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8 things to know about the state of climate action today
Marie-Charlotte Geffray, Michael Petroni
A major new report looks at climate action across all parts of the global economy to find that only electric vehicle sales are on track for 1.5°C.
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Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Bill Hare, Thomas Houlie
The fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin that could undo all Australia's efforts to cut emissions.
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A special report on system transitions would make IPCC science more actionable
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
The IPCC reporting cycle is out of step with the international climate policy process. A special report on system transitions could help make IPCC science more actionable.
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The G20's new target of tripling renewables by 2030 is welcome, but the world will only meet its climate goals if this is coupled with a fossil fuel phase-out.
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What the new IMO climate targets mean for shipping emissions
Michael Petroni
The International Maritime Organization has agreed new 2030 and 2050 climate targets for the shipping sector. We take a look at what this means for shipping emissions.
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Climate science beats climate fatalism
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Bill Hare
Now that the Earth has warmed roughly 1.2°C, “once-in-a-century” heatwaves, forest fires, and floods are becoming more familiar to us. But there is still a massive difference between 1.2°C and 1.5°C, and the science shows that it is still possible to end this century at or below that threshold.