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Climate scientists have warned the Australian government against relying too heavily on land-based carbon offsets in pursuit of its net zero goals, and say political timidity is the only thing standing between the government and a 2035 emissions target higher than 70 per cent.

Niger is taking a new step in consolidating its climate commitments. Climate Analytics Africa is hosting a consultation and training workshop dedicated to assessing the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 2.0 and developing the roadmap towards NDC 3.0, with the assistance of a national consultant.

Fahad Saeed explained to Al Jazeera that when there is rapid rainfall in a rural area over a short time, the soil does not get enough time to absorb the rainwater. “The rain doesn’t infiltrate into the soil, rather, it flows off the surface. It results in mudslides and soil erosion.”

New report has proposed a range of 1.5°C-aligned targets for Western Australia, which remains the only Australian state yet to set its own emissions reduction targets on the path to net zero by 2050.

"The 2022 floods highlighted Pakistan's vulnerability to climate change. Three years later, monsoon floods are still claiming shocking human losses," says Fahad Saeed

The study highlights that a prolonged heat wave in Pakistan and neighbouring countries caused “the atmosphere to draw in more moisture and amplify rainfall when the monsoon system arrived,” Fahad Saeed told Mongabay.

In April, research by Climate Analytics warned that major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels.

Jordan Dunbar chats to Tina Steggy, climate envoy for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Dr. Rosanne Martyr, senior scientist on coastal vulnerability and adaptation, Climate Analytics.

Bill Hare said the court had reinforced the legal weight behind existing agreements. “States have a responsibility to regulate private activity within their jurisdictions and they have a responsibility to all other states for the consequences of actions taken,” he said. “This together means that countries have an obligation to limit, reduce and ultimately eliminate fossil fuel production.”

Bill Hare told The Guardian “Any investment in new fossil fuels now is a fool’s gamble, while joining the race to renewables can only bring benefits – not just jobs and cheaper energy at stable prices, but energy independence and access where it’s needed most".