this century. The 40-70% reduction on 2010 levels by 2050 is the range for 2C set out by research organisation Climate Analytics earlier this year. It also just about reaches the 70-95% range of emissions reduction by 2050 that would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5C. A review of whether to adopt this tougher temperature target is expected to conclude at UN climate talks in Bonn this week.  

Some of the world’s richest countries are not preparing to do anything like enough to limit their greenhouse gas emissions, according to new analysis. The report by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) says that all the G7 countries and the member states of the European Union have so far agreed is to keep their emissions at around their present levels for the next 15 years, instead of cutting them fast.  

The "Let Them Eat Coal" report, released by Oxfam, uses modeling by Climate Analytics researchers in Berlin, and shows that five of the G7 members, including Germany, have been burning more coal since 2009. In an interview with DW, Oxfam's energy advisor Kiri Hanks says Africa stands to lose millions of tons of staple crops by the 2080s.  

A new report from Oxfam, Let Them Eat Coal, has pointed out that all seven countries remain bound to coal - one of the most polluting fossil fuels. Using modelling by Climate Analytics, which assumes all governments implement their existing policies, the report says that emissions from G7 coal plants will cause $84bn per year in climate-related costs in Africa by the end of the century, based on the expected the costs resulting from adaptation and damage.  

Coal plants in the G7 are on track to cost the world $450 billion a year by the end of the century and reduce crops by millions of tonnes as they fuel the gathering pace of climate change, according to Oxfam' new report. In the report, Let Them Eat Coal, which uses modelling by Climate Analytics, endorsed by business leaders, academics and climate experts, Oxfam warns that coal is the biggest driver of climate change, which is already hitting the world’s poorest people hardest and making the fight to end hunger tougher. The G7 countries remain major consumers of coal.  

Four leading developed countries have been singled out as “free riders” on climate change by a panel chaired by former UN chief Kofi Annan. “This is not a moment for prevarication, short-term self-interest, and constrained ambition, but for bold global leadership and decisive action,” he said. The independent analysis group Climate Action Tracker rates climate pledges made by Canada, Australia, Russia and Japan as “inadequate”.  

Many of the world's leading economies have submitted to the United Nations their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The plans are part of an international effort to keep temperature rise within 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-Industrial Age levels. But the pledges are so far inadequate for accomplishing that goal, according to an analysis by the non-profit Climate Analytics, and will only delay reaching a 2°C rise by two years. Rather than occurring in 2036, the group says, temperature increase will surpass 2°C in 2038.  

Australia has been challenged at UN climate talks in Bonn about the 'fairness' of its climate policies and its ability to achieve bigger carbon cuts than the current 2020 target of five per cent. Climate Analytics' Bill Hare talks to ABC Radio National about the Climate Action Tracker's analysis released ahead of the G7 meeting in Germany, which warns that there is 'an extreme risk' of locking in high emissions levels for the next 15 years.  

Depuis la conférence de Copenhague de 2009 (COP15), les 2 °C sont devenus la base des négociations climatiques en cours. Le niveau de sécurité garanti par ce seuil est pourtant largement sujet à caution. C’est le sens d’un rapport technique de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC) discrètement apporté, mardi 2 juin, en appui des négociations qui se tiennent du 1er au 11 juin à Bonn (Allemagne), dans la perspective de la conférence de Paris (COP21) en décembre. Dans une brève note d’analyse du rapport, publiée par la société Climate Analytics, les climatologues Bill Hare et Carl-Friedrich Schleussner (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) ne s’embarrassent pas de circonlocutions et estiment simplement que la teneur du rapport de la CCNUCC « montre que la limite des 2 °C est trop haute ».  

Brazil, China, South Africa and the US have questioned whether Australia’s current climate policies will see the country able to make future greenhouse gas cuts. In response, Australia’s Ambassador Peter Woolcott insisted the country would meet its 2020 goal, a view not shared by analysts at the Climate Action Tracker, who say emissions will likely rise 12-18% above 2000 levels.  

Australian delegates have been questioned about the government’s climate policies at a United Nations conference in Germany. Countries questioned Australia’s scrapping of the carbon tax and whether the federal government’s $2.55bn direct action policy will be enough to meet Australia’s emissions reduction target of five per cent by 2020. Further work is needed to ratchet up commitments, said a report of the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) initiative, issued on the sidelines of the Bonn talks.  

Nessuno degli impegni sul clima resi pubblici fino a questo momento è coerente con il target dei 2 °C. Anzi: le promesse arrivate fino ad oggi da 38 Paesi per ridurre le emissioni di CO2 in vista della COP 21 di Parigi, potrebbero al massimo allontanare il tipping point (punto di non ritorno) mondiale di soli due anni. Sono le conclusioni sconvolgenti di una nuova analisi diffusa oggi da Climate Analytics, organizzazione no profit con sede a Berlino. La ricerca, guidata da Bill Hare, un ex componente dell’IPCC, ha scoperto che gli impegni assunti davanti all’ONU fino ad ora potrebbero ritardare la soglia critica dal 2036 al 2038.  

