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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.