In March, the White House pledged that, by 2025, the United States would reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by at least twenty-six per cent. The centerpiece of the Administration’s plan is a set of new power-plant regulations expected to reduce demand for coal by compelling utilities to shift toward less carbon-intensive fuels, mainly natural gas, and carbon-free energy sources like wind and solar. Independent analysis (Climate Action Tracker) suggests that the White House’s plan is insufficient to produce the cuts it has promised, but we’ll leave that issue aside for the moment.  

Pledges made by countries to cut their carbon emissions ahead of a crunch climate summit in Paris later this year will delay the world passing the threshold for dangerous global warming by just two years, according to a new analysis. “The action and ambition we have seen to date is far from sufficient and unless it is rapidly accelerated, the difficulties of limiting warming below 2C will be extreme,” said Dr Bill Hare, the founder of Climate Action Tracker and a former Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author.  

What can we say about the climate pledges that countries have submitted so far? The Climate Action Tracker, produced by four research orgsanisations in Europe, has rated most of the INDCs that have come in so far as 'medium'. This means that if all governments adopted this notion of how much they should do, warming would probably exceed 2°C.  

Kevin Rudd, a former prime minister of Australia and president of the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York calls for climate action by India and China, quoting research by Climate Analytics.  

Under its INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contribution), Canada proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels in 2030. This translates to a 21% reduction below 2005 emissions levels excluding forestry, or 2% below 1990 levels.  

On 15 May 2015, Canada submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), communicating its economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels in 2030. After accounting for forestry we estimate this is a reduction of 21% below 2005 levels of industrial GHG emissions [1]. This is equivalent to a reduction of 2% below 1990 industrial GHG emissions levels.  

Climate Analytics' Bill Hare explains the relevance of the SED briefing released recently for Australia and the rest of the world.  

Experts have revealed that limiting global warming to 2°C is feasible and will bring about many co-benefits, but poses substantial technological, economic and institutional challenges. The experts urge that the 2 °C limit should therefore be seen as a line that needs to be stringently defended. Less warming would be preferable and efforts should be made to push the defence line as low as possible.  

The findings of the Structured Expert Dialogue vindicate the stance of SIDS and LDCs in insisting on the review occurring and on keeping the 1.5°C goal in sight during the negotiations over the last several years. The SED report should lead to increasing recognition the climate policy world of the rising level of scientific evidence that indicates the 2°C goal is inadequate and that ultimately limiting warming below 1.5°C would be substantially safer.  

Just in case you were wondering, a key “Structured Expert Dialogue” between IPCC scientists and UNFCCC negotiators has just released its technical summary. And, happily, it has been digested by the Climate Analytics team into this short, clear overview. This SED is news because it essentially confirms the arguments that the Small Island Developing States and the Least Developed Countries have been making for years, that 2°C warming limit is too high. And that it must not be crossed.  

The UNFCCC’s Structured Expert Dialogue (SED) published its technical summary last week. The summary states that using the globally-agreed warming limit of 2˚C as a “guardrail” is not safe, and that Governments should aim for 1.5˚C instead. Today, the Berlin-based research organisation, Climate Analytics, released a briefing on the main points covered by the SED.  

Climate change pledges made by countries ahead of a UN summit later this year are not ambitious enough to limit warming to the internationally agreed 2C, according to scientists from the Climate Action Tracker (CAT).  

OSLO (Reuters) - Plans by 34 nations for fighting climate change beyond 2020 would leave the world on track for warming well above the limits agreed with the U.N., and Moscow's strategy is especially weak because it lets Russia's greenhouse gas emissions rise, experts said on Friday.  

Japan’s yet-to-be-confirmed INDC would join Russia’s in being rated as “inadequate” as a contribution to a global climate goal, according to analysis by Climate Action Tracker released on Wednesday.  

IS THE climate finally right for a new deal on emissions? Several major economies have pledged to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, meeting the UN's April deadline, with a view to signing a deal at a summit in Paris in December.  

The Climate Action Tracker has analysed the US INDC - intended nationally determined contribution - in full, confirming there is little change from the commitments announced in late 2014 in conjunction with China's '2030 emissions peak'.  

"Ambitious and achievable" is how the White House described its formal emissions reduction pledge--a cut of 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025--to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in preparation for negotiation of a binding climate agreement in Paris in December. Opinion about the aptness of the two adjectives was, predictably, mixed.  

The United States and Russia yesterday joined Norway, Mexico, Switzerland and the European Union in becoming the first governments to set new targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and explain to the world how they plan to meet those goals.  

Facing Republican resistance at home and delays abroad, the Obama administration Tuesday pledged its most ambitious target yet for cutting global warming pollution.  

US, Europe and others file plans, with most expected to reveal greenhouse gas-reduction commitments by July.  

The pledge represents the U.S.’s most ambitious climate targets to date — but will they be enough to meet the internationally agreed-upon target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius?  

On Tuesday, the U.S. submitted its first-ever official, internationally recognized plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020. Problem is, it’s pretty much just a retread of the path the U.S. is already on, which isn’t enough to keep global warming from crossing the “dangerous” two degree Celsius threshold—a point above which scientific consensus paints an increasingly bleak future, with global impacts capable of destabilizing human society.  

The US has set out its contribution to a new international climate change agreement, due to be agreed in Paris this December. Analysis by Climate Action Tracker suggests the US pledge is not consistent with a two degrees path and can only be considered a "fair share" of action if the cost of reducing US emissions is high in global terms. To make the pledge compatible with a two degrees pathway, other countries would need to make more ambitious efforts than the US.  

“While there has been some progress in what governments are proposing for the post 2020 period, with several countries moving from “inadequate” to “medium”, proposals are still a long way from being 2C compatible,” said Bill Hare of Climate Analytics.  

Australia risks failing “the most important test of climate credibility this decade”, a leading think-tank has warned.  

The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped rising in 2014, even as the economy grew, according to early data released by the International Energy Agency (IEA).  

This week Climate Analytics, a research organisation led by several IPCC authors, published what is probably the most rigorous attempt to apply IPCC science to net-zero emissions. It offers different pathways to 1.5 or two degrees, depending on how quickly emissions are cut in the next five years and how certain we want to be that warming limits won't be exceeded.  

PM lists areas where Australian funds would go, but experts say no country is able to determine exactly where money is spent. Climate Analytics international climate finance expert Felix Fallasch said the ultimate decision-making authority over any funding was exclusively with the fund’s board.  

 

The Climate Action Tracker has undertaken an initial assessment of the recent announcements by the United States and China’s new pledges and proposals on emissions reductions for 2025 and 2030, in the context of the present international negotiations for a new climate agreement to be adopted at the end of 2015.  

The U.S. and Chinese deal to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions unveiled yesterday improves the world’s chances of keeping a lid on global warming, researchers said.  

Climate action efforts that focus on so-called “short-lived climate forcers” (SLCF) such as black carbon will do little to keep global warming below 2˚C in the long term, says a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  

If the US and China were to adopt global best practice in their domestic action on climate, together, the world’s largest emitters could close the 2020 emissions gap by 23%, according to new research.  

The United States and China, the biggest greenhouse gas polluters, could reduce by a quarter the envisaged 2020 shortfall in emissions cuts required to curtail global warming, researchers said Tuesday.  

The U.S. and China may help avoid dangerous climate change simply by learning from each other.  

One of the hardest parts of fighting climate change is convincing countries around the world to cut carbon emissions and make other changes for the environment.  

Jonathan Koomey responds to an opinion piece that appeared in the journal Nature, titled “Ditch the 2 C warming goal," by David G. Victor and Charles F. Kennel.  

Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away  

This is the summary of a response to an article published in the journal Nature by David Victor and Charles Kennel (both of University of California) that international efforts to address climate change should ditch the target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.  

A temperature goal set by almost 200 governments as the limit for global warming is a poor guide to the planet's health and should be ditched, a study published in the journal Nature said on Wednesday.  

Last Monday the Australian Government released a 'green paper' as part of the development of its new Energy White Paper.  

Having renewed their commitment to saving Earth's climate, governments face daunting challenges in the coming months to draft a global pact and set targets for slashing carbon emissions, analysts said Wednesday.  

Having renewed their commitment to saving Earth’s climate, governments face daunting challenges in the coming months to draft a global pact and set targets for slashing carbon emissions, analysts said Wednesday.  

HAVING renewed their commitment to saving Earth’s climate, governments face daunting challenges in the coming months to draft a global pact and set targets for slashing carbon emissions, analysts said yesterday. I  

 

A report from Climate Action Tracker said a "rapid phase out" of coal as an electricity source by 2050 would reduce global warming by 0.5 degree, and a rapid phase-out of gas by 2050 would reduce global warming by 0.1 degree.  

Our guide to the actions that have done the most to slow global warming  

If we really want to maintain a livable climate, and prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2˚ Celsius, then no nation, anywhere, can burn any oil, gas, or coal at all after 2050, according to a striking new analysis of the latest climate science.